IP Library Granted Patent US 10,106,998
Granted Patent B2
US 10,106,998 · App. 15/617,437 · Granted Oct 23, 2018

Multi-use ICRA booth

Inventor: Kenneth Carl Lyons, Jr. (Berrysburg, PA)
Assignee: Invent Teck LLC
E04H1/1277E04B1/3431E04B1/34305E04H1/1205B01D2273/28B01D2273/30B08B15/02E04B2001/34394E04H1/125E04H2001/1283
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Patent No.
US 10,106,998
App. No.
15/617,437
Granted
Oct 23, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A containment booth assembly includes a floor, a plurality of vertical sidewalls, and a plurality of sliding panels corresponding to each of the vertical sidewalls. The plurality of sliding panels define an extendible top portion, the extendible top portion extendible upwardly and configured to interface with a ceiling surface of a room above the containment booth assembly. In a non-limiting aspect or embodiment, one or more of the plurality of vertical sidewalls is rotatably mounted to vertical support beams and define an extendible side portion. The extendible side portion is extendible horizontally and configured to interface with a wall surface of the room beside the containment booth assembly.

Claims (71)

1. A containment booth assembly comprising:

a floor;

a plurality of vertical sidewalls; and

a plurality of sliding panels corresponding to each of the vertical sidewalls,

wherein the plurality of sliding panels defines an extendible top portion, the extendible top portion extendible upwardly and configured to interface with a ceiling surface of a room above the containment booth assembly, and

wherein each of the plurality of sliding panels is separately movable with respect to the other sliding panels.

2. The containment booth assembly of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the plurality of vertical sidewalls is rotatably mounted to vertical support beams and defines an extendible side portion,

wherein the extendible side portion is extendible horizontally and configured to interface with a wall surface of the room beside the containment booth assembly.

3. The containment booth assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a fan adapted to supply a negative pressure to the containment booth assembly and draw contaminants from the containment booth assembly through a filter.

4. The containment booth assembly of claim 1 , wherein a fan and a filter are disposed in one of the plurality of vertical sidewalls.

5. The containment booth assembly of claim 2 , wherein the extendible side portion comprises a pair of opposing bifold panels each including a primary panel and a secondary panel hingedly connected to the primary panel,

wherein the extendible side portion is arrangeable in a retracted position in which the primary panel and the secondary panel of each bifold panel are folded against each other,

wherein the extendible side portion is further arrangeable in a partially extended position in which the primary panel and the secondary panel of each bifold panel are unfolded perpendicular to each other to define a partially extended footprint of the containment booth assembly, and

wherein the extendible side portion is further arrangeable in a fully extended position in which the primary panel and the secondary panel of each bifold panel are unfolded parallel to each other and define a fully extended footprint of the containment booth assembly when both secondary panels interface with the wall surface.

6. The containment booth assembly of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of sliding panels is connected to the corresponding vertical sidewall via one or more constant force springs, the constant force springs biasing the sliding panel in a vertical direction.

7. The containment booth assembly of claim 1 , further comprising:

a secondary booth connectable to a side of the containment booth assembly, the secondary booth comprising:

a second floor;

a second plurality of vertical sidewalls; and

a second plurality of sliding panels corresponding to each of the second vertical sidewalls,

wherein the second plurality of sliding panels defines a second extendible top portion, the second extendible top portion extendible upwardly and configured to interface with the ceiling surface of the room above the secondary booth.

8. A containment booth assembly, comprising:

a primary booth including a floor, a plurality of vertical sidewalls, and a plurality of sliding panels corresponding to each of the vertical sidewalls; and

a secondary booth connectable to the primary booth, the secondary booth including a floor, a plurality of vertical sidewalls, and a plurality of sliding panels corresponding to each of the vertical sidewalls,

wherein the plurality of sliding panels of the primary booth and the secondary booth defines an extendible top portion, the extendible top portion extendible upwardly and configured to interface with a ceiling surface of a room above the containment booth assembly, and

wherein the primary booth and the secondary booth each include an openable side, and the primary booth and the secondary booth are configured to be joined at their respective openable sides to form a continuous work area.

9. The containment booth assembly of claim 8 , wherein one or more of the plurality of vertical sidewalls of the primary booth and/or the secondary booth is rotatably mounted to vertical support beams and define an extendible side portion,

wherein the extendible side portion is extendible horizontally and configured to interface with a wall surface of the room beside the containment booth assembly.

