Portable room dividing panel

Claim 1

A PORTABLE PARTITIONING PANEL HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED APART SIDE WALLS, A SEALING MECHANISM FOR ONE EDGE OF THE PANEL COMPRISING A PAD AT SAID ONE EDGE GUIDED FOR MOVEMENT IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE OF SAID EDGE, MEANS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALLS FOR MOVING SAID PAD, MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH ONE OF SAID SIDE WALLS FOR OPERATING SAID PAD MOVING MEANS, THE MEANS FOR MOVING SAID PAD COMPRISING A HEADER ATTACHED TO SAID PAD, A BASE PLATE ANCHORED WITHIN SAID PANEL, MEANS CONNECTING SAID HEADER AND SAID BASE PLATE IN SPACED RELATION, SAID CONNECTING MEANS COMPRISING RESILIENT MEANS URGING SAID HEADER AWAY FROM SAID BASE PLATE, THE MEANS FOR MOVING SAID PAD INCLUDING A FURTHER MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID HEADER AND SAID OPERATING MEANS FOR RETRACTING AND LOCKING SAID HEADER IN THE RETRACTED POSITION, MEANS EXTENDING ALONG THE SIDE EDGES OF SAID SIDE WALLS AND FORMING EDGE WALLS THEREBETWEEN, SAID EDGE WALLS HAVING LONGITUDINAL GROOVES ALONG THEIR INSIDE FACES, AND GUIDE BARS ATTACHED TO EACH END OF SAID HEADER, SAID GUIDE BARS BEING SLIDABLY DISPOSED IN SAID GROOVES.