Patent ID: 8336257

Claim:
A telescoping floor seal assembly comprising an attachment portion adapted to be mounted to a bottom edge of a vertically displaceable partition, and a displaceable sealing portion slideably mounted within the attachment portion for relative displacement therewith between a fully collapsed position and a fully extended position, the displaceable sealing portion having at least one longitudinal sealing edge member at a base thereof for contacting a floor when the vertical partition is displaced to a closed position, the attachment portion being substantially vertically displaceable with the vertically displaceable partition while the sealing edge member of the displaceable sealing portion remains in sealing contact with the floor within a predetermined displacement range of vertical movement of the vertical partition, the telescoping floor seal assembly thereby accommodating live load deflections of the vertically displaceable partition without compromising the seal formed between the floor and the telescoping floor seal, wherein said attachment portion comprises two or more spaced-apart transverse support brackets having attachment means for securement to said bottom edge of said vertically displaceable partition, said displaceable sealing portion comprising at least one vertically displaceable elongated sealing wall secured to said transverse support brackets for vertical guided displacement therewith, said longitudinal sealing edge member being a deformable seal member secured to said base at a lower end of said vertically displaceable sealing wall, and wherein said bottom edge of said vertically displaceable partition is an elongated substantially rectangular hollow bottom edge formed between spaced opposed outer walls of said vertically displaceable partition, there being two of said vertically displaceable elongated sealing walls each secured to a respective one of opposed side edges of a transverse support wall, at least one telescopic interconnecting rod immovably secured to said transverse support wall and extending through said transverse support bracket in captive sliding engagement therewith.