Movable space divider structure

Claim 1

IN A FOLDING SPACE DIVIDER ASSEMBLY WHEREIN A PLURALITY OF PANELS ARE ARRANGED FOR COPLANAR POSITIONING IN END-TO-END SEALING ENGAGEMENT, EACH PANEL BEING MOVABLY SUSPENDED FROM A SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, SAID PANELS EXTENDING FROM TOP EDGE SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE INTO BOTTOM EDGE SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH A FLOOR STRUCTURE, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING EACH PANEL HAVING LATERALLY SPACED AND AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE FACE PLATES FORMED FROM STRUCTURALLY STABLE AND ACOUSTICALLY LIMP AND ACOUSTICALLY IMPERMEABLE MATERIAL, SUPPORT MEANS ATTACHED TO EACH OF SAID PLATES AND INTERCONNECTED TRANSVERSELY OF SAID PANEL AT PHERIPERALLY SPACED INTERVALS TO PROVIDE A UNITARY STRUCTURE WITHOUT ESTABLISHING CONTINUOUS SOUND TRANSFERRING RIGIDITY BETWEEN SAID PLATES, SEPARATE LIMP FIBER BLANKET MEANS OVERLYING THE INNER FACE OF EACH PLATE, SAID BLANKET MEANS BEING SEPARATED CENTRALLY OF SAID STRUCTURE TO DEFINE AN INTERNAL AIR SPACE WHICH IS AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY CO-EXTENSIVE WITH SAID PLATES, AND RETAINER MEANS HOLDING SAID FIBER BLANKET MEANS AGAINST THE INNER FACE OF EACH OF SAID PLATES IN UNSECURED RELATION TO PERMIT SLIGHT MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO.