Abstract:
The present invention relates to a vertical structure containing a movable panel, which can become a comfortable seat, when needed. A plurality of such structures, in side-by-side relationship, create a useful space divider and/or partition screen.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Space divider screens are known to be currently made from various materials and with various processes. 
     Depending on specific requirements, there is a tendency for manufacturers to customize space divider screens for public places, corporations or exhibitions; this helps to enhance and optimize spaces, and reduce costs associated thereto, and to customize a desired advertising image by using divider screens. 
     In this connection, it shall be highlighted that many corporations have a preference for those novel arrangements which aim at optimizing space to the slightest detail. 
     In order to better enhance one of the main features of this invention, one of the most common public places will be considered herein, in which space division is of the utmost importance, for a variety of reasons: an airport. 
     In airports, the spaces available for transiting passengers are organized in every detail. 
     This is important both to control normal passenger flow and to allow them to have a nice stay while they wait in the airport. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The invention, that will be described in greater detail hereafter, has the aim of optimizing all available spaces in which multiple functions are to be provided. 
     For example, a space divider screen may form both a waiting room and possibly an advertising medium, thanks to the panel contained in the inventive structure. 
     The structure as claimed in the Patent DE 4233398 and DE 295501720 are known. This structure ascribe to folding seat in which in folding position the seat and the back are not coplanar and in a precise manner the seat folding on the back. 
     The structure described in the cited prior arts cannot be utilized as divider screens with images, since the seat folds on its back. 
     In the scope of the above mentioned purpose, the invention provides a light and sturdy vertical structure, having a panel therein, which can be used as a comfortable seat or as an advertising medium, when needed. 
     A further feature of the invention is that, by adjoining multiple inventive structures, a space divider screen may be obtained, e.g. forming a waiting room, and the advertising space is increased, as if it were distributed in a single large wall. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Further characteristics and advantages will be more apparent from the description of a preferred, non limiting embodiment of the invention, which is described by way of example and without limitation with the help of the annexed drawings, in which: 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic perspective view of the inventive assembly. 
         FIG. 2  is an exemplifying view of a tall man standing next to the inventive structure, to better show its space dividing function. 
         FIG. 3  is a schematic view of the inventive structure in its seat position. 
         FIG. 4  is a schematic view of multiple structures according to the invention, which are placed in a side-by-side relationship to form a space divider and/or partition screen. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     Referring to the above figures, the present structure is generally shown in  FIG. 1 , which comprises an essentially vertical structure  1  having a frame, preferably made of metal, with an additional frame  2  mounted therein to receive a panel  3  made of a fabric, a synthetic material or else. 
     The vertical structure  1  is essentially made of upright poles or supports. 
     In  FIG. 2 , the size of a man  4  gives an idea of the height of the inventive structure, one of whose features is that of a space divider and/or partition screen, as better shown in  FIG. 4 . 
     In  FIG. 3 , the inventive structure is shown in its seat position. 
     This additional feature is simply obtained by manually pushing the cross member  2   c , which is pivotally mounted to the inner frame through about 90° in the direction of arrow  6 . 
     This simple operation, which turns the inventive structure into a comfortable seat, is achievable by providing that the frame received in the inventive structure is generally composed of lower rods  2   b  which are pivotally mounted by the shanks  9  of the screws  10  in the holes  5  and  8 , the whole being joined by the stationary rod  15  which forms the bearing structure of the invention. 
     The motion of the upper portion of the inner frame of the inventive structure is simultaneously provided by the rods  2   a , which are respectively connected beneath the rods  2 , and above the rods  2   b , the latter being in turn pivotally mounted to the shanks  11  of the screws  12  in the holes  13  and  14 , the whole being joined by the cross member  2   c , which is itself pivotally mounted to the frame. 
     The end of the stroke, i.e. the seat position, is obtained when the end stop  7  abuts against the structure  1 . 
     Still referring to  FIG. 3 , it is apparent that the inventive structure may be simply brought back to the vertical position by an inverse motion, still through 90°, in the direction of arrow  16 . 
     Cross members  17  and  18  are provided to complete the structure of the invention, which are mounted to the vertical rods that support the structure. 
     Back to  FIG. 1 , a plate  19  may be provided alternatively to crossbars  17 , e.g. when that the whole inventive structure needs to be secured to the floor. 
     As well visible in  FIG. 3 , the seat moves through an angle of 90 degrees and reaches a vertical position and, at the same time, the panel  3  makes a rototraslation through an angle of 90 degrees, in the direction of arrow  16 , to move to a coplanar position with the seat, as shown in  FIG. 1 . 
     Finally, the inventive structure is intended to be made of commonly available materials, which are susceptible of a number of variants, without altering the purpose thereof, e.g.: the return of the seat to its vertical position might be caused by a number of appropriately disposed return springs  20 , or by hydraulic pistons ( 21 ) or balance weights ( 22 ) hidden in the vertical supports, or as extensions of the rods  2   d  of the frame  2 . 
     Another example might be, for instance, the provision of a wholly disassembled kit of the inventive structure. 
     Also, all the details may be replaced by technically equivalent elements, and the materials may be actually different depending on different needs, provided their compatibility with specific usages.