US 8,006,986 B1Granted

Multi-station voting booth with storage/utility cart

AssigneeNaztec International Group, LLC

InventorMohamed Pazhoor

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Abstract

A portable voting booth having multiple voting stations combined with a single utility/storage cart. The cart includes portable voting booth stations that can be deployed from the cart with privacy shields that are formed integral and can be erected instantly for privacy. Privacy booths are placed at various levels to accommodate individuals of various heights, including wheelchair bound individuals. Beneath the retractable voting stations is an area for storage of voting materials, allowing the materials to be assembled in a remote location and sealed within the utility cart for storage. The cart then can be moved to the particular locations for the voting procedure. At the voting location, the seal can be broken and the ballots accessed. Upon completion of the voting process the cart can be resealed with the cast ballots.

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Dependent claims

A cart for transporting a plurality of voting booths comprising:

a front side;
a rear side;
a left side;
a right side;
a top, said top extending between and secured to said front side, said rear side, said left side and said right side;
a plurality of voting booths disposed within at least one of said front, rear, left and right sides;
said plurality of voting booths being movable between a stored position within said cart and an operable position extending outwardly from at least one of said front, rear, left and right sides;
each said voting booth including a working surface and plurality of panels secured to said working surface;
said panels being pivotably secured to each other and said working surface in a manner so as to enable said panels to be both folded together and stored atop said working surface and deployed in a position normal to said working surface;
at least two of said voting booths being disposed within said cart at different heights from a support surface;
wherein one of said voting booths can be accessed by an individual from a standing position and another of said voting booths can be accessed by an individual in a seated position.

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