Portable wall system

• US 5,553,648 A
• Filed: 08/14/1995
• Issued: 09/10/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ardavan Goharjou
• Original Assignee: Ardavan Goharjou
• Inventors: Goharjou, Ardavan
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, Blair
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEV, BRUCE ALLEN
• Application Number:
  US08/514,684
• Time in Patent Office: 393 Days
• Field of Search: 160/135, 160/351, 160/377, 160/63, 160/237, 52/239, 52/148, 52/146, 52/645, 52/646, 52/222, 52/587.1, 135/139, 135/140, 135/127, 135/900, 256/13.1, 256/24, 256/26, 256/45, 256/DIG. 2
• US Class Current: 160/135
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 5/00 Screens shutters closing an opening E06B9/02; fly-screens E06B9/52; Draught-deflectors
• CPC Class Codes: E01F 7/00 Devices affording protection against snow, sand drifts, side-wind effects, snowslides, avalanches or falling rocks permanently installed heating or blowing devices for roads E01C11/26; Anti-dazzle arrangements ; Sight-screens for roads, e.g. to mask accident site E01F8/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 135/90 Worker or spectator shelter
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 256/02 Adjustable or falling fence

Abstract

A portable wall component is disclosed. The wall component comprises a pair of vertical posts. Each post has an upper component and a lower component with a hollow aperture extending therethrough. Each post also has a downwardly extending smaller cylindrical section at the bottom of the upper component and a complimentary cylindrical recess at the top of the lower post for receiving the smaller cylindrical section. An elastic band is located within each aperture extending along the length thereon and slightly beyond. A ring at the upper end of each upper component is coupled to the upper end of its associated band. A base component at the lower end of each lower component is coupled to the lower end of its associated band. A flexible sheet is provided with parallel upper and lower horizontal edges and parallel vertical end edges therebetween coupled to the posts. The flexible sheet has half-moon wind flaps cut therein and openings at the regions where the upper and lower components join.

Claims

1. A portable wall system formed of a plurality of single units coupleable together, each unit comprising:

a pair of cylindrical vertical posts, each post having an upper component and a lower component, with each post having a hollow aperture extending therethrough, each post having a downwardly extending smaller cylindrical section at the bottom of the upper component and a complimentary cylindrical recess at the top of the lower component for receiving the smaller cylindrical section;

an elastic band within each aperture extending along the length therethrough and slightly beyond;

a ring at the upper end of each upper component coupled to the upper end of its associated band;

a base component at the lower end of each lower component coupled to the lower end of its associated band;

a flexible sheet having parallel upper and lower horizontal edges, parallel vertical end edges, and opposite side therebetween coupled to the posts, the flexible sheet having half-moon wind flaps cut therein and openings at regions where the upper and lower components join;

stabilizing cords coupled at their upper extents to an associated ring and having hooks adapted to be secured to the ground at the lower ends of the stabilizing cords on opposite sides of the sheet for providing stability to the system; and

a plurality of outwardly extending fingers projecting downwardly from one component and a plurality of complimentary eyelets on the other component of each unit for allowing the coupling together of units in a systems configuration.

2. A portable wall component comprising:

a pair of cylindrical vertical posts, each post having an upper component and a lower component, with each post having a hollow aperture extending therethrough, each post having a downwardly extending smaller cylindrical section at the bottom of the upper component and a complimentary cylindrical recess at the top of the lower component for receiving the smaller cylindrical section;

an elastic band within each aperture extending along the length therethrough and slightly beyond;

a ring at the upper end of each upper component coupled to the upper end of its associated band;

a base component at the lower end of each lower component coupled to the lower end of its associated band; and

a flexible sheet having parallel upper and lower horizontal edges, parallel vertical end edges, and opposite side therebetween coupled to the posts, the flexible sheet having half-moon wind flaps cut therein and openings at regions where the upper and lower components join.

3. The component as set forth in claim 2 and further comprising:

stabilizing cords coupled at their upper extents to an associated ring and having hooks adapted to be secured to the ground at the lower ends of the stabilizing cords on opposite sides of the sheet for providing stability to the system.

4. The component as set forth in claim 2 and further comprising:

a plurality of outwardly extending fingers projecting downwardly from one component and a plurality of complimentary eyelets on the other component of each unit for allowing the coupling together of units in a systems configuration.