Patent ID: 9598898
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A47H,E06B

Claim:
1. A single-track stacking panel covering for an architectural opening, said covering comprising: first and second rails for mounting said covering above and in front of the architectural opening, each of said first and second extending in a longitudinal direction between a first end and a second end, said first and second rails forming a single track running in said longitudinal direction; a plurality of carriers disposed on said single track, said carriers being translatable in said longitudinal direction to open and close said covering, each of said carriers including a first holder and a second holder spaced apart from said first holder, said first holder being supported on said first rail and said second holder being supported on said second rail, said first and second holder being coupled to each other by a connecting bar extending between said first and second rails, each of said first and second holders having a width and defining a face oriented across said single track at an oblique angle relative to said longitudinal direction; a plurality of panels suspended below said first and second rails, each of said panels being suspended from one of said carriers at attachment locations defined on said faces of said first and second holders, each of said panels being oriented at a substantially fixed oblique angle relative to said longitudinal direction, and having a width, a bottom, and a top; and a slidable link configured to couple each of said panels to those adjacent thereto, so that said panels form an overlappingly stacked array at one of said first and second ends of said first and second rails by sliding one behind the next when said covering is opened; wherein: said overlappingly stacked array has a stacking distance corresponding to an amount each panel extends beyond that adjacent to it in said array; and said stacking distance is defined as a function of said width of said first and second holders.