Floor seal

Claim 1

A FLOOR SEAL FOR CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN A FLOOR AND THE BOTTOM EDGE OF A FOLDING OR SLIDING DOOR, PARTITION, OR SIMILAR CLOSURE PANEL, COMPRISING: A SEALING STRIP MOUNTED ON SAID PANEL ADJACENT THE BOTTOM EDGE THEREOF FOR MOVEMENT BACK AND FORTH LONGITUDINALLY OF THE BOTTOM EDGE AND UP AND DOWN RELATIVE THERETO IN THE PLANE OF THE PANEL FROM A RAISED RETRACTED POSITION AND A LOWER SEALING POSITION IN WHICH THE LOWER EDGE OF THE STRIP IS URGED DOWNWARDLY FROM THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE CLOSURE PANEL; MEANS CONNECTED TO THE CLOSURE PANEL AND THE SEALING STRIP FOR URGING THE STRIP LONGITUDINALLY AND UPWARDLY TO SAID RETRACTED POSITION; MEANS FOR RESILIENTLY URGING THE STRIP TO SAID SEALING POSITION WHEN MOVED LONGITUDINALLY, INCLUDING A PAIR OF GENERALLY PARALLEL FLAT LEAF SPRING MEMBERS SPACED LONGITUDINALLY OF THE STRIP AND INCLINED DOWNWARDLY AND BACK WHEN THE STRIP IS RETRACTED, EACH SPRING HAVING AN UPPER END PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE PANEL AND A LOWER END PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE SEALING STRIP, SAID LOWER ENDS, WHEN THE STRIP IS MOVED LONGITUDINALLY, BEING MOVABLE CLOSER TO THE STRIP IS ENDS AND LONGITUDINALLY OF THE BOTTOM EDGE TO POSITIONS WHERE THE SPRINGS ARE BOWED TO URGE THE STRIP DOWNWARDLY AND EXERT A SEALING FORCE, AND MEANS FOR ADJUSTABLY MOUNTING THE LOWER END OF EACH SPRING ON THE SEALING STRIP TO VARY THE VERTICAL TRAVEL OF THE SEALING STRIP REQUIRED TO PLACE THE SPRING UNDER PREDETERMINED STRESS, SAID LAST NAMED MEANS INCLUDING A PIVOT PIN FOR MOUNTING THE LOWER END OF THE SPRING ON THE SEALING STRIP AND A SERIES OF APERTURES IN THE SEALING STRIP ANGULARLY SPACED ABOUT THE UPPER PIVOTAL MOUNTING OF THE SPRING,