MXPA06009026A - Advertising kiosk structure acting as a public wc. - Google Patents

Abstract

Described is an advertising kiosk structure acting as a public WC having a substantially cylindrical shape, three vertical rectangular advertising panels located at the side surface thereof, one at each side portion and another at the back portion thereof, another smaller panel being located just above the entrance door of the kiosk for accessing the public WC facilities. Said kiosk comprises two structural bodies including a back body and a lower or base body; both structures are attached together by structural posts acting as columns, the external portion of said cylindrical structure is covered with a plurality of advertising moldings and/or panels, the inner portion being covered with the WC facilities.

Description

ADVERTISING KIOSK STRUCTURE THAT WORKS AS A PUBLIC WC FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a kiosk structure with advertising panels and more specifically to a cylindrical structure for constructing a public WC and provided on its side faces with advertising panels and an access door.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Most companies are interested in advertising their products or services. For their part, the advertising industry is looking for new ways to capture the views of consumers or potential customers through messages or slogans placed in strategic places with a great influx of observers. The advertising media that exist have several types of advertising such as movies, TV, spectacular advertisements, billboards, fences, stalls for the sale of magazines and newspapers, parahuses, pedestrian bridges, etc. Because we are continually looking for new means to advertise the products or services, one of them is the advertising kiosks that serve as public toilets.

The patent of the United States of America No. 6,920,650 granted on July 26, 2005 to Wieringa, describes and protects a portable public toilet of cylindrical shape with lateral advertising panels, provided with a circular base fixed to a platform, on the base thereof. it fits a cylindrical tube with open upper and lower ends and a lateral opening to locate the entrance door to the inside of the tube or of the space defined for the WC, finally we have a circular and arched roof that is located on the upper edge from the upper end of the tube. The flexible advertising elements stick to the side walls of the tubular body of the WC. The United States of America patent No. 6,763,626 granted to Wieringa on July 20, 2004, describes and protects an advertising display system that is additionally and externally adapted to a public toilet with a rectangular body. The adaptation is carried out by means of four posts placed in the corners of the portable WC, a clamp assembly is placed along each corner. At least three arched advertising panels are selectively placed at each corner, the convex surface of the arch facing outwardly from the body of the toilet. Each advertising panel consists of two sheets of transparent acrylic in the middle of which are placed the printed sheets with the advertising message, said sheets are fastened to the posts by means of the clamps in the shape of "T" located along the corners of portable toilets. The international application WO 2004/035948 whose holder is Holwerda Cleaning Combinatie BV, published on April 24, 2004, which refers to a cylindrical kiosk which in the open position is a urinal that allows the user to urinate and in its closed position makes the function of a space for advertising in strategic places of urban places. The kiosk is connected to the drain by means of a rubber siphon that prevents odors, on the other hand, it takes the energy from the municipal public network. The door can be opened remotely. The United States of America patent No. 6,668,392, granted to Mason on December 30, 2003, describes and protects a cylindrical housing for a portable public WC which has on its side wall an opening for a door and the door mounted on it, said door can be moved between an open position and a closed position; each section is joined to the edge of the other section by means of rivets, the upper portion may have the shape of a beverage bottle. The patent of the United States of America No. 6,640,356 granted to Hans on November 4, 2003, describes and protects a urinal that contains an electronic screen or display at the top where the advertising messages appear that are activated automatically when approaching the user, can also be activated through the Internet. The design of the United States of America No Des 416,313, granted to Foster on November 9, 1999, describes and protects an urban public installation in the form of "L" mounted on a platform and with flat side faces enabled as advertising spaces, inside from said installation there is a public WC. The design of the United States of America No. DES 410,093 granted to Stead on May 18, 1999, describes and protects an urban public facility that houses a WC inside, the side walls contain the door on one side, on the other a space enabled with seats to wait for the bus along with an advertising space.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES Figure 1 is an exploded front view of an installation for public WC of the state of the art. Figure 2 is a perspective view of an installation of a traditional public WC of the state of the art to which arched sections adapted to place advertisements are adapted in the corners. Figure 3 is a perspective view of another installation in the form of "L" for a public WC of the state of the art, on whose side walls of straight walls are allocated advertising spaces. Figure 4 is a perspective view of a state-of-the-art public WC installation, in which a rest or waiting bench is added outside, just in front of the advertising space. Figure 5 is a perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the advertising kiosk housing within it a public WC of the present invention, showing at least one of the side and front advertising panels. Figure 6 is a perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the advertising kiosk that houses a public WC inside, in this figure the assembly of the structure to erect the kiosk and some of the cover moldings is shown.

Figure 7 a shows the assembly of the upper structure of the kiosk of the present invention. Figure 7 b shows the assembly of the lower structure of the kiosk of the present invention. Figure 8 shows the location of the posts that join the upper structure with the lower structure to shape the kiosk of the present invention, said posts function as columns. Figure 9 shows the location of the exterior profiles of the door and the frame of the outdoor advertising panels of the present invention. Figure 10 a shows the front view of the panel covering the exterior of the lower structure. Figure 10 b shows the side view of the panel covering the exterior of the lower structure. Figure 10 c shows the perspective view of the panel covering the exterior of the lower structure. Figure 11 a shows a perspective view of the frame structure of the door and floor of the advertising kiosk housing a WC, of the present invention.

Figure 11b shows the perspective view of the frame structure of the door and floor, the upper front panel, as well as the front banquet of the advertising kiosk housing a WC of the present invention.

Figure 12 shows the perspective view of the upper body of the advertising kiosk housing a WC with the plurality of exterior moldings located in their final position.

Figure 13 shows the perspective and exploded view of the billboard, composed of the structure, the acrylic and the frame of the advertising kiosk housing a WC of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a cylindrical structure for erecting an urban kiosk containing a public WC and side walls with advertising space. It is another object of the present invention to provide an effective display of advertising on the exterior wall of a public WC. It is still an object of the present invention to provide a public WC structure that provides at least three advertising panels on the outside of said cylindrical structure. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a structure adapted for at least three advertising spaces, to which the advertisement can be easily changed, because they are held in a rotating manner.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The following describes a publicity kiosk that houses a public WC inside, said kiosk consists of an internal structure of PTR, divided into an upper body, a lower body, posts of attachment between said structures to form a cylindrical body that has at least three advertising side windows, a roof, a door area, an upper panel above the door, roof panels in the lower structure, floor structure, exterior profiles that cover the structure and form the frames of the windows and doors. The windows and the roof are covered with acrylic and a vinyl frame is superimposed on the windows. The kiosk is fastened to a concrete circular base with a resistance of 250 Kg / cm2 (not shown in the figures), formed by a disk of 2.20 m in diameter and a thickness of 0.15 m; the lower structure consists of two PTR base semicircles (2"x 2") 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm in 14 gauge, which is secured to the floor with eight expansive fasteners (> 1.27 cm), said semicircular structure parallel are superimposed in turn, to a structure of rectangles with a diagonal also of PTR of (2"x 2") 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm in caliber 14, in each of the 4 vertices of said rectangles a post PTR is secured of (4"x 2") 10.16 cm x 5.08 cm in 14 gauge that constitute the columns of the internal structure and that hold the upper structure formed by two parallel circles PTR base (2"x 2") 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm in 14 gauge, which is secured to the end of the post and said structure of parallel circumferences are superimposed in turn, to a structure of two horizontal parallel rectangles joined in turn, by vertical rectangles with a diagonal also of PTR of (2" x 2") 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm in 14 gauge, in each of the 4 vertices of the lower rectangle or tangency points with the circumference is secured by a pole PTR of (4"x 2") 10.16 cm x 5.08 cm in gauge 14. On the inside of the posts, two vertical channels (1/4 in) 0.635 cm thick are secured to receive and guide the WC unit.

