Blinds, screens, partitions and doors

A screen assembly comprising a web or sheet of material, a pair of spaced opposed elongate strengthening and supporting elements, a respective said element being secured to or formed along an edge of the material, said elementing being made from a relatively thin resilient non-extensible material, two opposed guide rails relative to which a respective said element is received and guided for movement and a take-up roll onto and from which the material may be retracted and withdraw, said assembly further including a frame member to which a free edge of the material is secured, a said frame member being substantially T-shaped in transverse cross section and having a first web co-planar with the material and to which the material is secured and a second web at right angles to said first web at least one end of said first being received by a respective said guide rail, and wherein one guide rail comprises a strip having a longitudinally extending guide bear and said frame member includes a guideblock resiliently urged against said bead.

A screen assembly including a take-up roll of material mountable to span between a plurality of parallel beams, a channel shaped guide rail securable to each beam and a like plurality of elongate relatively thin resilient non-extensible support elements each mounted to the material, a respective said element being received and guided by a respective said rail, said elements being heat treated to assume a preferred rolled-up or coiled configuration.

A screen assembly for use as a screen for a window comprising a web or sheet of material, a pair of spaced opposed elongate strengthening and supporting elements, a respective said element being secured to or formed along an edge of the material, said element being made from a relatively thin resilient non-extensible material, two opposed guide rails relative to which a respective said element is received and guided for movement and a take-up roll onto and form which the material may be retracted and withdrawn.

A screen assembly for use as a screen for a door comprising a web or sheet of material, a pair of spaced opposed elongate strengthening and supporting elements, a respective said element being secured to or formed along an edge of the material, said element being made from a relatively thin resilient non-extensible material, two opposed guide rails relative to which a respective said element is received and guided for movement and a take-up roll onto and from which the material may be retracted and withdrawn.