DRAFT SHIELD

• US 3,845,985 A
• Filed: 03/06/1973
• Issued: 11/05/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fritz H. Pahlow, Gerda A. Behrend
• Original Assignee: Fritz H. Pahlow, Gerda A. Behrend
• Inventors: Behrend, Gerda A., Pahlow, Fritz H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilliam, Paul R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Calvert, A. M.
• Application Number:
  US05/338,460
• Time in Patent Office: 609 Days
• Field of Search: 297/184 5/362 135/5R,5B 280/32.5
• US Class Current: 297/184.14
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/66 Means to protect against weather
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/666 of enclosure type with side panels

Abstract

The present draft shield is particularly adapted for mounting on an office chair to protect from drafts the occupant of the chair. The subject draft shield generally includes; a clamp, which is particularly adapted for releasably mounting on an office chair, a frame connected to the clamp, and a curtain supported by the frame. The frame includes a clamp rod secured to the clamp. A lower bracket joint is mounted on each end of the clamp rod. A telescoping post is mounted on each lower bracket joint. The posts are selectively pivoted, either to position each post substantially parallel to the clamp rod to facilitate storage of the draft shield or to position each post substantially perpendicular to the clamp rod. An upper bracket is mounted on the top of each of the posts. An upper bracket rod extends between the upper brackets. A roof rod is secured to each of the upper brackets and extends upward and away from the post. A front rod is connected to the roof rods. The curtain is supported on the upper rod, the roof rod and the front rod. The curtain includes panels hanging downward to provide an enclosure adjacent to an occupant of the office chair. A side rod is pivotedly mounted on each of the lower bracket joints and may be selectively positioned parallel to the respective post or perpendicular to the respective post. A side curtain is removably mounted on each of the side rods.

Claims

1. A draft shield of the character described mounted on an office chair and supported thereby comprising, a clamp releasably secured to an office chair, a clamp rod secured to the clamp, a lower bracket joint mounted on each of the opposed ends of the clamp rod, a post connected to each of the lower bracket joints, each post being selectively positionable to an attitude either substantially perpendicular to or substantially parallel to the clamp rod, an upper bracket connected to the upper end of each of the posts, an upper rod connected to the upper brackets, a front rod connected to the upper brackets and being spaced from and substantially parallel to the upper rod, and a curtain connected to the upper rod and the front rod, said curtain having a panel and a pair of side panels extending downward to protect from drafts an occupant of the office chair, a roof rod connected to each of the upper brackets and extendible outwardly therefrom, the front rod having each end connected to one of the roof rods, said front rod being separable to facilitate storage, and said upper rod being separable to facilitate storage, each of the posts includes a pair of telescoping members to facilitate storage of the draft shield, each lower bracket joint includes an end block secured to its respective end of the clamp rod, a double rod bracket pivotedly mounted on its respective end block, each double rod bracket having one end of its respective post secured therein, and a lock for selectively and releasably locking each double rod bracket to its repsective end block, including a side rod pivotedly connected to each of the double rod brackets for selectively positioning the side rod either substantially parallel to its respective post or in an attitude substantially perpendicular to said post, a side curtain supportable on the side rod for further protecting the occupant of the office chair, each of the posts including a pair of telescoping members to facilitate storage of the draft shield, and a roof rod connected to each of the upper brackets and being selectively positionable in an attitude either substantially parallel to its respective post or extending outward from its respective post, the front rod having each end connected to one of the roof rods, said front rod being separable to have portions positionable in an attitude substantially parallel to the respective roof rods, and said curtain being transparent.