The present invention refers to a desktop shield system for splashes and sprays protection.
There is a need for a modular desktop shield system for splashes and sprays protection in the sense that two or more identical units can be used, attached. and combined together to form a desired length and angle. The present invention discloses an effective solution for these needs and others.
The intention of the drawings attached to the application is not o limit the scope of the invention and its application. The drawings are intended only to illustrate the invention and they constitute only one of its many possible implementations.
The main object of the present invention is to provide a desktop shield system (1) for splashes and sprays protection of personnel, such as check-in and receptionist staff, when they provide service to the public. The desktop shield system is modular, in the sense that two or more identical units of the system can be used, attached and combined together to form the desired length and angle. The bottom edge of the panel can be adjacent to the desk or slightly higher than the desk height to create an opening for exchange of materials. The system can be assembled very easily; it can be easily placed on any flat table without the need for table connections. As will be explained below, a shield front can be created by using several units of the system both in a straight line and at a variety of angles, without having open spaces between one system to the adjacent one.
The desktop shield system (1) includes a right supporting rod (2), a left supporting rod (3) and a panel (9) that is designed to be connected to the right and the left supporting rods. The terms “right” and “left” come to express the side of each leg from the client's point of view facing the employee sitting at the desk and are intended to make it easier to describe the system. The panel can be a plastic or a glass for example.
The desktop shield system (1) includes the right supporting rod (2) that its lower end (20) is connected to a first horizontal base (21) at a specific angle (a) that is less than ninety degrees. The first side (22) of the first horizontal base has a protrusion (23) that corresponds with a recess (24) at a second side (25) of the first horizontal base. The right supporting rod includes at least one magnet element (26) that is connected to the right side (27) of the right supporting rod at a zero height.
The desktop shield system (1) includes also the left supporting rod (3) that its lower end (30) is connected to a second horizontal base (31) at the same specific angle (a). The first side (32) of the second horizontal base has a protrusion (33) that corresponds with a recess (34) at a second side (35) of the second horizontal base. The left supporting rod is also includes at least one magnet element (36) that is connected to a left side (37) of the left supporting rod at a zero height.
The recesses and the protrusions should be in opposite at each horizontal base so that when coupling one base to another base then the protrusion of the first base fits into the recess of the adjacent base as depicted in
The desktop shield system (1) is designed to be connected with a second desktop shield system (1b), in a way that the recess (33b) of the left supporting rod (3b) of the second system (1b) is assembled with the protrusion (23) of the right supporting rod (2) of the system (1) and that at least one magnet element (26b) of the left supporting rod of the second system is magnetically connected with the at least one magnet element (26) of the right supporting rod of the system (1), as illustrated for example in
The term “magnet element” means a magnet or a metal magnet so that it is possible for example to put magnets in the left legs and metal magnets in the right legs, or vice versa. So, when the left leg of one system is coupled to the right leg of an adjacent system, the magnet and the metal magnet cling together causing the two systems to stick together and at the same time, the protrusion and recess of the bases that are combined together prevent relative movement in terms of the width axis and the connection of the systems together is stable.
The relatively sharp angle between the bases and the legs causes the panel to tilt slightly back to allow the client to stand close to the table without having his nose very close to the panel.
The desktop shield system (1) may further include a triangular corner panel (91) that its front base angle (a) is at a same size as the specific angle (α) and its back base angle (b) is a right angle. it is preferably that the dimension of the triangular corner panel will be substantially as the same size of the imaginary triangle formed between the supportive rod and its base when an imaginary vertical line is lowered from the top of the rod. The triangular corner panel (91) is depicted in
Due to the fact that the rear side of the triangular panel is straight, it is possible to place two systems, each of which has a triangular corner panel adjacent to each other in any relative angle without having a space between these systems, since the rear sides of the triangular panel fully falls one to the other, as depicted for example in