Patent ID: 8082969

Claim:
A screen device comprising: a pair of screen-mounting frame portions arranged to confront each other, one of the screen-mounting frame portions being a slidable screen-mounting frame portion which is slidably movable; an extendable and contractible screen mounted between the screen-mounting frame portions; an upper cap detachably mounted to an upper end portion of the slidable screen-mounting frame portion; a tension member extending through the screen and supporting the screen in extending and contracting directions thereof, the tension member being routed in the screen-mounting frame portions; and a slide guide frame portion arranged near a lower end portion of the screen, the slide guide frame portion including a plurality of rigid units turnable connected to each other, each rigid unit including a pair of side wall portions arranged to confront each other and a bridge portion connecting the side wall portions, wherein the tension member is configured to be hooked on the upper cap and bend at the upper cap, wherein the tension member is extracted from the upper end portion of the slidable screen-mounting frame portion and disposed externally of the slidable screen-mounting frame portion on a side opposite to a screen mounting side, wherein the slide guide frame portion is bendable and has at least one free end such that the slide guide frame portion is housed in and extracted from the slidable screen-mounting frame portion as the screen-mounting frame portion slides and moves, and such that an extracted portion of the slide guide frame portion maintains linearity when it is extracted from the screen-mounting frame portion as the screen-mounting frame portion slides and moves, and wherein a first end of the tension member is fixed at the free end of the slide guide frame portion.