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US20190316346A1
US20190316346A1 US16/382,807 US201916382807A US2019316346A1 US 20190316346 A1 US20190316346 A1 US 20190316346A1 US 201916382807 A US201916382807 A US 201916382807A US 2019316346 A1 US2019316346 A1 US 2019316346A1
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  • the present disclosure relates to a booth for personal use, such as for reading, telephoning etc., and/or as a group meeting booth that is acoustically quiet and private from its surrounding. More specifically, it relates to a quiet booth comprising a slatted structure.
  • High noise levels in the background may also affect a telephone conversation in two ways; one, the other party may not be heard properly; and two, the microphone of the telephone handset may transmit the background noise to the other party and make the conversing unpleasant and undistinguishable.
  • the inventors have identified as a solution a booth for personal use, such as for reading, telephoning and, depending on its size, also for use as a group meeting booth that is acoustically quiet and private from its location's surrounding.
  • the booth comprises a slatted structure.
  • the booth may be a temporary structure, which is assembled on site and then disassembled and taken away.
  • a booth structure comprising:
  • the slat elements may comprise widened corner sections forming stackable surfaces.
  • each slat Preferably the corner sections of each slat provide structural columns for the enclosure.
  • the apertures are provided in the corner sections to provide a duct within at least one of the columns.
  • the booth has an air inlet aperture which provides a passage of outside air into the duct.
  • the booth has an air outlet aperture inside the enclosure which provides a passage of air from the duct into the enclosure.
  • the booth further comprises pre-shaped slat elements that when stacked form a table with the enclosure.
  • the booth further comprises pre-shaped slat elements that when stacked form a seat with the enclosure.
  • the booth further comprises pre-shaped slat elements that when stacked form a window frame for the enclosure.
  • the booth may be disassembleable into at least two parts.
  • kit of parts comprising a plurality of pre-shaped slat elements which when assembled form the said booth.
  • the booth is disassembleable into the kit of parts.
  • the enclosure once assembled is generally rectangular, oval, pentagonal, triangular, hexagonal, or clover shaped.
  • the enclosure may have staged seating arrangements.
  • a plurality of booths which are arrangeable to attach to adjacently attach to each other to form multiple booth formations.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view of a first embodiment of a booth in accordance with the invention
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a front view of the booth, showing a door and entrance into the booth
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a side view of the booth
  • FIG. 4 illustrates various construction slat elements of the booth, specifically (a) a general wall slat, (b) a combined table and wall slat, and (c) a combined seat and wall slat.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates (a) a partially disassembled booth, showing (b) the top cover elements and the top ventilation system, and (c) side column extract showing a ventilation channel and air outlet holes.
  • FIG. 6 a illustrates a top view of the booth
  • FIG. 6 b illustrates a bottom view of the booth
  • FIG. 7 illustrates alternative top view design embodiments of the booth, specifically: a) rectangular, b) oval, c) pentagonal, d) triangular, e) hexagonal, and f) clover shaped;
  • FIG. 8 illustrates a top view of the triangular embodiment of the booth, showing an enhanced top ventilation system
  • FIG. 9 illustrates a perspective front view of the triangular booth, showing a door, a window, and the interior of the booth, wherein table and seating areas are visible;
  • FIG. 10 illustrates a perspective view of the back of the triangular booth
  • FIG. 11 illustrates a bird's-eye view of the triangular embodiment of the booth, wherein for illustration purposes, the roof has been removed and four people can be seen having a meeting in the booth;
  • FIG. 12 a and FIG. 12 b illustrate sketches of two of the various possible cluster arrangements of triangular booths, wherein doors and tables of the booths are also depicted.
  • FIG. 1 A booth 1 in accordance with a first embodiment of the invention is shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the booth 1 comprises an enclosure 2 .
  • the enclosure 2 has an opening 3 formed as a door frame in at least one side of the enclosure 2 , leading to the inside of the enclosure 2 .
