Patent ID: 8365472
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A foldaway balcony, comprising a platform structure tiltably mounted on a wall, said platform structure being able to assume a closed position in which it is disposed substantially aligned with the wall, and an open position in which it is disposed cantilevered from the wall, and further comprising a railing structure mounted on the platform structure, wherein said platform structure includes a substantially box-shaped support structure and a planar floor structure which are tiltable separately from one another relative to the wall; and said railing structure includes a plurality of railing elements, said railing elements being hinged at an edge of said support structure of the platform structure, and being tiltable between a stored position in which they lie inside the support structure, and a deployed position in which they stand up relative to the support structure; wherein in said closed position the railing elements are interposed between the support structure and the floor structure, and wherein when the platform structure switches from the closed position to the open position, the support structure is tilted at first, then the railing elements switch from the stored position to the deployed position, and at last the floor structure is tilted.