Modular dust panels for dust barrier installation and method of installing the same

A method of installing a dust barrier system comprising:

• combining first and second barrier panels to form a barrier, wherein each of the first and second barrier panels comprises:
• a sheet of material comprising nylon;
• first zipper teeth extending from a first side of the sheet of material;
• second zipper teeth extending from a second side of the sheet of material;
• a slider coupled to only one of the first zipper teeth and the second zipper teeth and configured to slide along the one of the first zipper teeth and the second zipper teeth;
• and
• bottom stops at the bottoms of the first zipper teeth and the second zipper teeth,
• wherein combining first and second barrier panels comprises mating the first zipper teeth of the first barrier panel with the second zipper teeth of the second barrier panel using the zipper pull such that the bottom stops are at a bottom horizontal edge of the first and second barrier panels, and
• wherein, in an assembled state, at least one of the first and second barrier panels is positioned at an outermost edge of the barrier, and at least one of the second zipper teeth of the first barrier panel and the first zipper teeth of the second barrier panel extend from the outermost edge of the barrier,
• inserting the sheet of material of the first barrier panel between a clip and a head of a first spring-loaded pole, positioning a foot of the first spring-loaded pole over the sheet of material of the first barrier panel and positioning the first spring-loaded pole between a first surface and a second surface;
• and
• inserting the sheet of material of the second barrier panel between a clip and a head of second spring-loaded pole, positioning a foot of the second spring-loaded pole over the sheet of material of the second barrier panel and positioning the second spring-loaded pole between the first surface and the second surface, the second spring-loaded pole being spaced apart and adjacent to the first spring-loaded pole such that the first side of the sheet of material of the first barrier panel and the second side of the sheet of material of the second barrier panel are mated at their respective zipper teeth at a position between the first spring-loaded pole and the second spring-loaded pole adjacent to the first spring-loaded pole.

A dust barrier system comprising:

• a first barrier panel comprising:
• a sheet of material,
• a first zipper half at a first vertical edge of the sheet of material,
• a second zipper half at a second vertical edge of the sheet of material, the second vertical edge opposite the first vertical edge,
• a zipper slider slidably coupled to the second zipper half adapted to engage a mating first zipper half of a neighboring barrier panel, and
• bottom stops at the bottoms of the first zipper half and the second zipper half;
• a second barrier panel comprising:
• a sheet of material,
• a first zipper half at a first vertical edge of the sheet of material,
• a second zipper half at a second vertical edge of the sheet of material, the second vertical edge opposite the first vertical edge,
• a zipper slider slidably coupled to the second zipper half adapted to engage a mating first zipper half of a neighboring barrier panel, and
• bottom stops at the bottoms of the first zipper half and the second zipper half;
• wherein the sheets of material of the first barrier panel and second barrier panel are devoid of zipper components on the sheet of material between the first zipper half and the second zipper half,
• wherein the first and second barrier panels are combined to form a barrier, and the bottom stops of the first zipper halves and the second zipper halves are at a bottom horizontal edge of the barrier, and
• wherein, in an assembled state, at least one of the first and second barrier panels is positioned at an outermost edge of the barrier, and at least one of the first zipper half and the second zipper half of one of the first barrier and the second barrier extends from an outermost edge of the barrier, and
• first and second poles, each of the first and second poles having a head end and a foot end, in an assembled state, the first and second poles each having clips that removably secure a sheet of material respectively to support the first barrier panel and the second barrier panel between a first surface and a second surface such that the sheet of material of the first barrier panel is positioned between the head end of the first pole and the first surface and between the foot end of the first pole and the second surface and the sheet of material of the second barrier panel is positioned between the head end of the second pole and the first surface and between the foot end of the second pole and the second surface, the second pole being spaced apart and adjacent to the first pole such that the first side of the sheet of material of the first barrier panel and the second side of the sheet of material of the second barrier panel are mated at their respective zipper teeth at a position between the first pole and the second pole adjacent to the first pole.

A dust barrier system comprising:

• first and second barrier panels, wherein each of the first and second barrier panels comprises:
• a sheet of material comprising nylon;
• first zipper teeth extending from a first side of the sheet of material;
• second zipper teeth extending from a second side of the sheet of material;
• a zipper slider coupled to only one of the first zipper teeth and the second zipper teeth and configured to slide along the one of the first zipper teeth and the second zipper teeth;
• and
• bottom stops at the bottoms of the first zipper teeth and the second zipper teeth,
• wherein the first zipper teeth of the first barrier panel mate with the second zipper teeth of the second barrier panel,
• wherein the first and second barrier panels are combined to form a barrier, and the bottom stops are at a bottom horizontal edge of the barrier, and
• wherein, in an assembled state, at least one of the first and second barrier panels is positioned at an outermost edge of the barrier, and at least one of the second zipper teeth of the first barrier panel and the first zipper teeth of the second barrier panel extend from the outermost edge of the barrier,
• a first pole and a second pole spaced apart and adjacent to the first pole, wherein, in an assembled state, at least the first barrier panel and the second barrier panel are positioned between the first and second poles.