  • a door 4 is arranged to be in an opened position allowing access to the enclosure 2 through the opening 3 , and in a closed position, which fully closes the opening and acoustically separates the enclosure from the surrounding environment.
  • the door 4 has a door handle 5 , or may have any other grab and/or access locking means.
  • the access means may be mechanical, such as keys, locks etc.
  • the access means may be electronic based, such as magnetic cards, locks with alpha numerical keys and pins, radio frequency activated, fingerprint, smartphone, or connected to and controlled by software installed in a controller of the booth and/or connected and controlled via wireless protocols, and/or connected and controlled via the Internet.
  • electronic based such as magnetic cards, locks with alpha numerical keys and pins, radio frequency activated, fingerprint, smartphone, or connected to and controlled by software installed in a controller of the booth and/or connected and controlled via wireless protocols, and/or connected and controlled via the Internet.
  • the door 4 has a peripheral frame made 6 of rigid material.
  • the peripheral frame 6 may be made of real wood or reconstructed wood-based material, such as plywood, compressed cardboard etc.; it may be plastic, or polymer based; or metal based, e.g. aluminium or light weight alloy.
  • the peripheral frame may be acoustically insulated, with further side panelling to it or with internal insulating methods, such as foam etc.
  • the peripheral frame 6 supports a door panel 7 .
  • the door panel may be transparent or translucent to allow natural light into the booth's enclosure. In other embodiments the door may be a combination of both, e.g. in sections and/or in patterns.
  • a transparent door panel allows more light in, and allows people inside and outside to see each other.
  • a translucent door panel would provide more visual privacy.
  • the door panel 7 is transparent and in FIGS. 1 and 2 the interior of the booth 1 can be seen. Also, in this embodiment a first side of the booth opposite the door has an incorporated window 8 with a transparent window panel.
  • the window 8 has similar dimensions and design as the door. This allows for more natural light to enter the interior of the booth.
  • Both the door 4 and window 8 may have high acoustic insulating properties.
  • the door is made of a single peripheral frame and panel.
  • the door may comprise two or more frame sections supporting two or more window panel sections respectively.
  • the door may come e.g. in two parts for ease of transportations, and the two parts may be assembled together on site.
  • the window 8 may have similar assembly features and parts as the door 4 .
  • FIG. 3 shows a side view of the booth showing a second side of the booth 1 .
  • the booth is a structure comprising a number of slat elements 10 or referred to as horizontal slats stacked vertically on top of each other.
  • a decorative panel 13 is attached to the second side of the booth.
  • the slats 10 may be made of real wood or reconstructed wood-based material, such as plywood, compressed cardboard etc.; they may be plastic, or polymer based; or metal based, e.g. aluminium or light weight alloy.
  • each slat element may be internal, such as injected with acoustic foam, or encompassing acoustic foam; may be structural, e.g. compressed paper or wood-based composite with high acoustic dampening properties; or may be a slat that comprises a layered sandwich of materials with acoustics dampening properties.
  • the top one is a general wall slat 10 , 15
  • the middle one is a combined wall-table forming slat 16
  • the bottom one is a combined seat-wall forming slat 17 .
  • the booth may be constructed entirely by stacking the slats 10 on top of each other. This method may be used to create a booth with a uniformly empty enclosure.
  • the height of the table may be at a table height suitable when sat down in a chair stool or the booth integrated seat, or the table height may be suitable for a standing up table.
  • the booth has a roof 25 , which may be a singular unit or composite top panelling.
  • the booth has a base or floor 26 , which may be a singular unit or composite top panelling.
  • the shape of the roof 25 and the floor 26 which also define the overall shape of the booth, are square shaped with rounded corners.
  • the roof and the floor of the booth may be other shapes, e.g. rectangular, pentagonal, triangular, hexagonal, oval, clover shaped, etc. as illustrated in FIG. 7 .
  • the roof 25 and the floor 26 may also be different shapes to each other, as long as the enclosure has suitable internal space and the door is arranged to be functional.
  • the size of the interior of the booth may be suitable to accommodate one person or alternatively bigger booths may be suitable for accommodating two or more people.
