Abstract: A mobile terminal booth which provides an area where a mobile terminal can be comfortably used is described. This mobile terminal booth is provided with a sound absorbing unit which is placed in a public place and partially partitions a space as viewed from the above where a user of a mobile terminal can have a telephone conversation. The sound absorbing unit is provided with an entrance which is always opened without any closing member. The sound absorbing unit is made of a laminate consisting of a plurality of sound absorbing layers, and serves as a sound controlling means. Particularly, the sound absorbing layers are joined together in the form of the laminate with a viscous adhesive which does not solidify after formation of said laminate, maintains its viscosity when the mobile terminal booth is used and functions as said sound controlling member.

Abstract: A mobile terminal booth which provides an area where a mobile terminal can be comfortably used is described. This mobile terminal booth is provided with a sound absorbing unit which is placed in a public place and partially partitions a space as viewed from the above where a user of a mobile terminal can have a telephone conversation. The sound absorbing unit is provided with an entrance which is always opened without any closing member. The sound absorbing unit is made of a laminate consisting of a plurality of sound absorbing layers, and serves as a sound controlling means. Particularly, the sound absorbing layers are joined together in the form of the laminate with a viscous adhesive which does not solidify after formation of said laminate, maintains its viscosity when the mobile terminal booth is used and functions as said sound controlling member.

Abstract: An improved public intercom system is described which has a sealed enclosure including an extruded chassis having a front wall and a rear wall. The front wall has an interface panel and a viewing panel mounted within cutouts. A plurality of axially aligned module cover plates supporting system components are mounted over cutouts in the rear wall. The interface includes a speaker, a microphone, a call initiation means, and a camera positioned to acquire images of the area in front of the interface panel. One of the cover plates including an outer surface with heat dissipation protrusions, with a blower located on said rear wall being oriented to direct air across the protrusions to extract heat from the chassis interior. A two-way communication means is mounted on a module plate and programmed to initiate a call to a pre-programmed receiver responsive to a command from the call initiation means.

Abstract: A sound resistant enclosure apparatus adapted for a person have access to an environment that reduces sound from ambient noise. More particularly, the invention relates to a manner in which to use common fabrication materials and method to construct a sound resistant enclosure or booth for use to make or receive cellular telephone calls in relative quiet. The apparatus include among its essential elements, a cylindrical outer wall, a cylindrical inner wall, a door, a top or roof, a floor and sound resistant material mostly deposited between the inner and outer walls. Sound resistant material can also be found in the door, roof and walls. The sound resistant enclosure blocking much of the ambient environmental noise such that the occupant of the enclosure can make or receive a cellular phone call more effectively and efficiently without having distracting unwanted extraneous environmental noise interrupting their conversation.

Abstract: An architectural system adaptable to patient acuity level has a headwall unit with a cavity, a ceiling unit, and a column coupled to the ceiling unit. The column is movable between a first position in which at least a majority of the column is situated in the cavity and a second position in which the column is situated outside the cavity. Various types of patient-care equipment is also disclosed. The patient-care equipment is included in, or is coupleable to, one or more of the ceiling unit, the headwall unit, or the column.

Abstract: An office space is divided by partitioning panels 12a and 12b into a passageway 11 and a plurality of booths B positioned along the passageway 11, and cabling floor panels 13 are laid down only on the passageway 11 portion; wherein the floor panels 13 are provided with a space capable of storing communications cables 15 for cabling in a laid state; wherein lower side surfaces 12a1 of the partitioning panels 12a abut side surfaces 13a of the cabling floor panels 13 laid out on the passageway 11 so that the partitioning panels 12a positioned along the passageway 11 are directly positioned on an office floor 14; and a cable draw-in opening 13b is formed at a side surface portion 13a of the cabling floor panel 13 that adjoins each booth B so that the communications cables 15 which are laid in the space inside the cabling floor panels 13 can be drawn in the booths B.

Abstract: Several embodiments of moveable partitions and controls that permit smooth operation and parallel movement even when they are trackless and that provide safety in operation in avoiding encounters with unexpected objects without unnecessarily stopping the operation when an object is not actually there.

Abstract: A variable configuration assembly comprising a least a first partition member being one of a wall member, a floor member and a ceiling member and forming a recess having a recess opening, at least a first partition coupler provided proximate the recess, a module having at least a receivable section receivable within the recess and an externally accessible section that is accessible outside the recess when the receivable section is within the recess, at least a first module coupler carried by the module and juxtaposed such that when the receivable section is in a first position within the recess, the first partition coupler and the first module coupler cooperate to maintain the module within the recess and at least a first release member linked to one of the first module coupler and the first partition coupler, the release member including at least an interface section accessible outside the recess when the partition and module couplers are coupled and operable to decouple the first module coupler from the fir

Abstract: Mood regulation enclosures and methods of use thereof are disclosed. The mood regulation enclosures include an interior space to contain a user, a closeable aperture and physical barriers which effectively sensorily separate the user from the outside environment. A person observing the enclosure from outside is unable to ascertain an activity of the user within. The enclosure may be specifically configured for aggression release or for passive relaxation. The method of regulating a mood includes providing a mood regulation enclosure as described hereinabove, allowing a user to enter the enclosure so that the user is effectively sensorily separated from the outside environment and preventing a person observing the enclosure from outside from ascertaining an activity of the user within.

Abstract: A containment assembly such as a down flow containment assembly including a barrier means between the processing zone and the operator breathing zone at least a first part of which is provided with flexible gloves for access to and maneuverability in the processing zone.

Abstract: A roof support with an integral gutter including a roof support, a panel joint cover, and a gutter for a small storage or utility building or shed having a shallow-pitched roof. In particular, the roof support with integral gutter includes a support web, an exposure surface perpendicularly bisecting the support web, and a collector perpendicularly bisecting the support web opposite the exposure surface. The roof support with integral gutter is made by the pultrusion process, which eliminates the need for additional and separate components to provide rigidity and strength to the roof support.

Abstract: A telescopic system for a robot includes a frame for mounting a motor, a stationary module mounted on the frame and a rotational shaft rotating by the motor. The rotational shaft is mounted in the stationary module, and a movable plate is associated with the rotational shaft to ascend and descend according to a rotational motion of the rotational shaft. A movable module is mounted on the movable plate to expand away from and retract into the stationary module as the movable plate ascends and descends.

Abstract: An anti-theft device for securing an A.T.M. to a floor comprises a first beam which is secured to the floor by an overlapping beam. The beam sits in a recess in the beam, and is allowed limited free movement. The A.T.M. is secured to the beam. A plate, carrying a surrounding frame, lays between the beam and the A.T.M. The frame inhibits access to the securing plate.

Abstract: A portable security housing is formed from a framework defining an interior space for enclosing items to be secured, such as vending machines. The framework has a rear wall, opposite side walls, an upper wall, and a front access opening. Opaque panels are secured over at least the side and upper walls to cover the housing, with the rear wall placed against a building wall or the like. A roll-up, sectional door is rotatably mounted at the upper end of the front access opening for movement between a rolled up, storage position above the front opening and an unrolled, downwardly extended deployed position covering and closing the front opening. The housing has floor mounting pads at its base for releasably mounting the housing on a floor or ground surface.

Abstract: A secure, modular and movable interactive two-way telecollaborative video conferencing and imaging enclosure for conducting business or privileged medical, legal, or other confidential matters in private, being particularly equipped for remote monitoring of physiological attributes of one or more users by medical specialists and remote interaction between users and medical specialists.