Patent ID: 7472738

Claim:
A screen device comprising: a pair of elongated frame members which extend parallel to each other and are movable such that a space between them is able to expand and shrink; a screen having ends attached to said frame members and which is opened and closed when expanding and shrinking the space between said frame members; and an elongated bendable screen guide which moves in or out of one of the frame members in response to an open or close operation of said screen, wherein the screen guide is able to bend by a right angle to extend along one of the ends of the screen when the screen is stretched to an open state, wherein said screen guide includes a plurality of guide pieces aligned in a row such that contact surfaces of adjacent ones of said guide pieces contact each other, and a flexible wire member connects all of the guide pieces to each other, wherein said guide pieces are composed of a synthetic resin and each have a cross section formed in an approximately U-shape whose bottom wall is aligned along one of the ends of the stretched screen, and a pair of standing walls respectively aligned along front and back surfaces of the stretched screen, wherein a top part of each of said standing walls has a passage hole penetrating along the aligned direction of said guide pieces, and wherein said wire member extends through said passage holes to serially connect said guide pieces with adjacent ones of the guide pieces such that the contact surfaces of the adjacent guide pieces contact each other when the screen guide is guided along the end of the stretched screen.