The roof (not shown in the figures) is a flat top panel and / or circular dome of translucent acrylic 6 mm thick, with a diameter of 2.10 m and fastened with 4 screws to the circle of the PTR structure of the upper body. The lighting system, both for the interior of the WC and for banners or advertising panels, consists of 12 lamps of 2.40 m long and 80 Watts, whose light is diffused by a white acrylic sheet of 6 mm thickness. The area of advertising impact is made up of three banners or panels, two lateral and one rear with dimensions of 2.77 m in height and 1.22 m in width; a banner or front panel just above the door with dimensions of 0.90 m wide by 0.75 m high. For a better understanding of the subject matter of the present invention, the elements of Figure 5 are described, which represents one of the preferred embodiments of the advertising kiosk (1) of the present invention; it consists of a lower structural body of PTR of 5.08 cm by 5.08 cm formed by two parallel horizontal semicircles (18), a series of structural rectangles (13); in each of the vertices or points of tangency with the semicircumferences a structural post (19) is placed which constitutes the structural support columns of the advertising kiosk, at the upper end of said posts (19) an upper structure is placed, similar to the lower one, which is inscribed inside the internal face of the posts; said structure consists of two parallel circumferences (4) of PTR of 5.08 cm by 5.08 cm (2"x 2"), superimposed on a structural square (2) of PTR of 5.08 cm by 5.08 cm, respectively in each of the circumferences, said squares united in their vertices by four vertical posts of the same material, forming in this way four vertical rectangles that are reinforced by means of a diagonal (3). The structure of the upper body is covered with four flat upper panels (6), separated one by one by four brackets (5) regularly distributed on each structural post, to said flat upper panel (6) a floating upper panel is superimposed (7) of lesser width and which is also secured in the above-mentioned brackets, at the end of said upper body is placed a flat top panel of a translucent material as a roof (not shown) and a metal ring around and which is located in the posts of the corbels (5) (not shown). On the sides are the banners or advertising panels, two sides, one back and one just above the door area (14), another called top panel (15), the panels are formed of a structure formed by two posts ( 19), a 6 mm thick white acrylic sheet (8) and a vinyl frame (9), the door area (14) consists of a structural frame (16) moldings and the steel sheet door itself stainless (not shown), to the structure of the door is attached a floor structure (12) consisting of a series of three rectangles inscribed within a perimeter frame of square shape, made of PTR material of 5.08 cm by 5.08 cm . The lower structural body of PTR of 5.08 cm by 5.08 cm and consisting of two parallel semicircles (18) superimposed on two parallel semi-squares (13), both joined by four vertical posts to form three vertical structural rectangles (not shown) with a diagonal Said lower structural body is covered with three textured lower panels (10), the remaining section is covered with the door (not shown) of the advertising kiosk object of the present invention; in front of the door has a step shaped circle section called banquetón (11). Finally it is to be emphasized that the posts are covered with a flat molding (17). In figure 6, the advertising kiosk of figure 5 is shown; but with some variants such as the floating top panel (7) placed completely on the flat top panel (6) and secured on the brackets (5); the area of the rectangular window or billboard (60) is also shown where the acrylic sheet and the advertisement are placed, framed by the vinyl frame (9); because in this figure the acrylic sheet is not placed, the lower structural body can be seen with the upper structural semicircle (61), parallel and horizontal to the lower structural semicircle (62), the parallel and horizontal structural semi-squares (13), that is, without the side where the door will be placed, the diagonals (3) of the vertical rectangles and the floor structure (12). Figure 7 a, is the PTR structure of 5.08 cm by 5.08 cm in caliber 14, of the upper body (70) and consists of two parallel base (4) structural circumferences superimposed on two parallel structural squares (2), joined by means of four vertical poles (71) of 0.64 m in length that are located in the vertices of the squares (2), in this way a height of 0.75 m is given to the upper structural body (70), the circumferences (4) have a diameter of 1.81 m and the sides of the square a length of 1.20 m. In this stage four vertical rectangles have already been formed between the sides of the square (2) and the posts (71), said rectangles (72) are reinforced by means of a diagonal (3); thus in this way the upper structural body corresponding to figure 7 a is constructed. Figure 7 b corresponds to the lower structural body (75) or base of the advertising kiosk with WC, object of the present invention, which is constructed with 5.08 cm by 5.08 cm PTR structural iron by means of two parallel structural semicircles (61 and (62) of 1.81 m in diameter, superimposed on two parallel half-squares (13) of 1.20 m in length, said parallel elements are joined by means of four vertical poles (71) of 0.64 m in length located in each of the vertices of the semi-square and at the ends of the open sides, with said posts three