Pivoting Privacy Booth Structure for Flat-Pack Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional privacy booths are complex to assemble and disassemble, requiring skill and time, and are inefficient for storage and transport due to separate components.
Innovation Solution
A privacy booth design featuring pivotable partition members and linking members that can be easily coupled and decoupled, allowing for quick assembly and disassembly, with a 'flat pack' storage state, and including panels that convert between storage and deployed positions for horizontal surfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If conventional privacy booths use separate components such as tables and screens, then the booth can be assembled, but the assembly time increases and storage efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate components (partition members, tables, and linking members) into an integrated structure where partition members are directly connected through pivotable couplings, eliminating the need for separate assembly steps and reducing overall assembly time
2Ease of manufacture
If conventional privacy booths use separate components, then the booth can be disassembled, but the disassembly process requires skill and time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs pivotable couplings that allow partition members to dynamically transition between assembled and disassembled states through simple rotational movements, eliminating the need for complex fastening or specialized tools
Solution Approach 2:
The booth is divided into modular partition members connected by standardized pivotable couplings, allowing each segment to be independently manipulated and reconfigured without affecting the entire structure
3Reliability
If conventional privacy booths have separate components, then the booth can be stored, but storage efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent allows partition members to be nested or flat-packed against one another in the storage state, with each member fitting compactly within the footprint of others, maximizing storage density and minimizing required storage space
4Productivity
If conventional privacy booths use separate components, then the booth can be transported, but transport efficiency is delayed
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated structure with direct pivotable couplings between partition members eliminates the need to separately handle and coordinate multiple components during transport, reducing loading/unloading time and improving transport efficiency
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The design simplifies assembly and disassembly, enhances storage and transport efficiency, and provides secure, easy-to-use compartments with minimal skill required.
Implementation Method 1
the first and second couplings comprise first pivotable couplings and second pivotable couplings... Preferably, the first pivotable coupling is a hinge joint. Preferably the second pivotable coupling is a hinge joint.
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AI summary
The present invention concerns a privacy booth comprising at least two partition members having first and second terminal ends; and at least two linking members having first and second opposed ends, each second terminal end of the partition member and each first opposed end of the linking members forming a first pivotable coupling, each first terminal end of the partition members and each second opposed end of the linking member forming a second pivotable coupling, the privacy booth being operable between a deployed state, in which adjacent partition members are spaced-apart to define a respective compartment therebetween, and a storage state in which adjacent partition members are substantially parallel with one another, and preferably flat packed against one another.