Systems for Reversibly Dividing a Space

A system for reversibly dividing a space comprising:

• a first panel with a first track follower and a second track follower, each attached to opposite sides of the first panel;
• a second panel with a third track follower and a fourth track follower, each attached to opposite sides of the second panel;
• a first track and a second track, each on opposite sides of the space to be divided, each running generally straight and generally vertical and each having a top at a point overhead and a bottom at a point part-way to a floor of the space;
• a third track and a fourth track, each having a vertical portion that is adjacent and runs parallel to the first track and the second track, respectively, and each having a curved portion extending below and across the bottom of the first track and the bottom of the second track, respectively;
• wherein the first and second panel can be stored in an overhead position;
• wherein, as the first panel is lowered, the first track follower rides in the first track and the second track follower rides in the second track, until the first and second track followers reach the bottoms of the first and second tracks, respectively, thus allowing the first panel, when lowered, to divide an upper portion of the space;
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• wherein, as the second panel is lowered, the third track follower rides in the third track and the fourth track follower rides in the fourth track, wherein the third track follower and the fourth track follower ride in a generally vertical path, parallel to the first track and the second track, respectively, until the third track follower and the fourth track follower reach the curved portion of the third track and the fourth track, respectively, whereupon the third track follower and the fourth track follower move below and across the bottom of the first track and the bottom of the second track, respectively, thus allowing the second panel to be aligned with the first panel and divide a lower portion of the space, and wherein, when deployed, the first panel and the second panel form a divider.