IP Library Granted Patent US 11,965,346
Granted Patent B2
US 11,965,346 · App. 17/374,001 · Granted Apr 23, 2024

Booth

Inventors: Shu Watanabe (Kanagawa, JP); Kengo Tokuchi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
E04H1/125A47B3/02G06Q10/02
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,965,346
App. No.
17/374,001
Granted
Apr 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A booth is made usable by making a reservation, and has an opening that allows a user to enter and exit, in which a top plate of a desk is installed in a space surrounded by a floor and a side wall. A development area or a development position of the top plate is changeable in the space.

Claims (43)

1. A booth comprising:

a space bounded by a floor and a side wall,

an opening that allows a user to enter and exit the space,

a top plate of a desk is installed in the space, wherein

a deployment area or a deployment position of the top plate is changeable in the space,

the booth is made usable by making a reservation, and

end portions of sides of adjacent top plates intersecting a rotational direction overlap each other, and a groove portion that enables insertion of one end portion of a device that is used by the user is formed in upper surfaces of the top plates in a deployed state.

2. The booth according to claim 1 ,

wherein the top plate is divided into a plurality of plates, and configured to be rotated in the space to be deployed from a state in which the top plate is stored on an inner surface of the side wall or the floor so that the top plate is supported on the floor by a leg that is movable between an upright position and a folded position.

3. The booth according to claim 2 ,

wherein the leg is on the top plate and rotatable.

4. The booth according to claim 2 ,

wherein the leg is on the floor and foldable.

5. The booth according to claim 1 ,

wherein the top plate is divided into a plurality of pieces, and configured to be deployed in the space from a state in which the top plate is stored on an inner surface of the side wall or the floor to be supported by another side wall that faces the side wall.

6. The booth according to claim 1 ,

wherein upper surfaces of the top plates in a deployed state are maintained in a planar shape.

7. The booth according to claim 2 ,

wherein upper surfaces of the top plates in a deployed state are maintained in a planar shape.

8. The booth according to claim 3 ,

wherein upper surfaces of the top plates in a deployed state are maintained in a planar shape.

9. The booth according to claim 1 ,

wherein the end portions have chamfered corner portions.

10. The booth according to claim 1 ,

wherein the groove portion is blocked by a flexible member at the end portions.

11. The booth according to claim 1 ,

wherein the groove portion is blocked by an elastic member at the end portions.

12. The booth according to claim 1 ,

wherein the groove portion is blocked by a brush at the end portions.

13. The booth according to claim 1 ,

wherein the groove portion is blocked by a lid body.

14. The booth according to claim 1 ,

wherein the top plate is configured to be rotated in the space to be deployed by either the user operating a terminal that is used to reserve use of the booth in advance or operating an operation portion in the booth.

15. The booth according to claim 1 ,

wherein the top plate is configured to be rotated in the space to be deployed in accordance with a reserver by specifying a mode of deployment of the top plate when reserving the booth.

16. The booth according to claim 1 ,

wherein a mode of deployment of the top plate is displayed in accordance with a purpose of use input when reserving the booth to enable selecting the mode of deployment of the top plate.

17. The booth according to claim 1 ,

wherein a mode of deployment of the top plate and deployment procedures are displayed in accordance with a purpose of use input when reserving the booth to enable selecting the mode of deployment of the top plate.

18. The booth according to claim 1 ,

wherein the top plate is configured to be made usable by selectively inserting a plurality of top plates into a recessed portion in an inner surface of the side wall.

19. The booth according to claim 1 , comprising:

a chair including a foldable seat surface configured to be stored on the side wall, wherein the seat surface is configured to be rotated to be deployed to enable the user to be seated thereon.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2021
From: WATANABE, SHU; TOKUCHI, KENGO
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056836/0164 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-025786 · Feb 22, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220268042A1 · Aug 25, 2022
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