US 12,240,609 B2
Cascading privacy divider
Sung Eun Jung, Winston Salem, NC (US)
Assigned to B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/862,595.
Prior Publication US 2024/0017832 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0606 (2014.12) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-panel system comprising:
a guide rail comprising:
a guide channel formed along a length of the guide rail; and
a rail wall comprising a first latch keeper;
a drive panel configured to translate along the guide rail from a stored position to a final position, comprising:
a drive panel portion configured to fit within the guide channel; and
an actuation point configured to couple to an actuator; and
a first follower panel configured to translate along the guide rail and further configured to translate from the stored position, substantially superposed relative to the drive panel, to a first latch position, comprising:
a first surface; and
a first latch rotatably coupled to the first surface configured to couple the first follower panel to the drive panel when the drive panel is translated from the stored position, couple to the first latch keeper when the first follower panel has translated to the first latch position, and uncouple the first follower panel from the drive panel when the first follower panel has translated to the first latch position, wherein upon translation of the drive panel to the final position, the first follower panel remains in the first latch position and is disposed inferior and parallel to the drive panel.