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US 5,584,545 AGranted
Sneeze guard
OwnerPeter A. LaVaute, Sydney W. Baumgartnerinventors
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Abstract
A sneeze guard having a guard assembly comprising an acrylic pane held within a channeled tubular frame, a pair of swept back support legs, and a spring-pin assembly for detachably mounting said guard assembly on said legs and for independently pivoting each of said legs with respect to said guard assembly to either an open or closed position.
Claims12
A sneeze guard comprising:
- a) a guard assembly comprising a tubular frame having an inwardly facing channel, and a transparent pane mounted within said channel, said tubular frame comprising two or more sections, detachably connected, one from the other, so as to release said pane from said frame, and two or more connectors for attaching said guard frame sections;
- b) one or more legs;
- c) means for detachably mounting said guard assembly on said one or more legs;
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- d) means for independently pivoting each of said one or more legs with respect to said guard assembly to either an open or closed position, wherein said mounting means and said pivoting means are attached directly to the tubular frame of the guard assembly.
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A sneeze guard comprising:
- a) a guard assembly;
- b) one or more legs;
- c) means for detachably mounting said guard assembly on said one or more legs, wherein said means for detachably mounting said guard assembly on said one or more legs comprises:
- i) one or more sleeves attached to said guard assembly, said sleeves having first sleeve holes drilled therein for receiving one or more spring-pins:
- ii) one or more leg extensions, coextensive with said one or more legs, said extensions having outer cross-sections which are slightly reduced in scale, but otherwise identical to inner cross-sections of said sleeves, said extensions having holes drilled therein for receiving one or more spring-pins;
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- iii) one or more spring-pins contained within said leg extensions, whereby said one or more legs may be detachably mounted to said guard assembly in an open position by inserting said leg extensions into said sleeves such that said spring-pins protrude through said leg extension holes and said first sleeve holes in locking engagement;
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- means for independently pivoting each of said one or more legs with respect to said guard assembly to either an open or closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.