Portable room divider

Claim 1

A portable cabinet-room divider comprising: (a) a cabinet having a work surface; (b) an enclosed panel storage compartment positioned behind said work surface; (c) a plurality of hinged wall panels folded and stored in said compartment, some of said panels having supporting caster means including a pair of spaced apart casters supported by a foot which when the panels are unfolded have the foot perpendicular to the panel and the casters parallel to the panel upon which they are mounted, said compartment being open at the bottom to accommodate said caster means; (d) roller means in said compartment to provide internal lateral support for the panels in the compartment to maintain them in a folded condition without touching internal walls of said compartment; and (e) retraction and extension means connecting said cabinet to a first of said panels at one side, the other side of said first panel being hingedly connected to a second of said panels, said extension and retraction means permitting said panels to be removed as a stack from said compartment and unfolded to form a wall anchored at one end by the cabinet.