Patent ID: 7299850

Claim:
A roll-up partition comprising: a) a shutter assembly comprising: i) a shutter assembly housing adapted to be mounted to a wall above or beside a portal, ii) a roller tube rotatably mounted in the shutter assembly housing, and iii) a rolling shutter connected to the roller tube and configured to move between a retracted position in which the rolling shutter is wrapped around the roller tube and an open position in which the rolling shutter is deployed within the portal, b) a flexible strap having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end connected to the roller tube, and c) a tensioner positioned external to the shutter assembly housing and connected to the distal end of the flexible strap, the tensioner comprising a locking mechanism configured to lock the flexible strap in place when in a locked position and to allow movement of the flexible strap when in an unlocked position and a quick release mechanism configured to interact with the locking mechanism to release the locking mechanism from the locked position to the unlocked position upon activation of the quick release mechanism to allow the rolling shutter to change positions.