Booth

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11629515-B2
Application number	US-202117396787-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 9, 2021
Priority date	Feb 3, 2021
Publication date	Apr 18, 2023
Grant date	Apr 18, 2023

Abstract

A booth that has an opening through which a user enters and exits the booth and a desk and a chair installed in a space surrounded by a floor and a side wall, the booth includes a movable sound insulation member that is installable to enclose the user in a case where the user is below a top portion of the booth while being in the booth.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A booth that has an opening through which a user enters and exits the booth and a desk and a chair installed in a space surrounded by a floor and a side wall, the booth comprising:
a movable sound insulation member that is installable to enclose the user in a case where the user is below a top portion of the booth while being in the booth, wherein the sound insulation member comprises a plurality of unit panels that are foldably connected to each other, is stored in a storage region defined by the side wall and a sound absorption panel provided at an inner surface of the space at an opening position at which an upper side of the space is opened, and the sound insulation member covers a portion of the opening.

2. The booth according to claim 1 , wherein the sound insulation member has a light-transmitting property.

3. The booth according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a sliding door that covers the opening.

4. The booth according to claim 3 , wherein the door covers a region that is on an upper side of the opening and is higher than the desk.

5. The booth according to claim 1 , wherein the opening is further provided with a covering member that makes feet of the user invisible or difficult to see.

6. The booth according to claim 1 , wherein a gate bar that is opened and closed such that the space becomes enterable for the user is disposed at the opening.

7. The booth according to claim 6 , wherein the gate bar includes a locking unit that is unlockable by using an unlocking key signal.

8. The booth according to claim 7 , wherein the gate bar is unlockable and rotatable such that the opening is opened by rotating and unlocking the gate bar.

9. The booth according to claim 8 , wherein the gate bar is rotatable to a first position at which the gate bar is inclined toward an opening side with respect to a vertical line so that the opening is opened.

10. The booth according to claim 7 , wherein, the gate bar is rotatable to a first position such that the opening is closed and is locked by the locking unit.

11. The booth according to claim 7 , wherein the gate bar is rotatable from a second position to a first position such that the opening is opened and is unlocked by the locking unit.

12. The booth according to claim 6 , wherein the gate bar includes a weight that reduces a weight of the gate bar in a rotation direction.

13. The booth according to claim 1 , wherein a seat surface of the chair is foldable and the seat surface becomes sittable by being unfolded to have a length and a height such that a rear part of a femoral region of the user is not pressed.

14. The booth according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a power source that supplies power to a device installed in the booth, wherein an outer periphery of the power source is covered with a heat insulating member.

15. The booth according to claim 1 , wherein the floor is provided with a caster for movement.

16. The booth according to claim 15 , wherein the caster includes an in-wheel motor that rotationally drives the caster.

17. The booth according to claim 1 , wherein the sound insulation member is movable to a closing position at which the sound insulation member covers a portion of the opening, the sound insulation member is stored in the storage region which is entirely at the side wall, and the booth further comprises a guide groove through which is the sound insulation member is pulled out from the storage region to slide across from the side wall to an opposite side wall so as to cover the user on two sides.

18. The booth according to claim 1 , wherein the the sound insulation member is transparent.

Assignees

• Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp

Inventors

• Watanabe Shu
• Yamashita Kunichi
• Kawamura Akihide
• Kimura Masamichi
• Fujimura Shigenaga

Classifications

• E04B1/8218

  soundproof enclosures · CPC title

• A47B3/14

  Foldable table and seat units · CPC title

• A47B2200/0071

  Booth like · CPC title

• E04H1/125 Primary

  Small buildings, arranged in other buildings (E04H1/1272 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A47B2220/13

  Sound or noise reduction or dampening, e.g. built in via the furniture panels · CPC title