Patent Grant
12104373
The present invention relates generally to a room divider assembly and particularly to a room divider assembly with a foldable stand mechanism.
A room divider has been broadly applied to some occasions, including medical room, restaurant, and office etc., to provide a separation, wind-shield, and aesthetic function.
There are some maintenance demands for the room divider, including moving, cleaning, and refurbishing, which needs a flexibility and function-ability for room divider's configuration. Accordingly in the art, some detachable and movable room dividers have been produced to meet different requirements. For example, some room divider assemblies are designed to be assembled as multiple modules connecting with each other to stand on the floor to make a division in a room, preferably thereby having support mechanisms installed on the bottom of the room dividers. Furtherly, to facilitate the adaptability and room-saving, some room dividers having rotatable hinges connecting with each other to provide a foldability.
Although the variant designs of room dividers could meet some basic functions demands in the market, there are still drawbacks. A typical drawback of room dividers in the art is that a disassembling is substantively complicated, i.e., requiring external tools driving and time consuming. The second drawback is that the foldability and portability thereof are not enough efficient due to some bottom support stand (like tripod) that has taken up rooms and been moved cumbersomely. An additional drawback lies in that almost all the room divider assembly in the art can't stand by stably holding a pre-set angle between the two connecting modules, because the connecting or locking mechanism between two pieces has only sustained stable with a straight angle.
Therefore, a demand to facilitate the room divider assembly for different complicated occasions is proposed, especially to provide a stability and adaptability in a narrow room. Thus, the present invention has been proposed to solve an urgent need for enhancing the mobility and flexibility of the room divider assembly and pieces thereof.
This present invention improves the drawbacks of those existing room divider designs. It makes the individual room divider modules have stands stably that can be quickly unfolded and retracted to reduce room divider storage space. At the same time, multiple room divider modules can be put together by the magnetic suction mechanism, and at the same time can be bent at a certain angle like a normal room divider to adapt to various user environments.
To solve the problem arisen in the background, the inventor has developed a magnetic suction room divider assembly with foldable stand.
Specifically, the present invention has provided:
A magnetic suction room divider assembly with foldable stand, the room divider assembly comprising:
In another aspect, wherein the single wall panel has a groove on each side edge thereof, and the magnetic suction stopper is secured in the groove by the pin.
In another aspect, wherein the button is linked to a tongue with a triangle protrusion.
In another aspect, wherein the tongue is attached to the surface of two brackets included in the stand mechanism, and the brackets are located opposite horizontally.
In another aspect, wherein each bracket has protruded rod longtitudedly at the distal end, and the rod is carried by the proximal end of an elongated coil spring.
In another aspect, wherein the distal end of the spring is against with an internal side of the bottom edge of the single wall panel.
In another aspect, wherein the bracket has a concaved rail.
In another aspect, wherein the bracket further has a pinion along the margin of the concave rails, and accordingly the stand leg has a rack engaged to the pinion.
In another aspect, wherein the button is pressed once to expand the stand legs, and pressed again to fold the stand legs.
In another aspect, when the button is pressed once, the tongue pushes to drive the brackets to move laterally until the brackets retains the tongue, triggering the stand legs to expand.
In another aspect, when the button is pressed twice, the spring exerts reaction force until the tongue is reset, triggering the stand legs to fold.
In another aspect, wherein the stand legs are expanded to an extension at a 90° angle.
The system and method of operation of the embodiments disclosed herein, however, together with additional objectives and advantages thereof, will be best understood from the following description of specific, exemplary embodiments when read in connection with the accompanying drawings.
The invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the various views of the drawings.
