Patent ID: 6131641
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A flexible partition having a raised and lowered condition, the partition comprising:a curtain having top, bottom and side edges,a support structure for securing the top edge;a shaft secured to the curtain displaced from the top edge and extending across the curtain;a driver coupled to the shaft to rotate the shaft thereby rolling the curtain onto and off the shaft between the lowered and raised conditions of the partition;a carriage connected to a first end of the driver;a guide pivotally coupled adjacent a first end and adjacent the top edge of the curtain, the guide cooperating with the carriage to restrict the rotation of the first end of the driver; andwherein the carriage engages the guide such that as the curtain moves between a raised position and a lowered position, the curtain remains in a substantially constant vertical plane, and the carriage travels along the guide between the first end of the guide and a second end of the guide and thereby pivots the guide between a raised position and a lowered position.