Portable Change Room
A portable change room including a frame and a curtain member attached to the frame. The curtain extends around the frame so that in use the curtain forms a continuous wall defining a change space.
The present invention relates broadly to change rooms, and in particular to portable change rooms.
BACKGROUND ARTDuring dance competitions it is common for children to require several costume changes. Often, due to space constraints, there is limited space available for changing. Options may include a general change area, or a public bathroom. There are a number of shortcomings with these options. These areas are not always clean, and the costumes are costly and need to be carefully handled so as not to soil or damage them. Trying to change in a small dirty bathroom can be stressful and unhygienic. Additionally, the bathrooms are often crowded making it difficult to dress and undress. In some cases, changing areas often host both male and female parents helping their children, and many children find it uncomfortable and embarrassing to change in front of strangers, and in particular, the opposite sex.
There are portable change rooms available, but these are often heavy and cumbersome. Additionally, the available portable change rooms tend to be directed more for commercial use to be rented out and are therefore more structural in nature and complex to assemble and disassemble.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTIONThe object of the present invention is to provide a portable changing room to overcome or ameliorate one or more of these disadvantages.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention provides a portable change room including a frame and a curtain member attached to the frame. The curtain extends around the frame so that in use the curtain forms a continuous wall defining a change space.
Preferably, the curtain member includes a first edge and a second edge. The edges are attachable together to form the wall.
Preferably, the curtain member is slidably attached to the frame.
Preferably, the curtain member is removable from the frame.
Preferably, the curtain includes fastening means such as snaps or buttons for bustling the curtain to a shorter length.
Preferably, the frame is circular.
Preferably, the frame includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the portions are selectively detachable.
Preferably, the first portion is slidable within the second portion to form the frame.
Preferably, the first portion includes at least one depressible button biased toward an extended position and the second portion includes a corresponding aperture for receiving the at least one depressible button.
Preferably, the frame includes a pair of hinged portions, the hinged portions adapted to fold together for storage and transport.
In order to achieve a better understanding of the nature of the present invention, non-limiting preferred embodiment of the invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
The frame 12 is circular in shape with a diameter of about 230 cm. This creates a change space 18 large enough for a user 28 to change a tutu, as well as for another user (not shown) to be in the change space 18 to help with costume changes and the like. The frame 12 may be a tube formed from plastic, aluminium, or other lightweight suitable material. Referring to
The curtain 14 may be made of cotton, polyester or other suitable material so long as the material forms a wall 15 that people outside cannot see through. As best seen in
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Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the invention described herein is susceptible to variations and modifications other than those specifically described. All such variations and modifications are to be considered within the scope and spirit of the present invention the nature of which is to be determined from the foregoing description.
Claims
1. A portable change room including:
- a frame; and
- a curtain member attached to the frame, wherein
- the curtain extends around the frame so that in use the curtain forms a continuous wall defining a change space.
2. The portable change room according to claim 1, wherein the curtain member includes a first edge and a second edge, the edges being attachable together to form the continuous wall.
3. The portable change room according to claim 1, wherein the curtain member includes a top edge slidably attached to the frame.
4. The portable change room according to claim 1, wherein the curtain member is removably attached to the frame.
5. The portable change room according to claim 1, wherein the curtain includes fastening means for bustling the curtain to a shorter length.
6. The portable change room according to claim 1, wherein the frame is circular.
7. The portable change room according to claim 1, wherein the frame includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the portions are selectively detachable.
8. The portable change room according to claim 7, wherein the first portion is slidable within the second portion to form the frame.
9. The portable change room according to claim 8, wherein the first portion includes at least one depressible button biased toward an extended position and the second portion includes a corresponding aperture for receiving the at least one depressible button.
10. The portable change room according to claim 5, wherein the frame includes a pair of hinged portions, the hinged portions adapted to fold together for storage and transport.
Type: Application
Filed: Aug 25, 2014
Publication Date: Mar 26, 2015
Inventor: Wendy Douglass (Elanora Heights)
Application Number: 14/467,235
International Classification: E04H 15/34 (20060101); E04H 15/54 (20060101); E04H 1/12 (20060101); E04H 15/48 (20060101);