The following detailed description is merely exemplary in nature and is not intended to limit the described embodiments or the application and uses of the described embodiments. As used herein, the word “exemplary” or “illustrative” means “serving as an example, instance, or illustration.” Any implementation described herein as “exemplary” or “illustrative” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other implementations. All of the implementations described below are exemplary implementations provided to enable persons skilled in the art to make or use the embodiments of the disclosure and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure, which is defined by the claims. For purposes of description herein, the terms “upper,” “lower,” “left,” “rear,” “right,” “front,” “vertical,” “horizontal,” and derivatives thereof shall relate to the invention as oriented in
At the outset, it should be clearly understood that like reference numerals are intended to identify the same structural elements, portions, or surfaces consistently throughout the several drawing figures, as may be further described or explained by the entire written specification of which this detailed description is an integral part. The drawings are intended to be read together with the specification and are to be construed as a portion of the entire “written description” of this invention as required by 35 U.S.C. § 112.
A typical magnetic suction room divider assembly with foldable stand mechanism presented in this invention, comprises more than one single wall panel with a foldable stand mechanism, and those wall panels are connected with each other by a locking mechanism to establish a room separation. Specially, the after-established room divider assembly can stand stably upon the expand/unfolded stands or be moveable flexibly upon the retracted/folded stands. In addition, the connected single wall panels of the room divider assembly can be locked stably at a certain angle without any swings via a magnetic suction mechanism.
As referenced in
In addition, the stand mechanism 200 includes a slot 108 located in the middle at the bottom edge of the single wall panel 100, shown in the front view in
When a user is operating the room divider assembly, the two adjacent single wall panels have the magnetic suction stopper and pin thereof installed in the right location, respectively. The suction force between the magnetic suction stopper retains the adjacent single wall panels to lock with each other in a flexible way. Such a magnetic suction mechanism facilitates the installment of the assembly, which can be snapped rapidly and flexibly without any screws or fasteners driving. In addition, when the room divider assembly needs to be dissembled, a user may detach the adjacent single wall panels rapidly without any tools, or rotate a single wall panel to pile up itself over the adjacent panel thereof.
Preferably, to facilitate the rotation of the single wall panel, the transversal surface of the magnetic suction stopper 104 is shaped stadium shape in Geometry, which is a two-dimensional geometric shape constructed of a rectangle with semicircles at a pair of opposite sides 130. In addition, the magnetic suction stopper 104 has a side 132 linked to the pair of opposite sides 130. Such a construction can make the rotation smooth and flexible. Preferably, the side 132 have a strong magnetic properties to attract with side 132 of other adjacent stopper.
For example, in the embodiment, when there is a demand of saving up the room space or facilitating the delivery of the room divider assembly, a user adjust the single wall panel to make the pair of opposite sides 130 of a single wall panel attach with the sides 130 of the adjacent single wall panel. When there is a demand of separating the room, the two adjacent single wall panel just needs to rotate along the pin to detach with each other, consequently resulting in the detach angle, which is max to 180° angle, assembling a flat wall. Because of the free rotation of the single wall panel along the pin 106, which however is secured in the hole 122 without a vertical dislocation, the adjacent wall panels to be adaptable to secure with a certain angle, expand or pile up based on instant needs.
When the tongue is moved to a limit location, the shaped surface of the bracket 304 is detached completely to the triangle shaped surface of the tongue 302, and meanwhile, the end surface of the tongue 302 is engaged with the pair of opposite side surface. Since then, the compressed spring 308 has not been pushed against and begun to release to stretch, exerting a reaction force to the bracket 304, and then consequently securing the tongue 302 in a stable location. As a result, the bracket 304 is fixed. Until then, the stand leg 304 expands to an extension at a 90° angle.
When needing to fold the stand legs 310, a user just pushes the button 112, let the tongue 302 back to attach the shaped surface of the bracket, the reaction force from the coil spring 308 drives the bracket back to the original position upon the Rest status. Until then, Reset has been done.
Since many modifications, variations, and changes in detail can be made to the described preferred embodiments of the invention, it is intended that all matters in the foregoing description and shown in the accompanying drawings be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. Thus, the scope of the invention should be determined by the appended claims and their legal equivalence.
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| Number | Date | Country | |
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| 20240011286 A1 | Jan 2024 | US |
