Voting booth
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1. A voting booth comprising:
- a. a heavy duty structural frame;
b. lightweight panels secured to the heavy duty frame;
c. electronic voting equipment;
d. means to mount the electronic voting equipment on the frame;
e. means to move the voting booth from a storage area to a voting poll area; and
f. means for converting the voting booth from a compact storage mode to a functional voting modewherein the means for converting the voting booth from a compact storage mode to a functional voting mode is comprised of vertical rails on the two front edges of the voting booth;
front doors hingedly and slidable mounted on the rails;
means at the top of each rail to releasably hold the doors in an elevated position;
a curtain hingedly mounted on the inside of each door for rotation into position to form a screen between the doors when the doors are in an open elevated position;
a top and a ballot display hingedly mounted to the top.
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Abstract
A movable heavy duty voting booth with a structural frame and lightweight panels to accommodate electronic voting mechanisms.
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16 Claims
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1. A voting booth comprising:
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a. a heavy duty structural frame; b. lightweight panels secured to the heavy duty frame; c. electronic voting equipment; d. means to mount the electronic voting equipment on the frame; e. means to move the voting booth from a storage area to a voting poll area; and f. means for converting the voting booth from a compact storage mode to a functional voting mode wherein the means for converting the voting booth from a compact storage mode to a functional voting mode is comprised of vertical rails on the two front edges of the voting booth;
front doors hingedly and slidable mounted on the rails;
means at the top of each rail to releasably hold the doors in an elevated position;
a curtain hingedly mounted on the inside of each door for rotation into position to form a screen between the doors when the doors are in an open elevated position;
a top and a ballot display hingedly mounted to the top. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 10, 11)
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2. A voting booth as in claim 2 wherein the electronic voting equipment is comprised of a central processing unit;
- an electronic voting module and a voting register mechanism and the means to mount the electronic voting equipment which is comprised of a base plate;
elastomeric mounts secured to the base plate on which the central processing unit is mounted;
an intermediately located horizontal structural member extending across the front of the frame;
a horizontally extending intermediate bar located at an elevation below and behind the intermediately located horizontal structural member;
elastomeric mounts on the intermediately located structural member and the bar which support the electronic voting module;
concave recesses formed in each side panel at an intermediate elevation;
handles extending transversely in the concave recesses and an arcuate extension from the voting register mechanism which arcuate extension fits within a concave recess behind the transversely extending handle and bears against the transversely extending handle to mount the voting register mechanism on the exterior of the voting booth. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 9, 12)
- an electronic voting module and a voting register mechanism and the means to mount the electronic voting equipment which is comprised of a base plate;
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13. A voting booth comprising:
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a. a heavy duty structural frame; b. lightweight panels secured to the heavy duty frame; c. electronic voting equipment; d. means to mount the electronic voting equipment on the frame; and e. means to move the voting booth from a storage area to a voting poll area wherein the means to move the voting booth from a storage area to a voting poll area are comprised of a handle on one side of the voting booth, said handle being fixedly mounted in a recessed portion on said side of the voting booth;
a wheel on the front and a wheel on the rear of the voting booth on the respective edges of the side of the voting booth opposite the handle, said wheels fixedly aligned transversely to the front of the voting booth and casters on the bottom of the voting booth opposite the wheels. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A voting booth comprising:
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a. a heavy duty structural frame; b. lightweight panels secured to the heavy duty frame; c. electronic voting equipment; d. means to mount the electronic voting equipment on the frame; and e. means to move the voting booth from a storage area to a voting poll area wherein the frame is comprised of four vertically arranged corner channel members;
four horizontally disposed base channel members secured to the four vertical corner channel members; and
intermediate horizontal channel members extending between adjacent vertical corner channel members.
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