Patent ID: 6098342
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: E05D,E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
A movable partition system, which movable partition system comprising:a guide rail being configured to be connected to a ceiling structure;a partition carriage;said partition carriage being configured and disposed to be movable in and along said guide rail;at least one partition element;said at least one partition element being suspended from said partition carriage;said at least one partition element being configured and disposed to be moved by said partition carriage;said guide rail having a substantially box-shaped section;said box-shaped section comprising a guide slot;said partition carriage comprising a support element, which support element forming the connection between said partition carriage and said at least one partition element;said guide slot being configured and disposed to permit said support element to pass through said guide slot;said box-shaped section comprising a first U-shaped section and a second U-shaped section, which U-shaped sections are configured and disposed to face one another in a substantially symmetrical position on either side of said guide slot;each of said U-shaped sections comprising:a first U-leg;a second U-leg;each of said U-legs being disposed to face one another;a U-web;said U-web being disposed substantially transverse to each of said U-legs;said U-web being configured and disposed to form the connection between said first U-leg and said second U-leg;said first U-leg of said first U-shaped section and said first U-leg of said second U-shaped section being disposed substantially symmetrically on either side of said guide slot;said U-web of said first U-shaped section being disposed to face opposite said U-web of said second U-shaped section;said second U-leg of said first U-shaped section and said second U-leg of said second U-shaped section being disposed substantially symmetrically to together form a connecting section, which connecting section being configured to connect said guide rail to a ceiling structure; andsaid first U-leg and said U-web of said first U-shaped section being configured and disposed together to form a detachable portion, which detachable portion is detachably connected over a portion of the length of said guide rail.