Low-slung booth
View Patent ↗A low-slung movable personal booth includes two opposing sidewalls and a rear wall. The opposing sidewalls are rigidly connected to the rear wall thereby to form a cubicle structure having a usable space therein. A structural continuity member extends between and connects the sidewalls so as to provide structural continuity within the cubicle structure. A low friction mobility apparatus is mounted along the lower edge portions of both sidewalls and of the rear wall, for supporting the cubicle structure on a support surface and so as to facilitate movement of cubicle structure along the support surface in response to a lateral force.
1. A low-slung movable personal booth for positioning on a support surface including:
(a) first and second opposing sidewalls, each having a rear edge portion, a front edge portion, an upper edge portion, and a lower edge portion which terminates in a lower sidewall edge;
(b) a rear wall having a pair of parallel side edge portions, a lower edge portion which terminates in a lower rear wall edge, and an upper edge portion which terminates in an upper rear wall edge, wherein said rear edge portion of each of said first and second opposing sidewalls is rigidly connected to one of said pair of parallel side edge portions of said rear wall, such that said sidewalls and rear wall form a cubicle structure having a usable space therein;
(c) at least one structural continuity member connecting between said pair of opposing sidewalls thereby providing structural continuity within said cubicle structure, said at least one structural continuity member comprising a planar support element connecting between said lower edge portions of said cubicle structure, positioned to provide support to said cubicle structure on the support surface; and
(d) low friction mobility means, mounted along said lower edge portion of each of said first and second sidewalls and of said rear wall and embedded within said planar support element, arranged to support said cubicle structure on the support surface and to facilitate movement of said cubicle structure along the support surface in response to a lateral force, and operative to distribute both static and dynamic loads, respectively caused by self-weight of said cubicle structure and movement thereof along the support surface, in a generally uniform distribution along said sidewalls, said rear wall and said planar support element.
2. A low-slung movable personal booth according to claim 1 , wherein said planar support element is a floor element which comprises an upward facing surface and a downward facing surface, and said low friction mobility means comprises a plurality of low friction mobility elements embedded into said downward facing surface of said floor element, wherein said low friction mobility elements protrude from said downward facing surface to support said floor element on the support surface.
3. A low-slung movable personal booth according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one structural continuity element comprises a ceiling element connected between said upper edge portions of said cubicle structure.
4. A low-slung movable personal booth according to claim 1 , wherein said cubicle structure comprises a front facing opening, a closure element for providing access to the interior, and a mounting element for mounting said closure element in association with said front facing opening.
5. A low-slung movable personal booth according to claim 1 , wherein said low friction mobility means is a plurality of ball transfer units aligned linearly and mounted in association with said lower edge portion of said first and second sidewalls and said rear wall, configured to evenly distribute both static and dynamic loads.
6. A low-slung movable personal booth according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one structural continuity member comprises a tie member removably fastenable to said front edge portions of said first and second opposing sidewalls, for fastening thereto prior to movement of said low-slung movable personal booth and removal therefrom after movement.
7. A low-slung movable personal booth according to claim 1 , wherein said low friction mobility means is a planar element formed of a low friction material.
8. A low-slung movable personal booth for positioning on a support surface including:
first and second opposing sidewalls, each having a rear edge portion, a front edge portion, an upper edge portion, and a lower edge portion which terminates in a lower sidewall edge;
a rear wall having a pair of parallel side edge portions, a lower edge portion which terminates in a lower rear wall edge, and an upper edge portion which terminates in an upper rear wall edge, wherein said rear edge portion of each of said first and second opposing sidewalls is rigidly connected to one of said pair of parallel side portions, such that said sidewalls and rear wall form a cubicle structure having a usable space therein;
a floor element which comprises an upward facing surface and a downward facing surface connecting between said pair of opposing sidewalls in association with said lower edge portions of said cubicle structure thereby providing structural continuity within said cubicle structure said sidewalls and said rear wall; and
an array of low friction mobility elements embedded into said downward facing surface of said floor element, arranged to support said cubicle structure on the support surface and to facilitate movement thereof along the support surface in response to a lateral force, operative to distribute both static and dynamic loads, respectively caused by self-weight of said cubicle structure and movement thereof along the support surface, in a generally uniform distribution along said sidewalls, said rear wall and said floor element.
9. A low-slung movable personal booth according to claim 8 , wherein said low friction mobility elements protrude through said upward facing surface of said floor element.