A work-station utilizes sound absorbing, translucent enclosure panels that allows light from outside of the work-station to enter. The translucent enclosure panels have an outside panel, and intermediate panel and an inside panel of a translucent plastic sheet material that form cells for dampening
A work-station utilizes sound absorbing, translucent enclosure panels that allows light from outside of the work-station to enter. The translucent enclosure panels have an outside panel, and intermediate panel and an inside panel of a translucent plastic sheet material that form cells for dampening sound transmission through the enclosure panels. The inside panel has a plurality of apertures to allow sound to enter and be dissipated within the internal cells. A sound masking device is configured within the work-station and projects a dampening sound into the work-station, such as along the opening to work-station to produce a masking sound curtain for sound entering the work-station.
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1. A four sided work-station comprising: a. a left-side wall having an extended end and a connected end;b. a right-side wall that is opposing said first wall, and having an extended end and a connected end;c. a connector wall extending between the connected ends of the left-side and right-side walls
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A four sided work-station comprising: a. a left-side wall having an extended end and a connected end;b. a right-side wall that is opposing said first wall, and having an extended end and a connected end;c. a connector wall extending between the connected ends of the left-side and right-side walls to form a work area;d. a ceiling extending over said work area and attached to the left-side wall, the right-side wall and the connector wall to form said four sided work-station having an opening for entry,e. a width, a depth and a height; wherein the left-side wall, the right-side wall, and the connector wall all comprises a translucent panel having at least a 60% light transmission according to ASTM 01003, and comprising: an inside panel consisting of a translucent sheet of plastic;a solid outside panel consisting of a having no apertures therethrough and that extends parallel to the inside panel;an intermediate panel consisting of a translucent sheet of plastic and configured between the inside and outside panels and extending in parallel with the inside and outside panels;a plurality of inside struts that extend substantially perpendicularly from the inside panel to the intermediate panel to produce inside cells having an inside gap distance from the inside panel to the intermediate panel;a plurality of outside struts that extend substantially perpendicularly from the outside panel to the intermediate panel to produce outside cells having an outside gap distance from the outside panel to the intermediate panel;f. a plurality of apertures in the inside panel that allow sound to pass through the inside panel and into the plurality of inside cells to reduce sound within the work-station; wherein the plurality of apertures have a coverage area of at least 20%;g. a sound masking device comprising a speaker that produces a masking sound having at least two frequencies that is projected into the four-sided workstation wherein the translucent panels are obscuring translucent panels, wherein the visibility through the panels is no better than 20/30 as determined with a Snellen chart vision test positioned no more than 5 ft behind the translucent panel and wherein the translucent panels reduce sound passing therethrough, providing at least at least a 10 decibel (dB) reduction in sound. 2. The four sided work-station of claim 1, wherein the ceiling also consists essentially of the translucent panel as described in claim 1. 3. The four sided work-station of claim 1, wherein the translucent panel has a light transmission of at least 80% according to ASTM D1003. 4. The four sided work-station of claim 1, wherein the inside and outside struts have a thickness of no more than 0.25 inches. 5. The four sided work-station of claim 1, wherein the translucent panels are translucent panels, wherein the visibility through the panels is no better than 20/40 as determined with a Snellen chart vision test positioned no more than 5 ft (1.5 m) behind the translucent panel. 6. The four sided work-station of claim 1, wherein the struts extend horizontally across the translucent panels of the left-side, right-side and connector walls. 7. The four sided work-station of claim 1, wherein the inside struts have an offset distance between of more than about 0.5 inch (12.7 mm) and less than about 2.5 inches (6.35 cm). 8. The four sided work-station of claim 1, wherein the outside struts have an offset distance of no more than about 5 inches (12.7 cm). 9. The four sided work-station of claim 1, wherein the intermediate panel comprises a plurality of apertures to allow sound to enter into the outside cells and be dissipated. 10. The four sided work-station of claim 1, wherein the plurality of apertures are at least 1 mm in dimension, and no larger than 5 mm diameter. 11. The four sided work-station of claim 10, wherein the plurality of apertures are circular in shape. 12. The four sided work-station of claim 10, wherein the plurality of apertures extend only through the inside panel to allow sound within the work-station to enter and be dampened within the inside cells. 13. The four sided work-station of claim 10, wherein the plurality of apertures have a coverage area of at least 40%. 14. The four sided work-station of claim 10, wherein the plurality of apertures are configured in a pattern and over substantially the entire inside panel of the left-side wall, the right-side wall and the connector wall. 15. The four sided work-station of claim 10, wherein the plurality of apertures are randomly configured over substantially the entire inside panel of the left-side wall, the right-side wall and the connector wall. 16. The four sided work-station of claim 10, wherein the plurality of apertures are comprised of apertures of different sizes, wherein a first aperture has a first size and a second aperture has a size that is at least double the first aperture size. 17. The four sided work-station of claim 16, wherein the first and second apertures are circular in shape and wherein the second aperture has a diameter that is at least double a diameter of the first aperture. 18. The four sided work-station of claim 1, wherein the sound masking device produces a first frequency that is 90 degrees phase offset from a second frequency. 19. The four sided work-station of claim 1, wherein the sound masking device comprises a speaker that projects sound substantially in a width direction or height direction of the four sided work-station. 20. The four sided work-station of claim 1, wherein the sound masking device comprises a speaker located within the ceiling that projects sound down from the ceiling along the height direction of the work-station. 21. The four sided work-station of claim 1, further comprising a work-surface extending from the connector wall at an offset distance up from a bottom of the workstation. 22. The four sided work-station of claim 21, wherein the sound masking device comprises a speaker attached to the work-surface that projects sound up from the work surface along a height direction toward the ceiling wherein at least some of the projected sound bounces off of the ceiling, left-side, right-side and connector wall and back into the work-station.
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