vertical rectangles are formed with the sides of the squares (13) and the short posts (71), these vertical rectangles are reinforced by means of a diagonal ( 3), thus building the lower structural body corresponding to Fig. 7 b and having a height of 0.75 m, thus defining a frontal and interior free space on the open (free) side of the this structure a is located in turn, the frame structure of the door and on this side will be given access to the interior of the module. The lower structure is fixed to a concrete plate of 250 Fc and 2.20 m in diameter by 0.15 m in thickness, it is held by means of 8 expansive fasteners of 1.27 cm (1/2 in). Figure 8 represents an isometric view of the structural assembly (80) corresponding to the structural skeleton of the advertising module that houses inside a public WC object of the present invention, the upper structural body (70) is fixed and attached to the lower structural body (75) by means of four structural posts (19) of PTR of 10.16 cm by 5.08 cm (4 by 2 in) in gauge 14 and 4.30 m in height, which constitute the columns of the internal structure, said upper and lower structural bodies are placed inscribed on the internal face of the posts, which are located adjacent to the vertical posts (71) of the upper (70) and lower (75) structures, the posts (19) contains in the upper part a set of four lateral eyebrows and two in the lower part which make it possible to fasten by means of thunders to the outer face of the structural circumferences (4 and 61, 62) of the upper bodies (70). ) and lower (75). Thus, a cylindrical structure with a height of 4.30 m, distributed in 0.75 m of the lower structure, and 0.75 m of the upper structure is formed so that a clear between these structures of 2.82 m in height is formed. The location of the four posts divides the cylindrical structure into four rectangular sections, where three advertising side panels are placed and one on top of the door, just above it. In figure 9, the elements to be placed after assembling the structural assembly (80) of figure 8 to form the assembly (90) are represented, there is a series of elongated moldings that are placed on the posts, namely the post molding which is a flat ribbed profile (91) of 4.30 m in length that is placed on the outer face of the side posts, that is, those that do not belong to the door frame, in said frame is used a set of three different profiles in section and length, the elongated profile (94) with a length of 4.30 m and with a broken cross section of flat surface in which a pair of shorter length profiles (92) of 2.63 m in length are coupled and the other (93) of 1,665 in length. This last set of profiles are coupled to cover the two posts corresponding to the door frame or the front face of the advertising kiosk with WC object of the present invention. The section corresponding to the structure of the lower body is covered with a texturized molding and of arched cross section divided into three sections, namely, in figure 10 a is shown a front view of the textured molding or lower panel (10) covering an arc equal to 90 °; Figure 10 b shows the arched cross section (111) of said lower panel covering% turn, figure 10 c shows a perspective view of the lower panel having a width of 0.72 m and a length of 1256 m. The sections of the lower panel cover the lower side of the advertising kiosk, just below the location of the banners or advertising panels, leaving free the section corresponding to the door and the posts or structural columns. Figure 11 a shows the structure (110) of the door and floor constructed with PTR of 5.08 cm by 5.08 cm (2"by 2") of caliber 14, said structure has an "L" shape with a pair of parallel vertical posts on each side and separated from each other by a distance of 0.107 m, that is, the posts (112) and (120) joined at the upper end by means of the crossbar (113) and at the lower end by the crosspieces (114) and (115) forming a rectangular vertical structure or the chin where the door is placed stainless steel not shown, the cross member (115) is part of the flat rectangular floor structure (12) or horizontally formed also by the cross member (117) and four parallel side rails (116) of a length of 1,294 m, width of 1.17 my separated a distance of 0.30 m, two of them, inscribed within the rectangle that forms the floor structure. In reference to the door frame, it has a clearing with a height of 2.40 m and a width of 0.75 m. In the space defined by the parallel posts (112, 120) on both sides of the doorway, a flat molding is located to cover the gap and in one of said spaces the automatic door opening mechanism is placed together with the coin collector box. Figure 11 b, shows a perspective view of the structure of the door with the floor section (12) of the assembly (10) of figure 11 a, located on the front face with additional elements such as the upper panel (15) of the door, the moldings (92) of the door frame with cross section in broken line, the same door (121), the front banister (11). The upper panel is a PTR structure of 5.08 cm by 5.08 cm 14 gauge, with two stringers and two crossbars, the stringers in continuation of the posts (112) and the crossbars (100) attached to the crossbar (113) of the figure 11 a, in the space defined by the other crossbar (101) parallel to (100), the space of the front upper panel (15) is defined just above the door. In the space left over from the stringers is an arch section of the upper structure together with its flat and floating panels.

