US 12,256,860 B2
Screen attachment apparatus, kit for quick deployment of a screen apparatus that can provide biohazard protection and/or privacy and method of positioning a privacy screen adjacent a work surface
Masamichi Udagawa, New York, NY (US); Sigrid Moeslinger, New York, NY (US); and Jeffrey P. Lee, East Greenville, PA (US)
Assigned to KNOLL, INC., East Greenville, PA (US)
Filed by Knoll, Inc., East Greenville, PA (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/240,392.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/016,090, filed on Apr. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0330098 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. A47G 5/00 (2006.01); A47B 83/00 (2006.01); A47B 96/20 (2006.01); E04B 2/74 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 5/00 (2013.01) [A47B 83/001 (2013.01); A47B 96/20 (2013.01); A47B 2200/0085 (2013.01); A47B 2200/12 (2013.01); E04B 2/74 (2013.01); E04B 2002/7483 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A privacy screen and/or biohazard screen apparatus comprising:
a first screen body,
an attachment mechanism to position the first screen body adjacent a perimeter edge of a work surface so that the first screen body extends above the work surface;
the attachment mechanism comprising a rail body having an “F” shaped profile defined by a first member extending from the rail body that is spaced apart from a second member extending from the rail body to define a gap between the first member and the second member, the first screen body positioned within the gap; and
a second screen body positioned to abut the second member and also contact the rail body for being positioned next to the first screen body for forming a corner that is covered by the rail body;
wherein the rail body having the “F” shaped profile extends from the first member to a position away from the second member; and
wherein the rail body is configured for attachment to a bottom of the work surface.