Furniture System For Adjusting Sound Levels in Children's Rooms

Abstract

A furniture system for optimizing sound levels and acoustics in a learning environment. The system includes a plurality of pieces selected from a toy shelf, a bridge/tunnel structure, a sandwich board shelf unit, a tunnel with interior shelves, a toy box with leaning bendable posts, a bench/tunnel with combination seat, tunnel, and shelf, a listening center, a stealth chair/cave structure, stealth leaning surface/cave, a multifunctional zigzag chair, and a multipurpose chair/easel.

1 . A furniture system for optimizing sound levels and acoustics in a learning environment, the system comprising a plurality of pieces selected from the group of pieces consisting of a toy shelf, a bridge/tunnel structure, a sandwich board shelf unit, a tunnel with interior shelves, a toy box with leaning bendable posts, a bench/tunnel with combination seat, tunnel, and shelf, a listening center, a stealth chair/cave structure, stealth leaning surface/cave, a multifunctional zigzag chair, and a multipurpose chair/easel. 
     
     
         2 . The furniture system of  claim 1  wherein the plurality of selected pieces includes multiple instances of a particular piece, and wherein each of a plurality of the selected plurality further comprises at least a partial outer layer of acoustical material. 
     
     
         3 - 4 . (canceled) 
     
     
         5 . The furniture system of  claim 1  wherein at least one of the selected pieces comprises a multifunctional convertible zigzag chair that further comprises a multi-use play structure comprising at least three panels connected at dihedral angles A and B on either side of a middle panel, angle A being generally a right angle to the middle panel, angle B being an angle obtuse to the middle panel and on a face of the middle panel opposite to the face of the middle panel containing angle A, the play structure further comprising at least a partial layer of padded acoustical material. 
     
     
         6 . The furniture system of  claim 5  wherein all three panels are rectangles and further comprising a hard surface on a face of the play structure opposite to the play structure face on which the acoustical material is disposed. 
     
     
         7 . The furniture system of  claim 1  wherein the acoustical material is comprised of polyester fiber. 
     
     
         8 . The furniture system of  claim 7  wherein at least part of the acoustical material consists of F-Sorb® polyester fiber paneling. 
     
     
         9 . The furniture system of  claim 7  wherein at least part of the acoustical material is covered with an acoustic cloth outer layer. 
     
     
         10 . A method for optimizing sound levels and acoustics in a physical learning environment, the method comprising the step of placing into the physical environment a plurality of pieces selected from the group of pieces consisting of a toy shelf, a bridge/tunnel structure, a sandwich board shelf unit, a tunnel with interior shelves, a toy box with leaning bendable posts, a bench/tunnel with combination seat, tunnel, and shelf, a listening center, a stealth chair/cave structure, stealth leaning surface/cave, a multifunctional zigzag chair, and a multipurpose chair/easel.