Phototherapy booth

Claim 2

A booth for exposing a person to light within a confined space comprising at least three walls with the first wall extending between a side edge of each of the second and third walls, means coupling said walls together, said walls being rigid perforated substrates, ultraviolet lamps on each of said walls, at least one lamp on each wall being vertically adjustable along a track on its wall for increasing the effective height of light exposure to a person within the booth, switch means on one of said walls for controlling said lamps, and electrical conductor means interconnecting the lamps on said one wall to the lamps on said other walls.

Claim 3

A booth in accordance with claim 1 wherein the first wall is perpendicular to said second and third walls, said second and third walls overlapping a portion of said first wall, and at least two lamps on each wall being vertically adjustable.

Claim 4

A booth in accordance with claim 2 including a fourth wall lacking lamps and positionable parallel to the first wall so as to complete an enclosure for a person requiring phototherapy.

Claim 5

A booth in accordance with claim 1 wherein said perforated substrates are made from reinforced peg board.

Claim 6

A booth in accordance with claim 1 wherein one end of the second wall is coupled to the first wall by hinges.

Claim 7

A booth in accordance with claim 1 wherein the ends of the first wall have flanges, each flange overlying a portion of the second or third wall with said coupling means including a member extending through the overlapped portions of the walls.

Claim 8

A booth for exposing a person to black light for phototherapy within a confined space comprising at least three walls with the first wall extending between a side edge of each of the second and third walls, said first and third walls being perpendicular to said first wall and parallel to each other, each of the second and third walls overlapping a portion of the first wall, said walls being rigid perforated substrates, a discrete extension panel for each wall, mating structure on the lower edge of each panel and the upper end of each wall so that each extension panel may extend the height of its associated wall, the inner surface of each extension panel and wall being a light reflective surface, a plurality of parallel black light lamps attached to each of said walls on an inner surface thereof, switch means on one of said walls for controlling all of said lamps, an electrical conductor means removably interconnecting the lamps on said one wall to the lamps on said other walls.

Claim 9

A booth for exposing a person to black light for phototherapy within a confined space comprising at least three walls with the first wall extending between a side edge of each of the second and third walls, said first and third walls being perpendicular to said first wall and parallel to each other, each of the second and third walls overlapping a portion of the first wall, said walls being rigid perforated substrates, a discrete extension panel for each wall, mating structure on the lower edge of each panel and the upper end of each wall so that each extension panel may extend the height of its associated wall, the inner surface of each extension panel and wall being a light reflective surface, a plurality of parallel black light lamps attached to each of said walls on an inner surface thereof, switch means on one of said walls for controlling all of said lamps, an electrical conductor means removably interconnecting the lamps on said one wall to the lamps on said other walls.

Claim 10

A booth in accordance with claim 7 including means on the walls to facilitate a knock-down of the walls and overlapping arrangement for purposes of storage.

Claim 11

A booth in accordance with claim 7 including clips adapted to enter perforations in the substrates for contacting a lower end of the lamps and for temporarily holding some of the lamps in an elevated position projecting above the upper ends of the substrates.