Mobile booth system

• US 5,864,991 A
• Filed: 01/02/1998
• Issued: 02/02/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 01/02/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gary Burns
• Original Assignee: Gary Burns
• Inventors: Burns, Gary
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): A, Phi Dieu Tran, A, Phi Dieu Tran
• Application Number:
  US09/002,321
• Time in Patent Office: 396 Days
• Field of Search: 52/66, 52/67, 52/71, 52/126.6, 52/126.1, 52/198, 52/143, 52/64, 296/26.09, 296/26.1
• US Class Current: 52/67
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 16/40 Construction elements specially adapted therefor, e.g. floors, walls or ceilings ceiling elements filtering inflow of air into the booth B05B16/60; walls specially adapted for promoting separation of excess material B05B14/44
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 3/14 the object being a workshop for servicing, for maintenance, or for carrying workmen during work lifting devices for movable platforms or cabins for workmen B66F11/04
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 3/34 the living accommodation being expansible, collapsible or capable of rearrangement B60P3/38 takes precedence; tents supported at least partially by vehicles E04H15/06

Abstract

A mobile booth, which is mounted upon a truck, comprising a primary housing and a canopy that is slidably mounted exterior to the primary housing. The canopy is mounted to the primary housing with a roller track. The canopy comprises a top panel, and side panels that are hingeably connected thereto. The side panels have a tri-partite construction, including an upper panel, middle panel, and lower panel which are hingeably connected to allow an enclosure created by canopy to be wider than the truck. To deploy the canopy, the middle panel and lower panel are lowered to the ground, and the truck is pulled forward until the primary housing is forward of substantially all of the canopy. Hydraulic jacks may extend downwardly from the primary housing to selectively engage the ground surface, raise the primary housing slightly, and allow the truck to be driven away to create a semi-permanent installation.

Claims

1. A mobile booth that is carried by a truck for creating an enclosure at a remote location, comprising:

a primary housing that is rigidly attached onto the truck, defining a primary housing interior;

a canopy which extends over the housing, comprising a top panel and side panels, the top panel hingeably connected to the side panels, and the side panels having a mid side panel and a lower side panel, the lower side panel is hingeably connected to the mid side panel so that the lower side panel may be folded up against the mid side panel for storage and during transport and may be lowered to extend to the around when the canopy is deployed;

a roller track between the primary housing and canopy for allowing the canopy to be deployed by sliding rearwardly on the primary housing and create the enclosure rearward of the primary housing, between the canopy and ground beneath the canopy.

2. The mobile booth as recited in claim 1, wherein the side panels further comprise an upper side panel hingeably connected between the mid side panel and top panel, for allowing the enclosure created by the canopy to be wider than the truck.

3. The mobile booth as recited in claim 2, wherein the primary housing has at least one rear access door which provides direct communication between the primary housing interior and the enclosure when the canopy is deployed.

4. The mobile booth as recited in claim 3, wherein the primary housing has an air exhaust unit extending through the primary housing roof, and wherein the top panel of the canopy has an air exhaust cutout for allowing the air exhaust unit to extend above the top panel when the canopy is slid fully forward on the primary housing.

5. The mobile booth as recited in claim 4, wherein the top panel of the canopy further comprises a slidable fan panel which is normally retracted within the top panel adjacent to the air exhaust cutout when the canopy is fully forward on the primary housing, and which is extendible to cover the air exhaust cutout when the canopy is deployed rearward of the primary housing.

6. The mobile booth as recited in claim 5, further comprising sheeting roll holders at the primary housing rear for dispensing sheeting for covering inside the enclosure.

7. The mobile booth as recited in claim 6, further comprising hydraulic jacks which extend downward from the primary housing, the hydraulic jacks are normally retracted but may be lowered to meet the ground beneath the truck.

8. The mobile booth as recited in claim 7, wherein the hydraulic jacks may be lowered to meet the ground and push the primary housing upward and free of the truck so that the truck may be driven away, leaving a semi-permanent installation.