US 4,660,904 AGranted

Portable voting booth/lectern

OwnerRichard J. Stephensinventor

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Abstract

A portable voting booth/lectern having a generally horizontal support panel mounted on a plurality of detachable legs and to an upper surface of which may be attached a multi-section enclosure panel is disclosed. The enclosure panel is securely mounted to an upper surface of the support panel by inserting each of its foldably attached sections into a respective groove on an upper surface of the support panel. Four apertures on a lower surface of the support panel are adapted to receive a respective support leg, each of which is angled outwardly to provide a wide base for increased structural stability. The lower surface of the support panel includes a plurality of grooves, or recessed portions, into which the detached legs of two support panels may be positioned. With two support panels positioned adjacent one another and in alignment, the support legs of both panels may be positioned within the adjacent grooves of the two support panels. The entire assembly may then be inserted lengthwise into an elongated rectangular container fitted to the outer dimensions of the disassembled support panel and support leg arrangement to provide a compact, suitcase-like package to facilitate handling for improved portability.

Claims9

Dependent claims

In combination, a portable voting booth/speaker's lectern and means for the storage and transport thereof, said combination comprising:

a foldable, multi-section partition;
a plurality of elongated support legs;
a generally flat, rectangular panel having a plurality of coupled grooves on a first, upper surface adjacent the periphery thereof for receiving in tight fitting relation a respective lower edge of a section of said partition in providing for the stable mounting of said multi-section partition on said first upper surface of said panel, said panel further including on a second, lower surface thereof:
a plurality of apertures adapted to receive in tight fitting relation a respective support leg in providing for the stable support of said panel;
and
an elongated recessed portion extending substantially the length of said panel and adapted to receive said support legs lengthwise when removed from the apertures of said panel;
and
an elongated container including upper, lower and facing lateral flat walls and having an open end portion and adapted to receive at least a pair of said panels therethrough, wherein, with the respective recessed portions of said panels in facing and aligned arrangement and said support legs positioned in the facing, aligned recessed portions of said panels, the panels, legs and all components associated therewith of at least a pair of said voting booths/speaker's lecterns are securely stored in said container for storage or transport.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 06/618,035Filed 7 Jun 1984 · continuation in part
Priority: 29 Apr 1982
Granted: 28 Apr 1987
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

E04H 1/1255
Small buildings, arranged in other buildings: voting booths
A47B 19/08
Reading-desks; Lecterns; Pulpits , i.e. free-standing: foldable reading desks
E04H 1/125
Small buildings or other erections for limited occupation, erected in the open air or arranged in buildings, e.g. kiosks, waiting shelters for…
A47B 2220/0086
Furniture made of sheet material: made of cardboard