Method and framework for suspending acoustic absorption medium

Abstract

A quickly erectable framework for supporting a curtain includes at least two standards. Each standard includes a shaft having a capital end and a base end, the base end. A clevis bracket affixed to the capital end of each standard suspends at least one curtain track configured, when the framework is in its erected state, to span horizontally an interspace between the two standards, the track being affixed to each of the capital ends by means of the clevis bracket. A plurality of trolleys is each configured to transit along the track while suspending an edge of a curtain. At least one edge scissor assembly is affixed at opposite ends to span the interspace between the standards. Each scissor assembly includes a plurality of scissor arms hingedly connected to one another.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention is configured to suspend a curtain track and trolleys from an erectable framework, more specifically, a rapidly erectable framework.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]U.S. Pat. No. 6,446,751 issued Sep. 10, 2002 to Ahuja, et al. is entitled “Apparatus and method for reducing noise levels” (incorporated in its entirety by this reference or any reference to Ahuja, et al.) and teaches details of a flexible sound shielding curtain which contains a plurality of sound insulating sheet inserts encased within pockets or otherwise secured on the exterior surfaces of the panels of a curtain. Running along existing tracks, the described curtain has enjoyed popularity in hospital emergency rooms allowing care givers to speak in conversational volumes without being drowned out by ambient noise of care providers workin in adjoining bays.[0003]The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, officially named the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 (Mw) under...

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[0005]A quickly erectable framework for supporting a curtain includes at least two standards. Each standard includes a shaft having a capital end and a base end, the base end. A clevis bracket affixed to the capital end of each standard suspends at least one curtain track configured, when the framework is in its erected state, to span horizontally an interspace between the two standards, the track being affixed to each of the capital ends by means of the clevis bracket. A plurality of trolleys is each configured to transit along the track while suspending an edge of a curtain. At least one edge scissor assembly is affixed at opposite ends to span the interspace between the standards. Each scissor assembly includes a plurality of scissor arms hingedly connected to one another.

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In addition to loss of life and destruction of infrastructure, the tsunami caused a number of nuclear accidents.

In the Tohoku region, including its capital, Sendai, hospital facilities that had not been damaged by the triple disaster, were quickly overwhelmed by the influx of injured Japanese.

These makeshift clinics served but the manifold deficiencies in the environment lead to mistaken actions based upon misheard orders, accidental or unavoidable dissemination of private facts as well as compromised physical privacy occasioned by the unavoidable proximity of fellow victims.

The lack of structure isolating victims one from another and from other operations of the makeshift clinics resulted in deficiencies in treatment and occasioned a sense in the victims that they were not being optimally treated.

The lack of any effective means to suspend the curtain in these temporary settings without the standard rails commonly installed in domestic hospital emergency rooms, has resulted in suboptimal care of these unfortunate victims.

What is lacking in the art is a suitable means to readily adapt the settings of these temporary clinics to employ the Ahuja, et al. curtain.

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