Patent ID: 8356654

Claim:
A method of forming an overhead support system for a movable partition system, comprising: forming an at least substantially straight elongated unitary body, comprising: forming a longitudinally extending and vertically oriented central beam; forming a pair of attachment flanges extending laterally from a top end of the central beam; and forming a pair of chain guide members each comprising a first portion extending laterally from the central beam vertically below the pair of attachment flanges, a second portion extending vertically upward from the first portion, a channel defined above the first portion and between the second portion and the central beam, and one or more protrusions extending from the second portion and partially covering the channel, the attachment flanges of the pair of attachment flanges projecting laterally outward from the central beam beyond laterally outward ends of the chain guide members of the pair of chain guide members; and bending the at least substantially straight elongated unitary body while applying a tensile force to the at least substantially straight elongated unitary body resulting in tension within the at least substantially straight elongated unitary body higher than a yield point of a material of the at least substantially straight elongated unitary body.