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Portable room divider
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Inventors: Tavshanjian, B. Armen;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Friedman; Carl D.
Assistant Examiner: Wilkens; Kevin D.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Williams; M. P.
A portable room divider comprises a plurality of slats (10-13) rotatably disposed between a pair of blocks (14, 15) by threads (19, 20) so as to spread the slats (10-13) away from the block (14) when rotated in one direction and draw the slats (10-13) toward the block 14 when rotated in the other direction, whereby the room divider (10-15) can be wedged between a floor and a ceiling, and thereafter released. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION I claim: 1.
A portable room divider, comprising: a pair of opposed blocks, each having a series of holes, said holes centered laterally within said blocks, each hole in each of said blocks being vertically aligned with a corresponding hole in the other of said blocks; a plurality of longitudinal slats, each having first and second ends; a first fastener for each of said slats, each fastener having two mating, threaded parts, a first part of each being disposed in a corresponding one of said holes in a first one of said blocks non-rotatably with respect to said first block and the other part of each being disposed in said first end of the corresponding slat non-rotatably with respect to said corresponding slat but rotatable with respect to the related first part; and a second fastener for each of said slats, each of said second fasteners being rotatably disposed in one of said holes in the second one of said blocks in vertical alignment with a corresponding one of said first fasteners, each of said second fasteners holding said second end of the corresponding slat adjacent to said second of said blocks while allowing the corresponding slat to rotate freely with respect to said second block.
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A portable room divider according to claim 1 wherein each of said first fasteners includes a carriage bolt.
3.
A portable room divider according to claim 2 wherein said carriage bolt is locked to the corresponding one of said blocks by a nut recessed into said block.
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A portable room divider according to claim 1 wherein each of said first fasteners includes a doubly threaded embedded nut.
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A portable room divider according to claim 1 wherein each of said first fasteners include a doubly threaded embedded nut disposed in the corresponding one of said slats and a carriage bolt, the head of which is disposed in said one block.
6.
A portable room divider according to claim 1 wherein each of said second fasteners comprises a screw passing through a corresponding one of said holes in said second block, the threads of which engage said second end of the corresponding slat, said holes in said second block being clearance holes to said screws
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