Sound retarding drapery room divider

Claim 1

A ROOM DIVIDER IN THE FORM OF AN EXPANDABLE PARTITION FOR SUBDIVIDING A SPACE COMPRISING THE COMBINATION WITH AN OPERATING TRACK FOR RETAINING MOVABLE PENDANTS AND A PLURALITY OF PENDANTS SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN SAID TRACK FOR SUSPENDING A STRUCTURE THEREFROM, OF A SECOND RETARDING BARRIER OF FOLDABLE FABRIC SECURED TO SAID PENDANTS BY A PLURALITY OF ATTACHMENT MEANS, SAID ATTACHMENT MEANS CONNECTING SAID PENDANTS TO SAID BARRIER AT INTERVALS ALONG A LINE SPACED FAR ENOUGH BELOW THE TOP EDGE OF SAID BARRIER TO ALLOW SAID TOP EDGE TO SWEEP SAID OPERATNG TRACK; SAID PENDANTS INCLUDING HOOK-RECEIVING MEANS FOR RECEIVING DRAPERY SUPPORTING HOOKS, AND FIRST AND SECOND DRAPERIES PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF DRAPERY HOOKS AND HUNG BACK-TO-BACK AGAINST OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID SOUND RETARDING BARRIER, SAID DRAPERY HOOKS COOPERATING WITH SAID PENDANTS; THE TOTAL LENGTH OF MATERIAL IN EACH DRAPERY BETWEEN A SEQUENTIAL PAIR OF DRAPERY HOOKS BEING GREATER THAN THE LINEAR DISTANCE ALONG SAID BARRIER BETWEEN A CORRESPONDING PAIR OF SEQUENTIAL HOOK-RECEIVING MEANS, THEREBY MAINTAINING EACH DRAPERY IN A PATTERN COMPRISING A SERIES OF PREDETERMINED FOLDS WHEN SAID BARRIER IS IN A FULLY EXPANDED POSITION.