Patent ID: 7866369

Claim:
A vertical structure, having both functions of a seat and a partition screen, comprising: a pair of upright supports ( 1 ); a quadrilateral articulated frame ( 2 ) composed of rods ( 2 a , 2 b , 2 c ), a lower pair of the rods respectively hinged to the upright supports at a lower part of the upright supports, and an upper pair of the rods respectively hinged to the upright supports at an upper part of the upright supports; and an upper panel and a lower panel ( 3 ) attached the frame ( 2 ), said frame ( 2 ) being adapted to allow the vertical structure to act i) as a seat with the lower and the upper pairs of the rods ( 2 b ) of the frame ( 2 ) oriented perpendicular to the upright supports ( 1 ) and with the upper panel being a seat backrest and the lower panel being a seat bottom, and ii) as a partition screen with the lower and the upper pairs of rods ( 2 b ) and the upright supports coinciding and the upper panel ( 3 ) and the lower panel being coplanar, wherein the lower and the upper pairs of the rods ( 2 b ) of the frame are hinged to the upright supports ( 1 ) by pins ( 9 , 11 ), wherein the pair of upright supports ( 1 ) remain vertical and non-displaced during operation of the structure while the frame is displace between a first configuration acting as the seat and a second configuration acting as the partition screen, and wherein said frame ( 2 ) is positioned with the lower and the upper pairs of the rods ( 2 b ) oriented perpendicular to the upright supports ( 1 ) and with the upper panel being a seat backrest and the lower panel being a seat bottom, the lower panel is accessible from a front and two sides by no further panels being attached between the rods of the frame other than said upper and lower panels.