Patent ID: 7216381

Claim:
A portable privacy enclosure comprising: a bottom panel for supporting a person thereon; a first pair of side panels attached and independently foldable with respect to said bottom panel along a first longitudinal side thereof, said first pair of side panels being juxtaposed horizontally beside one another along said first longitudinal side of said bottom panel; a second pair of side panels attached and independently foldable with respect to said bottom panel along an opposite second longitudinal side thereof, said second pair of side panels being juxtaposed horizontally beside one another along said second longitudinal side of said bottom panel; a pair of end panels foldably attached to said bottom panel along respective forward and rearward ends thereof, each said end panel extending between said first and second longitudinal sides of said bottom panel; each side and end panel being foldable relative to said bottom panel independently of each other side and said bottom panel; and a plurality of fasteners for releasably securing said first pair of side panels to one another, said second pair of side panels to one another and each end panel to a respective one of said first pair and a respective one of said second pair of side panels such that said side and end panels are held vertically upright to surround said bottom panel; said enclosure further including an open upper end that exposes an interior of said enclosure; each said side and end panel carrying an opaque screen that blocks viewing of the interior of said enclosure therethrough; said fasteners being selectively released to sequentially collapse said side and end panels onto said bottom panel in a stacked arrangement.