Smoker's booth
OwnerJoseph S. Hofstra, Ronald J. Karaskiewicz +1inventors
InventorsJoseph S. Hofstra, Ronald J. Karaskiewicz, Mark R. Fischer
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Abstract
A smoker's booth for isolating, containing, venting, and filtering tobacco smoke. The booth has a walled enclosure with a smoker's access aperture. The presence of a smoker is detected, thereby activating the venting and filtering mechanisms. The booth can be wall mounted or freestanding.
Claims28
A smoker's booth for receiving and accommodating one or more smokers and for isolating smokers and tobacco smoke, said smoker's booth comprising:
- walled enclosure means;
- ceiling means;
- smoker's access means disposed in said walled enclosure means for providing ingress and egress for the smokers;
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- means for venting tobacco smoke from said walled enclosure means and away from the vicinity proximate to said walled enclosure means, wherein said venting means further directs the tobacco smoke along a single flow path extending forwardly within said smoker's booth, and thereafter extending rearwardly within said smoker's booth, whereby the tobacco smoke is prevented from exiting said smoker's booth through said smoker's access means.
A plurality of smoker's booths comprising:
- walled enclosure means;
- ceiling means;
- smoker's access means disposed in said walled enclosure means for providing ingress and egress for the smokers;
- common means for venting air and tobacco smoke from said plurality of smoker's booths, said venting means further directing said air and tobacco smoke along a single flow path extending forwardly within each smoker's booth, and thereafter extending rearwardly within each said smoker's booth, whereby the air and tobacco smoke is prevented from exiting each said smoker's booth through said smoker's access means.
A plurality of smoker's booths for receiving and accommodating one or more smokers and for isolating smokers and tobacco smoke, said smoker's booths comprising:
- at least one shared walled enclosure means;
- ceiling means;
- smoker's access means disposed in said walled enclosure means for providing ingress and egress for the smokers;
- means for venting tobacco smoke from said walled enclosure means and away from the vicinity proximate to said walled enclosure means;
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- common exhaust means comprising a common heating, venting and air conditioning system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.