Figure 12 shows the upper body section (140) in its finishing stage, that is, with all the pieces arranged in the appropriate location, the internal structure (2), the perimeter ring (4), the four flat arched panels (6), the four floating outer arched panels (7), said set of floating panels secured to four brackets (5) placed in the direction of the posts or structural columns, that is, every quarter of a turn or every 90 °. In the upper part of the assembly (140) is placed a flat panel and / or dome of translucent acrylic 6 mm thick (not shown) and diameter of 2.10 m, which is fastened with four screws to the circumference (4) structural PTR, which allows daytime lighting without the need for artificial light. On the other hand is also placed a flat perimeter ring (not shown) cantilevered anchored on the posts protruding from the ends of the brackets (5) that gives it a hat look for protection against rain and sun. In Figure 13, an exploded isometric view describing the location of the pieces forming the billboard or display panel (130) is shown, said assembly having an arched frame (131) of PTR of 5.08 cm by 5.08 cm gauge 14 that is secured to the structural columns by means of hinges which allows an easy and accessible change of advertising posters; on said frame (131) is placed a roof that can be a sheet of acrylic (8) white 6 mm thick and secured between the metal frame (131) and the vinyl frame (9), in this arrangement of elements type sandwich the advertising poster is placed.

To the advertising kiosk internal elements are added to make functional the Public WC, namely, stainless steel furniture, fiberglass and sheet; Hidden electrical installation inside and outside; 2.77 m advertising windows 1. 22 m; the internal walls or sanitary liner is made of high density polyethylene with which a tank of clean water is made, a black water tank, sink, coat rack and ventilation pipe. It also has an income control device, which opens automatically when coins are inserted into an integrated security box, the lock is digital with four digits that offers a million combinations. This digital lock device and box are located between the two posts that form the door frame.

Claims (6)

1. - Advertising kiosk structure that functions as a public WC that consists of: a lower structural cylindrical base body anchored to a concrete slab; a cylindrical structural body upper base; a set of four posts and make the function of columns that join the upper and lower structural bodies and also divide the cylindrical structure into four rectangular sections, one front, rear and two side; a set of elongated outer profiles that cover the posts or columns; a set of three textured and arched lower panels that cover the side face of the lower structure; a structural assembly of door, floor and upper panel; a door; a banquet: a billboard structure, together with a white acrylic cover and a vinyl frame to cover each of the side advertising spaces; a top door panel; a set of four arched upper panels covering the lateral face of the upper structural body; a set of four floating upper panels superimposed on the flat upper panels and fastened to four brackets located every quarter of a turn; a translucent acrylic roof; a flat cantilevered circular ring attached to the posts at the end of the corbels.

2. An advertising kiosk structure that functions as a public WC according to claim 1, further characterized in that the lower structural cylindrical body is formed of two parallel semicircles superimposed on two parallel semi-squares, said formed structural elements are joined by medium of four short vertical posts located at the vertices of the semi-squares, with which the lower body is given a thickness and three vertical rectangles are formed which in turn reinforce each other with a diagonal element; defining with it a frontal and internal free space.

3. An advertising kiosk structure that functions as a public WC according to claim 1, further characterized in that the upper structural cylindrical body is formed of two parallel circumferences superimposed on two parallel squares, said formed structural elements are joined by means of four short vertical posts located in the vertices of the squares, which gives a thickness to the upper body and four vertical rectangles are formed which in turn are reinforced each with a diagonal element.

4. - An advertising kiosk structure that functions as a public WC according to claim 1, further characterized in that the four posts inscribe inside their internal face the upper and lower structural bodies; the posts that define the lateral and rear sections are covered with a flat profile and the other two attachments to the door structure defining the lateral and front sections are covered with profiles of cross section in broken line.

5. An advertising kiosk structure that functions as a public WC according to claim 1, further characterized in that the structural assembly of the front and floor face consists of a rectangular floor or horizontal structure attached to a vertical rectangular structure, the structure rectangular horizontal formed by two crossbars and four parallel beams separated by a same distance; the vertical structure formed by two crosspieces and four parallel beams located contiguously at the ends of the crosspieces to define two lateral spaces and a central space to locate the door.

6. An advertising kiosk structure that functions as a public WC according to claim 1, further characterized in that the billboard structure is anchored to the structural posts by means of hinges and a white acrylic sheet and a white acrylic sheet are superimposed thereon. vinyl frame to hold and protect the advertising poster. 1. An advertising kiosk structure that functions as a public WC according to claim 1, further characterized in that the translucent acrylic roof is flat and / or is a dome for daytime lighting.