Patents Assigned to Glass Curtains USA
  • Patent number: 8819994
    Abstract: An enclosure system includes a plurality of elongated panels consecutively connected to one another. The plurality of elongated panels includes a plurality of independent panels and a panel-door. The enclosure system also includes an upper track constructed and arranged to receive an upper portion of the plurality of elongated panels and a lower track constructed and arranged to receive a lower portion of the plurality of elongated panels. The lower track includes two polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) strips constructed and arranged as a transport system for facilitating movement of the plurality of elongated panels along the upper track and the lower track by achieving a very low coefficient of friction enabling heavy weights to be moved with little effort. Substantially all weight of the plurality of elongated panels is supported evenly across a length of the lower track on the two PTFE strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Glass Curtains USA
    Inventor: Neil Ingram