Expandable kiosk structure with public service element

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10315553-B2
Application number	US-201715814758-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2017
Priority date	Mar 21, 2017
Publication date	Jun 11, 2019
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019

Abstract

An expanded kiosk and kiosk system that is collapsible and deployable by expansion and contraction. The kiosk includes a lighting system adapted to provide a light characteristic to the kiosk and represent a lamp post or light post for public or private spaces. Deployment of the kiosk includes moving first and second vertically-oriented structural units away from one another such that one or more of a canopy, a working surface and/or a front-facing surface are fully deployed and the canopy surface and working surface are substantially parallel to one another.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An expandable kiosk structure, comprising:
a first vertically-oriented structural unit and a second vertically-oriented structural unit, wherein the first and second vertically-oriented structural units have inside-facing surfaces parallel to one another,
a canopy pivotally or hingeably affixed to at least one inside-facing surface of the first vertically-oriented structural unit, the second vertically-oriented structural unit, or both the first vertically-oriented structural unit and the second vertically-oriented structural unit,
a working surface hingeably attached to at least one of the inside-facing surfaces of the first vertically-oriented structural unit, the second vertically-oriented structural unit, or both the first vertically-oriented structural unit and the second vertically-oriented structural unit, wherein the working surface is disposed beneath the canopy and rests on a front-facing surface that is vertically hingeably attached to the inside-facing surfaces of the first and second vertically-oriented units,
wherein the first vertically-oriented structural unit is permanently attached to a substrate and the second vertically-oriented structural unit is mounted on a rolling mechanism so that the second vertically-oriented structural unit may be moved away from the first vertically-oriented structural unit to a distance equivalent to a deployed length of the canopy and a deployed length of the working surface,
a lighting component mounted inside and at the top of the first and the second vertically-oriented structural units, wherein the lighting component is electrically connected to an electrical source passing through the first vertically-oriented structural unit and extends around the periphery of the expandable kiosk structure when the first and the second vertically-oriented structural units are in a fully retracted configuration and the expandable kiosk structure represents a rectangular column,
a second working surface hingeably attached to an outside-facing surface of at least one of the first and the second vertically-oriented structural units and deployable by resting on a third deployable surface pivotally or hingeably attached to an outside-facing surface of the first or second vertically-oriented structural units.

2. The expandable kiosk structure of claim 1 , wherein the canopy is hingeably or pivotably foldable at a center portion thereof and the working surface is hingeably or pivotably foldable at a center portion thereof.

3. The expandable kiosk structure of claim 1 , wherein the first vertically-oriented structural unit includes a utility supply line that provides electricity, sanitary, and water supply line that provide services to the working surface, a basin present in the working surface, or both the working surface and a basin present in the working surface.

4. The expandable kiosk structure of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and the second vertically-oriented structural units includes one or more shelves mounted on an inside-facing surface.

5. The expandable kiosk structure of claim 4 , wherein at least a portion of the shelves are mounted at any height on one vertically-oriented structure and have a recess located at the same height on the opposite side of the other vertically-oriented structure.

6. The expandable kiosk structure of claim 1 , wherein the rolling mechanism includes wheels that rotate in axial alignment with the inside-facing surfaces of the first and the second vertically-oriented structural units.

Assignees

• Univ Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal

Inventors

• El-Wakeel Hala
• Alabduljabbar Semah
• Ismail Zati Hazira
• Albarrak Muneera A
• Al-Shuaibi Shahad
• Alarifi Haifa
• Alabdullah Mashaer
• Alba'Adi Reem

Classifications

• E04B1/34363

  with provisions to raise or lower the whole structure · CPC title

• A47F9/00

  Shop, bar, bank or like counters (show cases or show cabinets A47F3/00; safety transaction partitions, e.g. movable pay plates, E05G7/00) · CPC title

• A47B2031/008

  Outdoor serving carts · CPC title

• E04B2001/327

  comprised of a number of panels or blocs connected together forming a self-supporting structure · CPC title

• E04B1/3205

  Structures with a longitudinal horizontal axis, e.g. cylindrical or prismatic structures · CPC title