Portable soundbooth and method

Abstract

An easily assembled, portable sound booth comprised of ½″ metal conduit pipe, ¾″ polymer “tees”, ¾″ polymer 3-way “elbows”, ½″ nylon bushings, fastened together using conventional screws, bolts, and lock washers.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention relates to a sound booth that is easily assembled, and also the method in which it is assembled. A sound booth made with ½″ metal conduit, ¾″ polymer “tees”, ¾″ polymer 3-way “elbows”, and ½″ nylon bushings makes up its frame. Fastened together using 6-32×2″ machine screws, 6-32 hex nuts, and #6 lock washers. Lined with a layer of sound foam to control sound waves, and a sound blanket with plastic window to make up its front door. [0002] Sound booths are used to control sound in an enclosed environment thus creating a more pure and clear sound and eliminating background noises for the user. Until now, sound booths rarely existed in the home. They were always considered to be strictly an item found in large expensive recording studios, and the few sound booths that are available are very expensive and difficult to assemble. These facts made it almost impossible for the average consumer to have the luxury of owning their very own sound...

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Benefits of technology

"The patent describes a portable sound booth that is easy to assemble. It is made up of a frame made of metal and plastic parts, which are fastened together using screws and nuts. The booth has foam on its sides and back, and a sound blanket with a window for the front. The technical effect of this invention is a simple and easy-to-assemble sound booth that can be moved around and used in different locations."

Problems solved by technology

They were always considered to be strictly an item found in large expensive recording studios, and the few sound booths that are available are very expensive and difficult to assemble.

These facts made it almost impossible for the average consumer to have the luxury of owning their very own sound booth.

The problem with this particular apparatus is that it was not designed to record sound, it could not record sound properly because it was not completely enclosed with sound-deadening material and contained multiple windows which would allow sound waves to enter and escape was recording was in progress.

The Thomas B. White 111 Knock-down Sound Attenuating System U.S. Pat. No. 5,123,874 is an extremely complex system and requires many straps, hinges, nuts, bolts, and coupling gaskets to complete.

This booth was designed as a Telephone Booth, and not to record sound, which would be extremely difficult due to its small size.

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