  • the seat and the table are integrated on two opposite side panels of the booth.
  • the roof and the floor are rectangular as seen in FIG. 7 a
  • two seats may be integrated on two opposite sides of the booth and the table may be integrated on the back side of the booth, i.e. opposite the booth side comprising the door.
  • the table may be integrated to the floor, and all side walls, apart from door sides, may incorporate seats.
  • FIGS. 6 a and 6 b which show the roof panelling and the underside of the floor panel, respectively, and to FIG. 6 , which shows the wall slats in the assembly of the booth, the invention will be described in more detail.
  • the floor panel has one or more air and/or cable holes at the corners, one or more dowel holes close to the corner limits and one or more rod holes along the middle of the floor frame.
  • One of the air-cable holes is opened through the floor to allow external cabling such as power and Internet to be wired through the booth, or allow a socket for a socket connection.
  • the air-cable holes, the dowel holes and the rod holes correspond to similar holes of the wall slats, seat-wall slats and the table-wall slats.
  • the rod holes may be used only in a limited number of slats.
  • rods e.g. the length of four slat height may be used to bolt together to halves of a booth.
  • dowels are used to join the floor panel to the first wall slats.
  • a second wall slat is positioned on top of the first walls slat.
  • the two wall slats attach to each other via dowels inserted into respective and corresponding dowel holes of the two slat panels.
  • a third wall slat is positioned and attached on top of the second slat with dowels in a similar manner.
  • the rest of the wall slats are also attached in a similar manner on top of each other.
  • the first two wall slats have rod holes, whereas the wall slats attached further up have channel grooves at the location of the rod holes.
  • the rod is threaded, and nuts with corresponding mating thread are used to fasten the two wall slats to the floor panels.
  • the roof panel is fastened with rods and nuts to the top two wall slats.
  • grooved wall slats continue to be stacked up to approximately the middle of the booth.
  • the four wall slats corresponding approximately to the middle of the booth have again holes and not grooves. These four wall slats are fastened together with rods and nuts, and thus increasing the structural integrity of the booth.
  • rod and nut fastening may be used.
  • the booth may be assembled in e.g. in two parts at the manufacturer's shop, then transported to the installation location, where the two booth parts can be assembled together in a very short amount of time by fastening the rod and bolts in the middle section. Then the door, window and any decorative panels may be attached without much time required.
  • a disassembled roof panelling is shown.
  • the roof panelling also incorporated a ventilation system 40 .
  • the roof panelling comprises a top panel, which in turn comprises one or more electric fans.
  • the top panel comprises side ventilation channel openings 43 .
  • the top roof panel mates with a middle roof panel 44 .
  • the middle panel also has corresponding side ventilation channel openings 43 .
  • the ventilation channels in the top and middle roof panels form ventilation openings when the two panels are mated together.
  • the middle panel comprises through holes 45 that correspond with the size and location of the air-cable holes of the wall slats. Furthermore, the middle roof panel comprises large channels running across the panel and creating air passages that join the fan, i.e. fresh air inlet with the through holes that correspond with the air-cable holes of the wall slats. Air from the fan is pushed through the large channels into the air-cable holes all the way down to air exit holes located at the lower part of the wall slats. This can be seen e.g. in FIG. 6 , that the lowest stacked wall slats have openings into the air-cable holes, which allow the air into the booth.
  • This arrangement ensures that the booth is ventilated and adequate air temperature levels, while at the same time minimising the acoustic exchange between the outside and the inside of the booth.
  • the complete ventilation system is an integral part of the structure of the layered slats structure i.e. of the booth.
  • the openings, holes, channels and duct forming extrusions that are aligned and arranged to create the ventilation system are formed and machined into the slats design during the machining process.
  • the ventilation system of the booth draws fresh air from the top, i.e. the roof's air entry points, ducts it down through the structure and pushes this fresh air into the enclosure of the booth at a low level air inject outlets.
