Collapsible crease-smoothing cabinet comprising a curtain with a textile wall and a frame

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12480250-B2
Application number	US-202218566429-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2022
Priority date	Jun 2, 2021
Publication date	Nov 25, 2025
Grant date	Nov 25, 2025

Abstract

A crease-smoothing cabinet includes:
a base; a top extending opposite and at a distance from the base; and an expandable curtain configured to extend between the base and the top, so that the base, top and curtain together define an enclosed space in the crease-smoothing cabinet when the curtain is expanded and attached to the base and top. The curtain includes a textile wall and a frame having a plurality of stays, the frame stays being arranged at regular intervals along the textile wall, and in that each portion of the textile wall located between two frame stays has a convex shape, so that the frame and the textile wall ensure accordion-folding and unfolding of the curtain.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A crease-smoothing cabinet comprising:
a base; a top extending opposite and at a distance from the base; and an expandable curtain configured to extend between the base and the top, so that the base, the top and the curtain together define an enclosed space in the crease-smoothing cabinet when the curtain is expanded and attached to the base and the top, wherein the curtain comprises a textile wall and a frame comprising a plurality of frame stays, wherein the frame stays are arranged at regular intervals along the textile wall, and wherein each portion of the textile wall located between two of the plurality of frame stays has a convex shape, so that the frame and the textile wall ensure accordion-folding and unfolding of the curtain, and wherein the textile wall is formed by an assembly of a plurality of panels, wherein each of the plurality of panels comprises a sheath arranged at a distance from a junction between said panel and an adjacent one of the plurality of panels, said sheath configured to receive one of the plurality of frame stays.

2 . The crease-smoothing cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of panels is configured to ensure the placement of one of the plurality of frame stays.

3 . The crease-smoothing cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of frame stays comprises between five and fifteen frame stays.

4 . The crease-smoothing cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the curtain is adapted to be accordion-folded and unfolded substantially along a curtain axis orthogonal to the base, the textile wall forming a sleeve extending along the curtain axis and having an oblong transverse cross-section.

5 . The crease-smoothing cabinet according to claim 4 , wherein the frame stays are adapted to extend substantially in a plane perpendicular to the curtain axis.

6 . The crease-smoothing cabinet according to claim 4 , wherein the textile wall is configured to be moved linearly along the curtain axis to cause the curtain to accordion-fold or unfold.

7 . The crease-smoothing cabinet according to claim 4 , wherein each of the plurality of frame stays has a substantially oblong shape.

8 . The crease-smoothing cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the textile wall is multilayered and comprises a first layer and a second layer, the first layer comprising a textile material comprising an elastic fiber and the second layer comprising a waterproof textile material.

9 . The crease-smoothing cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the textile wall is formed from two textile half-walls connected to one another, each textile half-wall formed by an assembly of a plurality of half-panels connected to respective half-junctions, each half-panel comprising a half-sheath configured for receiving a frame half-stay, and wherein each of the plurality of frame stays comprises two frame half-stays each inserted into a half-sheath of a respective half-panel and connected to one another.

10 . The crease-smoothing cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the frame further comprises a first curtain connector for attaching the textile wall to the base of the cabinet, and a second curtain connector configured to removably attach the textile wall to the top of the cabinet, wherein the crease-smoothing cabinet has:
a working configuration wherein the second curtain connector is attached to the top, the curtain being expanded to connect the top and the base; and an access configuration wherein the curtain is at least partially collapsed, to provide an open space between the curtain and the top for receiving an item for smoothing.

11 . A method of using a crease-smoothing cabinet-( 10 ) according to claim 10 , comprising:
expanding the curtain and attaching the curtain connector to the top, in order to change from the access configuration to the working configuration; or detaching the curtain connector from the top and at least partially collapsing the curtain, to change from the working configuration to the access configuration.

12 . The method of assembling a curtain of a crease-smoothing cabinet according to claim 1 , comprising:
E1: forming, on each of the plurality of panels, a sheath adapted to receive a frame stay; E2: connecting the plurality of panels, two adjacent panels being connected to one another at a junction to form a textile wall; and E3: inserting each frame stay into a respective sheath.

13 . The method of assembling the curtain according to claim 12 , comprising:
E11: on each of a plurality of half-panels of the textile wall, sewing a strap forming a half-sheath adapted to receive a frame half-stay; E21: connecting the plurality of half-panels, two adjacent half-panels being sewn together at a respective half-junction to form a half textile wall; E22: sewing two textile half-walls together to form the textile wall; E31: inserting each frame half-stay into a half-sheath of a respective half-panel; and E32: connecting the half-stays two-by-two so as to form frame stays.

14 . A crease-smoothing cabinet comprising:
a base; a top extending opposite and at a distance from the base; and an expandable curtain configured to extend between the base and the top, so that the base, the top and the curtain together define an enclosed space in the crease-smoothing cabinet when the curtain is expanded and attached to the base and the top, wherein the curtain comprises a textile wall and a frame comprising a plurality of frame stays, wherein the frame stays are arranged at regular intervals along the textile wall, and wherein each portion of the textile wall located between two of the plurality of frame stays has a convex shape, so that the frame and the textile wall ensure accordion-folding and unfolding of the curtain, and wherein the textile wall is multilayered and comprises a first layer and a second layer, the first layer comprising a textile material comprising an elastic fiber and the second layer comprising a waterproof textile material.

15 . A crease-smoothing cabinet comprising:
a base; a top extending opposite and at a distance from the base; and an expandable curtain configured to extend between the base and the top, so that the base, the top and the curtain together define an enclosed space in the crease-smoothing cabinet when the curtain is expanded and attached to the base and the top, wherein the curtain comprises a textile wall and a frame comprising a plurality of frame stays, wherein the frame stays are arranged at regular intervals along the textile wall, and wherein each portion of the textile wall located between two of the plurality of frame stays has a convex shape, so that the frame and the textile wall ensure accordion-folding and unfolding of the curtain, and wherein the frame further comprises a first curtain connector for attaching the textile wall to the base of the cabinet, and a second curtain connector configured to removably attach the textile wall to the top of the cabinet, wherein the crease-smoothing cabinet has: a working configuration wherein the second curtain connector is attached to the top, the curtain being expanded to connect the top and the base; and an access configuration wherein the curtain is at least partially collapsed, to provide an open space between the curtain and the top for receiving an item for smoothing.

Assignees

• Seb Sa

Inventors

• Djeroro Amar
• Wessels Nils
• Mangeant Morane

Classifications

• D06F58/14

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