Patent ID: 6415553
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: E04B,E05D,E05Y,E06B

Abstract:
A trackless privacy screen assembly for workspaces having spaced-apart partition panels forming an opening for user ingress and egress therethrough, said privacy screen comprising:a privacy screen defining a lower edge; at least one roller mounted adjacent said lower edge for movably supporting said privacy screen on a trackless floor surface; a slide bracket having a slide block, said slide bracket configured to movably interconnect said privacy screen with a first partition panel, said slide bracket positioning said privacy screen in an offset position relative to the first partition panel, said privacy screen movable between an open position wherein said privacy screen is disposed alongside at least a portion of the first partition panel, and a closed position wherein said privacy screen closes off at least a substantial portion of the opening; said privacy screen including a rigid quadrilateral perimeter frame defining a central portion therein, with an intermediate horizontal frame member extending across said central portion; and wherein: said intermediate horizontal frame member including a downwardly-opening channel slidably receiving therein said slide block of said slide bracket.