Mobile kiosk with shade structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018272914-A1
Application number	US-201715815187-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 16, 2017
Priority date	Mar 21, 2017
Publication date	Sep 27, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

An expandable kiosk structure with a front face, a rear face, a first side structural unit and a second side structural unit arranged such that the front face and rear face are parallel and connect the first and second side structural units to form a box shaped structure that is expandable from a collapsed form an expanded form in which the front face, the rear face, and the first and second side structural units define an interior workspace in the box shaped structure. The front and rear faces each have an outwardly extendable portion that is hingeably or pivotally foldable onto a remaining portion of the front or rear face. Rolling mechanisms are disposed bottom corners and extendable brackets are disposed at the top corners connecting to a shading unit supported by a shading unit support structure. Front and rear shelf units are hingeably attached to the front and rear faces. One or more extendable chassis brackets extend along the length of the top and bottom edges of the front and rear faces to permit expansion of the first and second side structural units. The front face chassis bracket is strongly connected to a perpendicular revolving rod handle (trailer coupler) that aids in maneuvering the kiosk prior to attachment to or subsequent to detachment from its towing vehicle as well as during towing.

First claim

1 . An expandable kiosk structure, comprising:
a front face, a rear face, a first side structural unit and a second side structural unit, wherein the front face and rear face are parallel and connect the first and second side structural units to form a box shaped structure that is expandable from a collapsed form in which the first and second side structural units are adjacent to one another to an expanded form in which the front face, the rear face, and the first and second side structural units define an interior workspace in the box shaped structure, wherein the front and rear faces each comprise a portion that is outwardly extendable from the plane of the surface and is hingeably or pivotally foldable onto a remaining portion of the front or rear face, wherein the box shaped structure has rolling mechanisms disposed at each bottom corner and four extendable brackets disposed at the top corners oriented vertically and connecting to a shading unit supported by a shading unit support structure, a front shelf unit hingeably attached to the front face and a rear shelf unit hingeably attached to the rear face, wherein both the front shelf unit and the rear shelf unit are divided into two sections and each section is collapsible and foldable through a hingeable connection, an extendable chassis bracket extending along the length of the top and bottom edges of the front and rear faces, wherein the extendable chassis brackets are collapsible or expandable such that the first side structural unit is adjacent to the second side structural unit.

2 . The expandable kiosk structure of claim 1 , further comprising a grip or handle disposed at a front edge of at least one of the front shelf unit and the rear shelf unit.

3 . The expandable kiosk structure of claim 1 , wherein each rolling mechanism is oriented to roll in a perpendicular direction relative to the front face of the expandable kiosk structure.

4 . The expandable kiosk structure of claim 1 , wherein the rolling mechanism is oriented to roll in a direction that is relative to the front face of the expandable kiosk structure.

5 . The expandable kiosk structure of claim 1 , further comprising:
a side shading or cover unit disposed above and parallel to the outside face of the first side structural unit or the second side structural unit.

6 . The expandable kiosk structure of claim 1 , further comprising:
one or more utility devices disposed on a top surface of one or more of the first and second side structural units.

7 . The expandable kiosk structure of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the front and rear faces comprises a portion that is outwardly extendable to support the from shelf unit or the rear shelf unit.

8 . The expandable kiosk structure of claim 1 , wherein each of the extendable brackets is independently capable of full extension or partial extension.

9 . The expandable kiosk structure of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first top extendable chassis support at a top of at least one of the front face and the rear face, a first bottom extendable chassis support at the bottom of at least one of the front face and the rear face.

10 . The expandable kiosk structure of claim 1 , comprising:
a second top extendable chassis support at a top of at least one of the front face and the rear face, a second bottom extendable chassis support at the bottom of at least one of the front face and the rear face.

11 . The expandable kiosk system of claim 1 , wherein the inner surface of both the front and rear faces has a reversible snap fit locking mechanism to ensure the perfect closure and fully retracted configuration of the expandable kiosk structure.

12 . The expandable kiosk system of claim 1 , wherein the kiosk structure further comprises a revolving rod handle connected to the front face chassis bracket and configured to tow the kiosk in a fully collapsed or retracted form.

Assignees

• Univ Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal

Inventors

• El-Wakeel Hala
• Aloraifi Asma Yousuf
• Alarifi Haifa

Classifications

• A47F5/108

  adapted for regular, e.g. daily, transport, filled with articles to a display area · CPC title

• E04B2001/0061

  Buildings with substantially curved horizontal cross-section, e.g. circular · CPC title

• E04B1/34363

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

• A47F11/02

  Removable walls {, scaffolding or the like}; Pillars; Special curtains or the like · CPC title

• E04H15/56

  Floors · CPC title