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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2017
David R. Hall, Provo, UT (US);
Joe Fox, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Andrew Priddis, Mapleton, UT (US);
Jackson Priddis, Orem, UT (US);
David R. Hall, Provo, UT (US);
Joe Fox, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Andrew Priddis, Mapleton, UT (US);
Jackson Priddis, Orem, UT (US);
Hall Labs LLC, Provo, UT (US);
Abstract
The invention is a track system for a retractable wall. The track system includes rigid outer guide tracks and flexible inner track inserts that are connected to the guide tracks by means of flanges located on both. The flexible inserts include a channel that engages with a side edge of a retractable wall, holding the wall in place. The flexible nature of the track inserts allows the inserts to bend, which in turn allows the retractable wall to flex when force is exerted on the retractable wall without breaking the tracks or tearing the wall. When excessive force is applied, the channel of the flexible insert, the walls of which are thicker than the rest of the flexible insert, bend open, so that the side edge of the retractable wall disengages from the channel by means of an opening in the channel.