Isolation hut
AssigneeS.A. Doublet Festitub
InventorLuc Doublet
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Abstract
This isolation hut intended for temporary or provisional use, notably as a polling-booth during elections or like events, or as a transportable trying cubicle, a dressing-room during occasional events, or the like, consists of a frame structure made from a basic folding sheet of cardboard, pasteboard or light-weight multilayer material, or metal, comprising a plurality of lateral walls and a front access aperture. This structure is stiffened on the one hand by bending the basic sheet material and on the other hand by means of posts disposed at the corners of the structure, a cross bar constituting a lintel disposed at the top of the front aperture, and possibly a desk-forming element, all these elements being obtained by folding a flexible sheet of the same basic material as the basic folding sheet constituting the frame structure.
Claims20
An isolation hut, to be used as a polling-booth during elections or other events, which is made from a sheet of basic folding material such as cardboard, pasteboard or light-weight multilayer material, said isolation hut comprising a plurality of lateral walls and a front access aperture, said lateral walls and said access aperture being adjacent to one another and forming between them a plurality of vertical corner edges, the isolation hut further comprising:
- a self-supporting frame structure obtained by folding said basic folding sheet material constituting said lateral walls and said front access aperture, and
- a plurality of frame posts for stiffening said self-supporting structure, said frame posts being disposed at the vertical edges formed by folding precut areas in said basic folding sheet material, wherein said self-supporting frame structure is reinforced by a desk-forming member extending between said lateral walls and comprising a bracing member between the adjacent and opposite lateral walls, said bracing member being supported in its horizontal position by the corner frame posts disposed between said first lateral wall and said other lateral wall.
An isolation hut made from a single sheet of a light-weight and foldable material, comprising:
- (a) a self-supporting frame obtained by folding a sheet material along a plurality of folding lines disposed on said sheet material, said self-supporting frame comprising a plurality of lateral walls and a front access opening, said lateral walls and said front opening being adjacent to one another and forming therebetween a plurality of vertical corner edges, each of said lateral walls comprising a lateral portion along its edge adjacent to said front opening, each said lateral portion comprising a plurality of tongues disposed at spaced intervals at the outer boundary of each said lateral portion and a plurality of slots disposed at spaced intervals at the inner boundary of each said lateral portion to receive said tongues wherein one of said lateral walls comprises a rear wall, said rear wall being disposed opposite to said front opening;
- (b) a plurality of reinforcing posts integral with said self-supporting frame for imparting rigidity to said selfsupporting frame and disposed along said vertical corner edges, said vertical corner edges being formed by folding said sheet material along said folding lines, said reinforcing posts comprising a plurality of front posts located along a plurality of said vertical corner edges defined by said front opening and said lateral walls, and a plurality of intermediate posts located adjacent a plurality of said vertical corner edges defined by said lateral walls and said rear wall;
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- (c) a desk mounted at a portion of said self-supporting frame adapted to be used as a support for various articles of a user.
An isolation hut made from a single sheet of a light-weight and foldable material, comprising:
- (a) a self-supporting frame obtained by folding a sheet material along a plurality of folding lines disposed on said sheet material, said self-supporting frame comprising a plurality of lateral walls and a front access opening, said lateral walls and said front opening being adjacent to one another and forming therebetween a plurality of vertical corner edges, each of said lateral walls comprising a substantially C-shaped pre-cut portion at its lower portion, wherein one of said lateral walls comprises a rear wall, said rear wall being disposed opposite to said front access opening;
- (b) a plurality of reinforcing posts integral with said self-supporting frame for imparting rigidity to said self-supporting frame and disposed along said plurality of vertical corner edges, said vertical corner edges being formed by folding said sheet material along said folding lines, said reinforcing posts comprising a plurality of front posts located along a plurality of said vertical corner edges defined by said front opening and said lateral walls, and a plurality of intermediate posts located adjacent a plurality of said vertical corner edges defined by said lateral walls and said rear wall;
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- (c) a desk mounted at a portion of said self-supporting frame adapted to be used as a support for various articles of a user;
- wherein said rear wall comprises a plurality of longitudinally extending slots at its lower portion such that when said C-shaped portion is folded rearwardly an end portion of said C-shaped portion is received in a plurality of said longitudinally extending slots thereby forming one of said intermediate posts.
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