US 5,379,466 AGranted

Portable privacy closet

OwnerBenjamin P. Daviesinventor

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Abstract

A portable privacy closet which may be selectively moved from a raised to a lowered position such that when the closet is in the raised position it provides a private area for use as a changing room or for housing a toilet facility, and when in the lowered position, the closet provides a weathertight storage area. The portable privacy closet includes a base having a pair of parallel spaced apart sidewalls, a rear wall, a bottom wall and a front wall which includes a door which seals to the front wall when in the closed position. A top portion telescopically engages the base and includes a pair of parallel spaced apart sidewalls, a rear wall and a front wall formed with an access opening, selectively closed by either a curtain or a door. The top portion is selectively moved into and out of telescopic engagement with the base via a plurality of cables attached at a first end to a spool supported by the base, and attached at a second end to the top portion such that rotation of the spool causes the top portion to raise out of telescopic engagement with the base.

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Dependent claims

A portable privacy closet selectively moveable between a lowered position and a raised position, said portable privacy closet comprising:

a base formed by a pair of rigid spaced apart sidewalls, a rear wall, a bottom wall and a front wall;
a rigid door hingedly attached to said front wall;
a top portion formed by a pair of rigid spaced apart sidewalls, a rigid rear wall, and a rigid top wall extending outwardly from the sidewalls of the top portion and rear wall of the top portion, and formed with a front opening, said top portion being telescopically movable with respect to the base;
closure means for opening and closing the front opening in said top portion operable between a completely open and completely closed position when the top portion is in either one of the lowered position and raised position;
lift means for telescopically moving the top portion between the raised position and the lowered position with respect to the base such that only the rigid top wall of the top portion extends out of the base when in the lowered position;
door seal means for providing sealing engagement between the door and the front wall;
outer seal means for providing sealing engagement between the top portion and the base when the portable privacy closet is in the lowered position, such outer seal means is a weather strip extending substantially around a perimeter of the rigid top wall of the base;
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said top portion extending inside said base as a weathertight storage unit when the top is in the lowered position.

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