Configurable multifunctional privacy screen

Abstract

A configurable multifunctional privacy screen comprising panels and one or more pieces of sheet of material. Each panel includes a sheet of material having a perimeter and a resilient frame member affixed along the perimeter. The panels are attached to each other on at least one side through a flexible coupling provided across at least any of the lateral sides of the panels. The panels are adapted to transition among different adjustable configurations on being folded across the flexible coupling at one or more desired angles. The adjustable configurations include a screen configuration in which the panels define a screen adapted to stand in a substantially vertical position on their bottom sides, a semi deployed configuration in which the panels define a partially-open space, and a fully deployed configuration in which the panels define a confined space closed along the lateral sides and open at top side and bottom side.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A configurable multifunctional privacy screen comprising:
 a plurality of panels, each of said plurality of panels comprising a sheet of material having a perimeter defining a top side, a bottom side, two lateral sides, and a resilient frame member affixed along said perimeter, said each of said plurality of panels is attached to at least one other panel of said plurality of panels through a flexible coupling across at least any of said lateral sides; and   one or more pieces of said sheet of material detachably attached to one or more of said plurality of panels;   wherein said plurality of panels are adapted to transition among a plurality of adjustable configurations on being folded across said flexible coupling at one or more desired angles, said plurality of adjustable configurations comprising a screen configuration in which said plurality of panels define a screen adapted to stand in a substantially vertical position on said bottom side, a semi deployed configuration in which said plurality of panels define a partially-open space, and a fully deployed configuration in which said plurality of panels define a confined space closed along said two lateral sides and open at said top side and said bottom side.   
     
     
         2 . The configurable multifunctional privacy screen of  claim 1 , wherein each of said one or more pieces of said sheet of material having a length greater than a breadth of said top side or of said bottom side. 
     
     
         3 . The configurable multifunctional privacy screen of  claim 1 , wherein each of said one or more pieces of said sheet of material comprising one or more pouches. 
     
     
         4 . The configurable multifunctional privacy screen of  claim 1 , wherein said one or more desired angles being an obtuse angle when at least one of said plurality of panels forms a side panel and is folded in a same direction across said flexible coupling on either side of at least said one other panel which becomes a middle panel, said side panels are releasably held at said obtuse angle by said one or more pieces of said sheet of material in said semi deployed configuration to define said partially-open space. 
     
     
         5 . The configurable multifunctional privacy screen of  claim 4 , wherein said side panels are releasably held at said obtuse angle by said one or more pieces of said sheet of material at one of or both of said top side and said bottom side of said middle panel. 
     
     
         6 . The configurable multifunctional privacy screen of  claim 4 , wherein said one or more pieces of said sheet of material extend to any desired length of said top side or said bottom side of said side panels. 
     
     
         7 . The configurable multifunctional privacy screen of  claim 4 , wherein said side panels are releasably held at said obtuse angle by said one or more pieces of said sheet of material at a free lateral side of each of said side panels, said free lateral side being a lateral side of said side panels disposed away from said bottom panel. 
     
     
         8 . The configurable multifunctional privacy screen of  claim 7 , wherein said one or more pieces of said sheet of material extend to any desired length of said free lateral side of said side panels. 
     
     
         9 . The configurable multifunctional privacy screen of  claim 1 , wherein said one or more desired angles being a right angle or an obtuse angle when each of said plurality of panels is folded across said flexible coupling in said fully deployed configuration in which said plurality of panels define said confined space closed along said two lateral sides and open at said top side and said bottom side. 
     
     
         10 . The configurable multifunctional privacy screen of  claim 1 , wherein one or more detachable couplings hold two of said plurality of panels detachably together which are otherwise not connected through said flexible coupling with each other to define said confined space. 
     
     
         11 . The configurable multifunctional privacy screen of  claim 3 , wherein said plurality of adjustable configurations further comprises a completely folded configuration in which said plurality of panels lay substantially flat against each other with no space therebetween, said plurality of panels being storable within one of said one or more pouches in a collapsed state of said plurality of panels when in said completely folded configuration. 
     
     
         12 . The configurable multifunctional privacy screen of  claim 11 , wherein in said collapsed state said resilient frame member of said each of said plurality of panels forms a coil as long as said resilient frame member is secured in said collapsed state by a retainer. 
     
     
         13 . The configurable multifunctional privacy screen of  claim 1 , wherein said sheet of material of said each of said plurality of panels is held in a taut condition along said perimeter by said resilient frame member in an extended state of said plurality of panels. 
     
     
         14 . The configurable multifunctional privacy screen of  claim 13 , wherein said sheet of material forms an obround shape in said taut condition. 
     
     
         15 . The configurable multifunctional privacy screen of  claim 12 , wherein said retainer is an elastic band or a clip or a thread.