Patent ID: 8695284

Claim:
An extendable backdrop erecting device, comprising: a space for housing the device, the space have a perimeter formed by a first end wall and a second end wall spaced and parallel with the first end wall, and a first sidewall and a second sidewall spaced and parallel with the first sidewall; a fixed backdrop wall, having a first and second lateral end, located directly adjacent the first end wall, each of the first and second lateral ends provided with a first pivot, said fixed backdrop wall having a backdrop surface that faces away toward an interior of the space, away from the first end wall; a movable wall disposed beside the fixed backdrop wall when in a retracted position, said movable wall having a third and fourth lateral end, each of the third and fourth lateral ends provided with a second pivot, the movable wall having a first movable surface facing the fixed wall corresponding to the backdrop surface and a second movable surface facing away from the fixed wall corresponding to the backdrop of the space; a first foldable wall and a second foldable wall pivoted between the first pivots and the second pivots, respectively, each of the first and second foldable walls being formed from a plurality of sub-walls pivoted together to enable the foldable walls to be in an extended position and the retracted position, the first and second foldable walls each having a first foldable wall surface corresponding to the backdrop surface facing the interior of the space when in the extended position, said space having a guide rail located on a floor adjacent each of the first and second sidewalls, the guiderails being parallel one another, wherein each of the second pivots have an end slidably disposed on a corresponding one of the guide rails, wherein the second pivots travel along the guide rails between the extended and retracted position, at least one access opening formed in one of the fixed backdrop wall, the movable wall, the first foldable wall, or the second foldable wall, said at least one access opening corresponds to an access opening in the corresponding one of the first end wall, second end wall, first sidewall or second sidewall when the device is in the extended position; at least one backdrop window formed in one of the fixed backdrop wall, the movable wall, the first foldable wall, or the second foldable wall, said at least one backdrop window corresponds to a window in the corresponding one of the first end wall, second end wall, first sidewall or second sidewall when the device is in the extended position; wherein when the extendable backdrop erecting device is in the extended position, the extendable backdrop devices extends around the perimeter of the space.