초록

The present invention relates to a vertical structure containing a movable panel, which can become a comfortable seat, when needed. A plurality of such structures, in side-by-side relationship, create a useful space divider and/or partition screen.

대표청구항 ▼

The invention claimed is: 1. A vertical structure, having both functions of a seat and a partition screen, comprising:a pair of upright supports (1);a quadrilateral articulated frame (2) composed of rods (2a, 2b, 2c), a lower pair of the rods respectively hinged to the upright supports at a lower pa

The invention claimed is: 1. A vertical structure, having both functions of a seat and a partition screen, comprising:a pair of upright supports (1);a quadrilateral articulated frame (2) composed of rods (2a, 2b, 2c), a lower pair of the rods respectively hinged to the upright supports at a lower part of the upright supports, and an upper pair of the rods respectively hinged to the upright supports at an upper part of the upright supports; andan upper panel and a lower panel (3) attached the frame (2),said frame (2) being adapted to allow the vertical structure to act i) as a seat with the lower and the upper pairs of the rods (2b) of the frame (2) oriented perpendicular to the upright supports (1) and with the upper panel being a seat backrest and the lower panel being a seat bottom, and ii) as a partition screen with the lower and the upper pairs of rods (2b) and the upright supports coinciding and the upper panel (3) and the lower panel being coplanar,wherein the lower and the upper pairs of the rods (2b) of the frame are hinged to the upright supports (1) by pins (9, 11),wherein the pair of upright supports (1) remain vertical and non-displaced during operation of the structure while the frame is displace between a first configuration acting as the seat and a second configuration acting as the partition screen, andwherein said frame (2) is positioned with the lower and the upper pairs of the rods (2b) oriented perpendicular to the upright supports (1) and with the upper panel being a seat backrest and the lower panel being a seat bottom, the lower panel is accessible from a front and two sides by no further panels being attached between the rods of the frame other than said upper and lower panels.