Patent ID: 6855050

Claim:
A damper system comprising a plurality of damper elements, each of said damper elements comprising a respective connector element, each of said dampers being displaceable from a respective first position to a respective second position and a displacement component for displacing said damper elements from a respective first position to a respective second position said displacement component comprising a flexible elongated damper interconnection element, and a displacement element comprising an engagement component, wherein said elongated damper interconnection element is connected to the engagement component of said displacement element and to the connector element of each of said dampers, wherein said displacement component is configured and disposed such that said displacement component is reversibly displaceable between a first configuration wherein said dampers are each in respective first positions and a second configuration wherein said dampers are each in respective second positions, said displacement component being configured such that as said displacement component passes from said first configuration to said second configuration, said displacement component induces displacement of each of said dampers from a respective first position to a respective second position and wherein said displacement component is configured such that as said displacement component passes from said first configuration to said second configuration so as to induce displacement of said dampers from a respective first position to a respective second position and one or more of said dampers trails one or more of the other dampers in respect of its displacement to its respective second position, the displacement component, once any leading damper has arrived at its second position, is able to continue its displacement and thereby induce any trailing damper to be displaced to its second position while any leading damper is maintained at its second position.