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US 5,592,961 AGranted
Portable booth
OwnerAnna H. K. Chininventor
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Abstract
A portable booth is provided which includes a plurality of vertical sides, a top panel, and a bottom panel attached together to form an enclosure which can be twisted into a compact assembly unit. A first stiffener and second stiffener can be added to the enclosure to provide additional stability to the portable booth. The first and second stiffeners can each be twisted into a compact stiffener unit. Since the side panels can be easily twisted to form a compact assembly unit and the first and second stiffeners can each be twisted to form a compact stiffener unit, the portable booth is easy to assemble and disassemble, and easy to transport.
Claims18
A portable booth comprising:
- (a) a plurality of elongate, substantially vertical side panels, each side panel having a pair of opposed, substantially parallel side edges, an upper end edge and a lower end edge, the side panels being attached side edge to side edge to form an enclosure having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the upper end edge and the lower end edge of at least one of the side panels can be twisted in opposite rotational directions to form a compact assembly unit comprising at least two substantially parallel assembly moieties;
- (b) a first stiffener comprising a continuous band of spring steel, the first stiffener being sized and dimensioned to fit horizontally and snugly within the upper end of the enclosure;
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- (c) a second stiffener comprising a continuous band of spring material, the second stiffener being sized and dimensioned to fit horizontally and snugly within the lower end of the enclosure;
- wherein the plurality of side panels can be stacked to form a continuous multi-layer assembly having first and second ends and a longitudinal axis, and the first and second ends of the multiple-layer assembly can be twisted in opposite directions around the longitudinal axis to form a compact assembly unit comprising at least two substantially parallel assembly moieties.
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A portable booth comprising:
- (a) a plurality of elongate, substantially vertical side panels, each side panel having a pair of opposed, substantially parallel side edges, an upper end edge and a lower end edge, each side panel comprising flexible material covering a continuous band of spring material, with one of the side panels having an access door, the side panels being attached side edge to side edge to form an enclosure having an upper end and a lower end;
- (b) a flexible material top panel attached to the upper end edges of each of the side panels to form a roof for the enclosure;
- (c) a flexible material bottom panel attached to the lower end edges of each of the side panels to form a floor for the enclosure;
- (d) a first stiffener comprising a flexible material covering a continuous band of spring material, the first stiffener being sized and dimensioned to fit horizontally and snugly within the upper end of the enclosure;
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- (e) a second stiffener comprising a flexible material covering a continuous band of spring material, the second stiffener being sized and dimensioned to fit horizontally and snugly within the lower end of the enclosure;
- wherein each of the two stiffeners can be twisted to form a compact stiffener unit comprising at least three substantially parallel stiffener moieties;
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- wherein the plurality of side panels can be stacked to form a contiguous multi-layer assembly, and such assembly can be twisted to form a compact assembly unit comprising at least three substantially parallel assembly moieties.
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A portable booth comprising:
- (a) a plurality of elongate vertical side panels, each side panel having a pair of opposed parallel side edges, an upper end edge and a lower end edge, each side panel comprising flexible material covering a continuous band of spring material, with one of the side panels having an access door, the side panels being attached side edge to side edge to form an enclosure having an upper end and a lower end;
- (b) a flexible material top panel attached to the upper end edges of each of the side panels to form a roof for the enclosure;
- (c) a flexible material bottom panel attached to the lower end edges of each of the side panels to form a floor for the enclosure;
- (d) a first stiffener comprising a flexible material covering a continuous band or spring material, the first stiffener being sized and dimensioned to fit horizontally and snugly within the upper end of the enclosure;
- (e) a second stiffener comprising a flexible material covering a continuous band of spring material, the second stiffener being sized and dimensioned to fit horizontally and snugly within the lower end of the enclosure;
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- (f) a tote bag sized and dimensioned to retain the compact assembly units and both compact stiffener units;
- wherein each of the two stiffeners can be twisted to form a compact stiffener unit comprising at least three substantially parallel stiffener moieties;
- wherein the plurality of side panels can be stacked to form a contiguous multi-layer assembly, and such assembly can be twisted to form a compact assembly unit comprising at least three substantially parallel assembly moieties;
- wherein the side panels are between about 12 and about 24 inches wide;
- wherein the spring material is spring steel;
- wherein the number of side panels is between about 5 and about 7;
- wherein the compact stiffener unit moieties are substantially circular with diameters between about 8 and 10 inches;
- wherein the compact stiffener unit has a thickness between about 0.5 and 1.5 inches;
- wherein the compact assembly unit moieties are substantially circular with diameters between about 10 and 20 inches;
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- wherein the compact assembly unit has a thickness between about 1.0 and 2.0 inches.
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