Assembly for movably suspending panels from overhead supports

An assembly for movably coupling an upper portion of a panel in suspended position to an elongated guide rail in an overhead support, comprising a carrier receivable in a recess of the panel;

• means for securing said carrier to the upper portion of the panel, said securing means including substantially L-shaped anchoring means for anchoring said carrier in the panel, said anchoring means being movably secured to said carrier and having at least one cutting edge arranged to penetrate into the panel in response to movement relative to said carrier;
• a runner extending from and secured to said carrier;
• and a rotary follower mounted on said runner and receivable in the guide rail of the support.

An assembly for movably coupling an upper portion of a panel in suspended position to an elongated guide rail provided in an overhead support and having two end portions and a stop at least at one of the end portions, comprising a carrier;

• means for securing said carrier to the upper portion of the panel;
• a runner extending from and secured to said carrier, said runner including at least one arm arranged to extend in substantial parallelism with the guide rail, and at least one abutment provided on said at least one arm and arranged to impinge upon and to be arrested by the stop in response to movement of the runner to a predetermined position relative to the rail;
• and a rotary follower mounted on said runner and receivable in the guide rail of the support.

An assembly for movably coupling an upper portion of a panel in suspended position to an elongated guide rail in an overhead support, comprising a carrier;

• means for securing said carrier to the upper portion of the panel, said securing means comprising a bearing receivable in a recess of the upper portion of the panel and said carrier being turnable in said bearing about a predetermined axis in actual use of the assembly;
• a runner extending from and secured to said carrier;
• a rotary follower mounted on said runner and receivable in the guide rail of the support, said follower including at least one pair of coaxial rollers and a shaft for said at least one pair of rollers, said runner having a through hole including a first portion dimensioned to permit passage of one roller of said at least one pair of rollers and a second portion dimensioned to snugly receive the shaft between the rollers of said at least one pair of rollers and communicating with said first portion and said carrier and said bearing have complementary detents including means for releasably but turnably retaining said carrier in said bearing.

An assembly for movably coupling an upper portion of a panel in suspended position to an elongated guide rail disposed in an overhead support and having two end portions and a stop at least at one of the end portions, comprising a carrier;

• means for securing said carrier to the upper portion of the panel, said securing means comprising a bearing receivable in a recess of the upper portion of the panel and said carrier being turnable in said bearing about a predetermined axis in actual use of the assembly;
• a runner extending from and secured to said carrier and including at least one abutment arranged to impinge upon and to be arrested by the stop in response to movement of the runner to a predetermined position relative to the rail;
• and a rotary follower mounted on said runner and receivable in the guide rail of the support.