Free standing screen protective barrier

Abstract

A free-standing screen or barrier is provided to separate persons on opposed sides and includes a panel portion and two parallel leg portions having vertical slots for attachment of the leg portions transversely across the panel portion so that the bottom edges of the leg portion and of the panel portion engage a support surface and cooperate to maintain the panel portion in the upstanding orientation. The panel portion includes a light weight flexible transparent shield and two sheets of stiffening corrugate plastics sheet material coplanar with and sandwiching the transparent shield so as to cover a lower part of the transparent shield leaving an upper part of the transparent shield for viewing. A bottom slot allows material to be transferred. The corrugated plastic includes a bottom strip and two upstanding leg strips which cooperate with the leg portions to hold the screen upright.

Claims: 
     
         1 . A free-standing screen for mounting on a horizontal support surface and for separation of persons on opposed sides of the screen comprising:
 panel portion defining a first component which can be located in an upstanding orientation with a lower edge supported on the surface;   at least one leg portion comprising a second component arranged for attachment to the panel portion so as to extend transversely to the panel portion;   said at least one leg portion having a lower edge for engaging the surface so that the lower edge of the leg portion and the lower edge of the panel portion cooperate to maintain the panel portion in the upstanding orientation;   the panel portion comprising:   a transparent shield;   a base sheet portion coplanar with and bonded to the transparent shield so as to cover a lower part of the transparent shield leaving an upper part of the transparent shield for viewing therethrough.   
     
     
         2 . The free-standing screen according to  claim 1  wherein the base sheet portion comprises two overlying sheets of a corrugated material with the transparent shield sandwiched therebetween. 
     
     
         3 . The free-standing screen according to  claim 2  wherein the sheets are formed of a corrugated plastics material. 
     
     
         4 . The free-standing screen according to  claim 1  wherein the panel portion has a cut out at the bottom edge to allow passage of materials through the cut out from one side to the other side. 
     
     
         5 . The free-standing screen according to  claim 1  wherein the transparent shield has a bottom edge spaced upwardly from the bottom edge of the panel portion. 
     
     
         6 . The free-standing screen according to  claim 5  wherein the bottom edge of the transparent shield has the bottom edge above the cut out. 
     
     
         7 . The free-standing screen according to  claim 1  wherein the base sheet portion has a bottom strip across the panel portion at the bottom edge and at least one leg strip standing upwardly into the upper part of the transparent shield. 
     
     
         8 . The free-standing screen according to  claim 7  wherein the leg strip attaches to the leg portion. 
     
     
         9 . The free-standing screen according to  claim 8  wherein there are two parallel transversely spaced leg strips each attached to a respective leg portion. 
     
     
         10 . The free-standing screen according to  claim 9  wherein the two parallel leg strips are spaced inwardly from side edge of the transparent shield. 
     
     
         11 . The free-standing screen according to  claim 9  wherein the two parallel leg strips are spaced downwardly from a top edge of the transparent shield. 
     
     
         12 . The free-standing screen according to  claim 7  wherein the bottom strip extends to a height above a top edge of a cut out at the bottom edge to allow passage of materials through the cut out from one side to the other side 
     
     
         13 . The free-standing screen according to  claim 1  wherein the panel portion has a vertical slot extending upwardly from the bottom edge and the leg portion has a vertical slot extending from a top downwardly so that the leg portion can slide into the slot of the panel portion to connect the leg portion to the panel portion at a right angle thereto. 
     
     
         14 . The free-standing screen according to  claim 13  wherein the panel portion and the leg portion are planar and when connected lie at right angles. 
     
     
         15 . The free-standing screen according to  claim 1  wherein the transparent shield is formed of a thin flexible plastics material. 
     
     
         16 . The free-standing screen according to  claim 1  wherein the transparent shield is formed from clear 0.5 mm PETG material.