Patent ID: 8109037

Claim:
A sealing system for creating a seal between a panel and a frame, the sealing system comprising: a frame; a first panel coupled to the frame; a second panel coupled to the frame, wherein the second panel is parallel to the first panel; a first active sealing module, wherein the first active sealing module engages a sill rail of the first panel with a sill of the frame; a second active sealing module, wherein the second active sealing module engages a meeting rail of the first panel with a meeting rail of the second panel within the frame; a third active sealing module, wherein the third active sealing module engages a stile rail of the sash with a jamb of the frame, wherein upon the first panel being in a closed position relative to the frame, each of the first, second, and third active sealing systems modules having a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration, wherein an active seal is created between a surface of the first panel and a surface of the frame or between the meeting rails of the first and second panels only in the locked configuration of the respective active sealing modules, and wherein the active seal is created along substantially an entire side of the first panel and the frame or along substantially entirely along the meeting rail of the first panel and the meeting rail of the second panel.