Patent ID: 7832454

Claim:
A privacy system for attaching to an existing screen enclosure enclosing an area where privacy is desired, the screen enclosure including vertical members attached between upper and lower horizontal members to form a screen enclosure frame, the screen enclosure further comprising a screen attached to the upper and lower horizontal members and to the vertical members, the lower horizontal members attached to a surface, the screen enclosure defining an interior region, the privacy system comprising: a support member for attaching to the vertical members of the screen enclosure, the support member having a substantially horizontal orientation; a channel along a lower surface of the support member, the channel comprising stop elements at open ends of the channel; a plurality of fasteners each having a first end slidably engaged within the channel and a second end oppositely disposed relative to the first end, the stop elements cooperating with the channel to retain fasteners within the channel; a privacy screen extending downwardly from a plurality of the second ends; a valence affixed to a surface of the support member, the surface of the support member facing toward the interior region; illumination devices attached to the lower surface of the support member between the valence and the privacy screen; and a first member attached to a lower region of the privacy screen, the first member releasably affixed to a second member, the second member for attaching to a lower region of the vertical member of the screen enclosure, or for attaching to the lower horizontal member of the screen enclosure or for attaching to a region of the surface, wherein the first member comprises a hook and loop fastener band further comprising a hook portion serially oriented relative to a loop portion, one of the hook and the loop portions attached to a lower region of the privacy screen, the other of the hook and the loop portions extending from the lower region of the privacy screen, and wherein the second member comprises a cleat, and wherein one of the hook and the loop portions passes through an opening defined by the cleat and attaches to the other of the hook and the loop portions.