10. The containment booth assembly of claim 8 , further comprising a fan adapted to supply a negative pressure to the containment booth assembly and draw contaminants from the containment booth assembly through a filter.

11. The containment booth assembly of claim 10 , wherein the fan and the filter are disposed in one of the plurality of vertical sidewalls of the primary booth or the secondary booth.

12. The containment booth assembly of claim 9 , wherein the extendible side portion comprises a pair of opposing bifold panels each including a primary panel and a secondary panel hingedly connected to the primary panel,

wherein the extendible side portion is arrangeable in a retracted position in which the primary panel and the secondary panel of each bifold panel are folded against each other,

wherein the extendible side portion is further arrangeable in a partially extended position in which the primary panel and the secondary panel of each bifold panel are unfolded perpendicular to each other to define a partially extended footprint of the containment booth assembly, and

wherein the extendible side portion is further arrangeable in a fully extended position in which the primary panel and the secondary panel of each bifold panel are unfolded parallel to each other and define a fully extended footprint of the containment booth assembly when both secondary panels interface with the wall surface.

13. The containment booth assembly of claim 8 , wherein each of the plurality of sliding panels is connected to the corresponding vertical sidewall via one or more constant force springs, the constant force springs biasing the sliding panel in a vertical direction.

14. The containment booth assembly of claim 8 , further comprising at least one latch provided on a vertical sidewall of at least one of the primary booth and the secondary booth, the at least one latch being configured to join the primary booth and the secondary booth together.

15. A method of establishing a containment area in a room, the method comprising:

providing a containment booth assembly including:

a floor;

a plurality of vertical sidewalls; and

a plurality of sliding panels corresponding to each of the vertical sidewalls,

wherein the plurality of sliding panels defines an extendible top portion;

positioning the containment booth assembly in a desired position in the room; and

extending the extendible top portion of the containment booth assembly upwardly to interface with a ceiling structure of the room above the containment booth assembly,

wherein each of the plurality of sliding panels is separately movable with respect to the other sliding panels.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

extending an extendible side portion of the containment booth assembly horizontally to interface with a wall surface of the room located behind the containment booth assembly.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

applying a negative pressure through a filter to the containment booth assembly, the negative pressure drawing contaminants from within the containment booth assembly to the filter, preventing the contaminants from entering the room.

18. A containment booth assembly comprising:

a floor;

a plurality of vertical sidewalls; and

a plurality of sliding panels corresponding to each of the vertical sidewalls,

wherein the plurality of sliding panels defines an extendible top portion, the extendible top portion extendible upwardly and configured to interface with a ceiling surface of a room above the containment booth assembly,

wherein one or more of the plurality of vertical sidewalls is rotatably mounted to vertical support beams and defines an extendible side portion, and

wherein the extendible side portion is extendible horizontally and configured to interface with a wall surface of the room beside the containment booth assembly.

19. A containment booth assembly, comprising:

a primary booth including a floor, a plurality of vertical sidewalls, and a plurality of sliding panels corresponding to each of the vertical sidewalls; and

a secondary booth connectable to the primary booth, the secondary booth including a floor, a plurality of vertical sidewalls, and a plurality of sliding panels corresponding to each of the vertical sidewalls,

wherein the plurality of sliding panels of the primary booth and the secondary booth defines an extendible top portion, the extendible top portion extendible upwardly and configured to interface with a ceiling surface of a room above the containment booth assembly,

wherein one or more of the plurality of vertical sidewalls of the primary booth and/or the secondary booth is rotatably mounted to vertical support beams and define an extendible side portion, and

wherein the extendible side portion is extendible horizontally and configured to interface with a wall surface of the room beside the containment booth assembly.

20. A method of establishing a containment area in a room, the method comprising:

providing a containment booth assembly including:

a floor;

a plurality of vertical sidewalls; and

a plurality of sliding panels corresponding to each of the vertical sidewalls,

wherein the plurality of sliding panels defines an extendible top portion;

positioning the containment booth assembly in a desired position in the room;

extending the extendible top portion of the containment booth assembly upwardly to interface with a ceiling structure of the room above the containment booth assembly; and

extending an extendible side portion of the containment booth assembly horizontally to interface with a wall surface of the room located behind the containment booth assembly.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2017
From: LYONS, KENNETH CARL, JR.
To: INVENT TECK LLC
Reel/Frame 043118/0066 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62348219 · Jun 10, 2016
Related Publication 20170356204A1 · Dec 14, 2017
Cited By (1)
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