  • air exhaust outlets are located at the top of the booth in the roof but at different location from the fresh air inlets to avoid fresh air contamination and recirculation of ‘used air’.
  • the thus system uses convection air circulation by injecting fresh cold air in the lower part of the enclosure and allows the natural process of warm air to rise and exit at the top part of the enclosure.
  • FIGS. 8 to 12 A booth in accordance with a second embodiment of the invention is shown in FIGS. 8 to 12 .
  • the base, i.e. the floor, and roof of the booth are triangular in shape and the booth comprises three side walls.
  • the booth comprises an enclosure.
  • the enclosure has an opening in at least one side of the enclosure, leading to the inside of the enclosure.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates a top view of the triangular embodiment of the booth, showing an enhanced top ventilation system.
  • the ventilation system may be enhanced for meeting booths that may accommodate two or more people.
  • the enhanced ventilation provides greater quantities of air circulation, with minimal amount of fan noise.
  • FIG. 9 illustrates a perspective front view of the triangular booth, showing the door, a window, and the interior of the booth, wherein table and seating areas are visible.
  • FIG. 10 illustrates a perspective view of the back of the triangular booth, showing two back walls.
  • none, or one, or both of the back walls may be glazed to allow light in, or to increase privacy, depending on the purpose of the booth.
  • FIG. 11 illustrates a bird eye view of the triangular embodiment of the booth, wherein for illustration purposes, the roof has been removed and four people can be seen having a meeting in the booth.
  • Seating areas and a table can also be seen in FIG. 11 .
  • the seating area may be at multiple levels, i.e. staged or in steps, thus allowing a greater number of people to be comfortable in the same surface area.
  • Staged seating can be seen in the top corner of FIG. 11 , which can comfortably accommodate up to six people.
  • triangular booths may be arranged in various clusters and formations. This may be to maximise the use of space where these booths are located, i.e. increased number of booths, or to adapt to the geometry of the room, or for purely aesthetic purposes, or combination of all of the above.
  • FIG. 12 a and FIG. 12 b for example illustrate sketches of two of the many possible cluster arrangements the triangular booths may have. Doors and tables of the booths are also depicted to demonstrate the workings of the booths.
  • the booths may have connection means to connect to each other in the cluster in order to increase the structural integrity of the booths and of the cluster.
  • the triangles are equilateral.
  • FIG. 12 a shows that a chain of booths may be created in a continuous line. The doors of the booths are all accessible. Further booths may be added to the right of the cluster, or in this arrangement, downwards as seen in FIG. 12 a.
  • linear or angular cluster geometries are possible.
  • FIG. 12 b shows a central cluster arrangement, which maximises the use of space where these booths are located.
  • a central cluster arrangement also provides aesthetic qualities, especially in a fair or open office environment. The doors of the booths are all accessible.
  • a booth may have more than one opening and doors, i.e. a main door and a secondary door.
  • respective secondary doors or a main door and a secondary door may align and when in the opened position, provide a double booth space.
  • a through route may be used from an adjacent booth.
  • the invention discloses a booth structure comprising a roof, a floor, and a plurality of slat elements that when stacked together form at least one wall of an enclosure, wherein the slat elements are pre-shaped and stackable in a predefined order to form a door frame for the enclosure, wherein each slat element comprises at least one aperture which when aligned with an aperture of a slat above and/or below form a duct within the wall or walls of the structure.
  • the slat elements comprise widened corner sections forming stackable surfaces.
  • the corner sections of each slat provide structural columns for the enclosure.
  • the apertures are provided in the corner sections to provide a duct within at least one of the columns.
  • the booth has an air inlet aperture 42 which provides a passage of outside air into the duct 45 .
  • the booth has an air outlet aperture 11 inside the enclosure which provides a passage of air from the duct 12 , 45 into the enclosure.
  • Pre-shaped slat elements when stacked form a table with the enclosure.
  • Pre-shaped slat elements that when stacked form a seat with the enclosure.
  • Pre-shaped slat elements that when stacked form a window frame for the enclosure.

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