Patent ID: 8336597

Claim:
A movable partition system, comprising: a movable partition configured to extend across a space within a building when the movable partition system is installed within a building; at least one track configured to be coupled to an overhead structure of the building and to extend across the space when the movable partition system is installed within the building, the movable partition configured to be suspended from the at least one track when the movable partition system is installed within the building; a strike plate configured to be mounted to a wall within the building when the movable partition system is installed within the building, the strike plate configured to engage the leading end of the movable partition when the movable partition is extended across the space within the building to an extended, closed configuration; a vertical alignment structure coupled to the movable partition proximate a leading end of the movable partition, the vertical alignment structure comprising: at least one roller element, the vertical alignment structure configured to locate the at least one roller element laterally beyond a lateral side of the movable partition and outside the at least one track when the movable partition system is installed within the building; and a structural frame member coupling the at least one roller element to the movable partition, the structural frame member coupled to the at least one roller element and to at least one component of the movable partition; and at least one ramp configured to be coupled to the overhead structure of the building when the movable partition system is installed within the building, the at least one ramp having at least one ramp surface configured to be oriented at an acute angle greater than zero relative to a horizontal plane, the at least one ramp surface configured to abut against the at least one roller element as the movable partition is caused to extend across the space within the building to the extended, closed configuration and to cause the leading end of the movable partition to be aligned with the strike plate as the leading end of the movable partition engages the strike plate.