Patent ID: 7958926

Claim:
A single-track stacking panel covering for an architectural opening, said covering comprising: a headrail, for mounting said covering above and in front of said architectural opening, said headrail having a longitudinal direction, an interior, a first end and a second end, and a single track having a first rail and a second rail running in said longitudinal direction and parallel to one another; each of said rails including a pair of inwardly directed ledges defining a slot therebetween; a plurality of carriers disposed on each of said first and second rails of said single track, said carriers being translatable in said longitudinal direction along said first and second rails of said headrail to open and close said covering; a plurality of hangers, each having first and second ends, each of said first ends of said hangers being attached to one of said carriers on said first rail and each of said second ends of said hangers being attached to one of said carriers on said second rail, whereby each of said hangers, connected to a respective pair of said carriers, extends under said headrail, between said first and second rails so as to orient said hangers at a substantially fixed oblique angle relative to said longitudinal direction of said headrail; and a plurality of panels, suspended below said headrail from said plurality of hangers, one said panel being suspended from each said hanger, each of said panels being oriented at said substantially fixed oblique angle relative to said longitudinal direction of said headrail, so that said panels are stackable when opening said covering; and wherein said carriers on said first rail are linked to one another, said linking being contained within said first rail, whereby said carriers translate together while closing said covering.