A portable voting booth for a user to erect at a voting place when needed and disassemble thereafter for transportation and storage includes a base portion and a plurality of legs for assemble onto the base portion. The base portion defines a plurality of leg-receiving bores for receiving hollow tub
A portable voting booth for a user to erect at a voting place when needed and disassemble thereafter for transportation and storage includes a base portion and a plurality of legs for assemble onto the base portion. The base portion defines a plurality of leg-receiving bores for receiving hollow tubular end portions of the plurality of legs. The base portion also includes leg-gripping components within the bores for gripping the tubular end portions in order to restrain the legs from falling out of the leg-receiving bores under influence of gravity. The leg-gripping components of one embodiment include four resiliently deformable, axially extending fingers within each of four leg-receiving bores, the fingers resiliently deforming so that they fit axially into the tubular end portions to bear radially outward against the inwardly facing inner walls of the tubular end portions for leg-restraining purposes.
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What is claimed is: 1. A portable voting booth for a user to erect at a voting place when needed and disassemble thereafter for transportation and storage, the portable voting booth comprising: a base portion; and means for supporting the base portion on a horizontal support surface so that the bas
What is claimed is: 1. A portable voting booth for a user to erect at a voting place when needed and disassemble thereafter for transportation and storage, the portable voting booth comprising: a base portion; and means for supporting the base portion on a horizontal support surface so that the base portion is elevated above the horizontal support surface, said means including a plurality of legs for the user to assembly onto the base portion as a step in erecting the portable voting booth and said plurality of legs including at least a first leg having a first end portion that is tubularly shaped with a wall thickness and an inwardly facing wall that defines a hollow interior of the first end portion; wherein the base portion defines a plurality of leg-receiving bores for receiving the plurality of legs, said plurality of leg-receiving bores including at least a first leg-receiving bore that extends along a first bore axis from an open end of the first bore to a closed end of the first bore, and said base portion including a first bore-defining wall that defines the first leg-receiving bore; wherein the base portion includes first leg-gripping means within the first leg-receiving bore for gripping the first end portion of the first leg in order to thereby restrain the first leg from falling out of the first leg-receiving bore under influence of gravity; wherein the first leg-gripping means includes a plurality of axially extending fingers that extend axially within the first leg-receiving bore toward the open end of the bore where they resiliently deform radially inward slightly when the first end portion of the first leg is inserted into the first leg-receiving bore in order to thereby fit into the first end portion: said plurality of axially extending fingers including at least a first resiliently deformable member within the first leg-receiving bore that is proximally spaced apart radially from the bore-defining wall less than the wall thickness of the first end portion of the first leg and that is adapted to resiliently deform and move radially away from the first bore-defining wall relative to the first bore axis under force from the first end portion of the first leg while extending axially into the first end portion of the first leg when the first end portion is inserted axially into the first bore; and wherein said first resiliently deformable member is adapted to fit into the hollow interior of the first end portion of the first leg as the first end portion is advance further into the first bore, and to bear radially outward against the inwardly facing wall of the first end portion with increasing force as the first end portion is advanced into the first leg-receiving bore in order to thereby restrain the first leg from falling out of the first bore under influence of gravity. 2. A portable voting booth as recited in claim 1, wherein the plurality of legs includes four legs, the base portion includes four leg-receiving bores, and the base portion includes four leg-gripping means, with each of said leg-gripping means being within a respective one of the four leg-receiving bores. 3. A portable voting booth as recited in claim 1, wherein the first leg-gripping means includes a plurality of resiliently deformable, axially extending members within the first bore in circumferentially spaced-apart positions. 4. A portable voting booth as recited in claim 1, wherein the first leg-gripping means includes four resiliently deformable, axially extending members within the first bore in circumferentially spaced-apart positions. 5. A portable voting booth as recited in claim 1, wherein an exterior surface of the first end portion of the first leg and the first bore-defining wall of the base portion are cylindrically shaped. 6. A portable voting booth as recited in claim 1, wherein the base portion includes a molded portion and a plurality of bore-defining components held by the molded portion. 7. A portable voting booth as recited in claim 6, wherein the plurality of bore-defining components includes at least a first bore-defining component that defines the first leg-receiving bore, and the first bore-defining component includes the first leg-gripping means. 8. A portable voting booth as recited in claim 1, wherein the base portion of the portable voting booth includes a molded portion and four bore-defining components held by the molded portion. 9. A portable voting booth as recited in claim 1, wherein the base portion of the portable voting booth includes a blow-molded portion and four injection-molded components held by the blow-molded portion that define four leg-receiving bores. 