Expandable kiosk structure with public service element

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018274255-A1
Application number	US-201715814758-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 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

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 on inside-facing surface of the first and/or the second vertically-oriented structural units, a working surface hingeably attached to at least one of the inside-facing surfaces of the first and/or the second vertically-oriented structural units, 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 fixably 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/or outside of at least one 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, 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 and/or 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 vertical oriented structure and have a socket unit located at the same height on the opposite side of the other vertical oriented structure corresponding to fully retracted configuration of the expandable kiosk 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.

7 . The expandable kiosk structure of claim 1 , wherein the lighting component is disposed at the top of the first and the second mounted vertically-oriented structural units.

8 . An expandable kiosk system, comprising:
the expandable kiosk structure of claim 1 , and an anchoring mechanism configured to hold the rolling mechanism of the second vertically-oriented structural unit at a distance from the first vertically-oriented structural unit corresponding to fully expanded configuration of the expandable kiosk structure.

9 . The expandable kiosk system of claim 7 , wherein the anchoring mechanism is configured to hold the rolling mechanism of the second vertically-oriented structural unit at a distance from the first vertically-oriented structural component corresponding to fully retracted configuration of the expandable kiosk structure.

10 . The expandable kiosk system of claim 7 , wherein the inner surface of both the first and second vertically-oriented structural units has a reversible snap fit locking mechanism to ensure the perfect closure and fully retracted configuration of the expandable kiosk structure.

11 . The expandable kiosk system of claim 7 , further comprising:
a rail for holding a wheel or guiding mechanism of the rolling mechanism that moves between the inside-facing surface of the first vertically-oriented structural unit and the inside-facing surface of the second vertically-oriented structural unit.

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

• 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

• A47F11/02

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

• B60P3/0257 Primary

  the object being a vending stall, restaurant or food kiosk · CPC title

• E04B1/34363

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

• A47B2031/008

  Outdoor serving carts · CPC title