Patent ID: 8479798

Claim:
A movable partition comprising: a first structure having a first plurality of panels, each panel being hingedly coupled to an adjacent panel, the first structure being individually supported from an overhead track; a second structure having a second plurality of panels, each panel being hingedly coupled to an adjacent panel, the second structure being individually supported from the overhead track, the second structure being laterally spaced from the first structure; and at least one lateral restraint device supported from the overhead track at a location laterally between the first structure and the second structure and longitudinally between a leading end of the first structure and the second structure and a trailing end of the first structure and the second structure, the at least one lateral restraint device including a trolley disposed in a channel of the overhead track and an elongated member coupled with the trolley, the elongated member extending away from the trolley toward a lower edge of the first structure and a lower edge of the second structure, wherein the at least one lateral restraint device comprises a plurality of lateral restraint devices, each comprising: a trolley comprising a plurality of roller elements and disposed in a channel of the overhead track; and an elongated member coupled with and extending from the trolley, the elongated member positioned laterally between at least one panel of the first plurality of panels and at least one panel of the second plurality of panels of the movable partition.