10. A table for a user to erect when needed and disassemble thereafter for transportation and storage, the table comprising: a base portion; and means for supporting the base portion on a horizontal support surface so that the base portion is elevated above the horizontal support surface, said means including a plurality of legs for the user to assembly onto the base portion as a step in erecting the portable voting booth and said plurality of legs including at least a first leg having a first end portion that is tubularly shaped with a wall thickness and an inwardly facing wall that defines a hollow interior of the first end portion; wherein the base portion defines a plurality of leg-receiving bores for receiving the plurality of legs, said plurality of leg-receiving bores including at least a first leg-receiving bore that extends along a first bore axis from an open end of the first bore to a closed end of the first bore, and said base portion including a first bore-defining wall that defines the first leg-receiving bore; wherein the base portion includes first leg-gripping means within the first leg-receiving bore for gripping the first end portion of the first leg in order to thereby restrain the first leg from falling out of the first leg-receiving bore under influence of gravity; wherein the first leg-gripping means includes a plurality of axially extending fingers that extend axially within the first leg-receiving bore toward the open end of the bore where they resiliently deform radially inward slightly when the first end portion of the first leg is inserted into the first leg-receiving bore in order to thereby fit into the first end portion; said plurality of axially extending fingers including at least a first resiliently deformable member within the first leg-receiving bore that is proximally spaced apart radially from the bore-defining wall less than the wall thickness of the first end portion of the first leg and that is adapted to resiliently deform and move radially away from the first bore-defining wall relative to the first bore axis under force from the first end portion of the first leg while extending axially into the first end portion of the first leg when the first end portion is inserted axially into the first bore; and wherein said first resiliently deformable member is adapted to fit into the hollow interior of the first end portion of the first leg as the first end portion is advance further into the first bore, and to bear radially outward against the inwardly facing wall of the first end portion with increasing force as the first end portion is advanced into the first leg-receiving bore in order to thereby restrain the first leg from falling out of the first bore under influence of gravity. 11. A table as recited in claim 10, wherein the plurality of legs includes four legs, the base portion includes four leg-receiving bores, and the base portion includes four leg-gripping means, with each of said leg-gripping means being within a respective one of the four leg-receiving bores. 12. A table as recited in claim 10, wherein the first leg-gripping means includes a plurality of resiliently deformable, axially extending members within the first bore in circumferentially spaced-apart positions. 13. A table as recited in claim 10, wherein the first leg-gripping means includes four resiliently deformable, axially extending members within the first bore in circumferentially spaced-apart positions. 14. A bore-defining component for a base portion of a portable voting booth, the bore-defining component comprising: a rigid body of material having a bore-defining wall that defines a leg-receiving bore extending along a bore axis from an open end of the bore to a closed end of the bore, said leg-receiving bore being adapted to receive a tubular end portion of a voting booth leg that has a predetermined wall thickness; leg-gripping means within the leg-receiving bore for gripping the tubular end portion of the voting booth lea as the tubular end portion is inserted axially into the open end of the bore in order to restrain the voting booth leg from falling out of the leg-receiving bore under influence of gravity; wherein the leg-gripping means within the bore includes a plurality of axially extending fingers that extend axially within the leg-receiving bore away from the closed end of the bore and toward the open end of the bore where they resiliently deform radially inward slightly relative to the bore axis in order to thereby fit into the first end portion of the voting booth lea when the tubular first end portion is inserted axially into the open end of the bore in order to thereby fit into the first end portion; said plurality of axially extending fingers including at least a first resiliently deformable, axially extending member within the leg receiving bore that is proximally spaced apart radially from the bore-defining wall less than the predetermined wall thickness of the tubular end portion of the voting both leg that is adapted to resiliently deform and move radially away from the bore-defining wall under force from the hollow tubular end portion of the voting booth leg when the hollow tubular end portion of the leg is inserted axially into the open end of the bore in order to thereby fit into the hollow tubular end portion; and wherein said resiliently deformable member is adapted to fit into the hollow interior of the tubular end portion as the tubular end portion is advance further into the leg-receiving bore, and to bear radially outward against an inwardly facing wall of the tubular end portion with increasing force as the first end portion is advanced into the first leg-receiving bore in order to thereby restrain the leg from falling out of the bore under influence of gravity. 15. A bore-defining component as recited in claim 14, wherein the bore-defining wall is cylindrically shaped. 16. A bore-defining component as recited in claim 14, wherein the leg-gripping means includes four resiliently deformable, axially extending members within the bore in circumferentially spaced-apart positions.
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