Edge seals for multiple-interfitting partitions

Claim 2

A self-fitting edge seal construction for acoustical panels providing a sound-absorbing seal for joining adjacent panels comprising means defining a pair of seal supports adapted to be fastened to the vertical edge of each panel, a pair of webs integral with said support means extending at right angles thereto away from the panel and located substantially in the plane of each outer face thereof, relatively short flanges at the outer ends of said webs extending toward but separated from each other, and an S-shaped plastic seal member supported on said flanges and having each end thereof overlying and supported by one of said flanges.

Claim 3

The construction as defined in claim 1 in which the width of each web member is comparable to the length of the overlying end portion of said seal member providing for forming a light seal between two interfitting seal members whose panels lie in the same plane or between the web and an overlying end of said seal member between two panels extending at right angles to each other.

Claim 4

A vertically oriented edge seal adapted for use on the vertical edges of multiple-use wall panels, which panels may have their vertical edges in transverse aligned relation or in mutual right-angle nesting relation while providing a light seal between adjacent abutting panel edges, comprising means defining a pair of vertically oriented spaced seal supports having transversely extending side members which are somewhat inwardly offset with respect to the sides of the associated said panels and terminating in mutually inwardly-turned ends defining a space therebetween, the outer surfaces of said support means defining generally right-angle abutment surfaces for nesting with the adjacent vertical edges of a right-angularly arranged adjacent panel, and a generally symmetrical S-shaped flexible seal member supported on said support mean ends and being engageable with a corresponding said seal on an aligned panel to form a light seal therebetween, the transverse depth of said seal outwardly of said ends being sufficiently small so as to be in non-interfering relation with corresponding said seals on right-angle adjacent nested panels.

Claim 5

A vertically oriented edge seal adapted for use on the vertical edges of multiple-use wall panels, which panels may have their vertical edges in transverse aligned relation or in mutual right-angle nesting relation while providing a light seal between adjacent abutting panel edges, comprising means defining a pair of vertically oriented spaced seal supports having transversely extending side members which are somewhat inwardly offset with respect to the sides of the associated said panels and terminating in mutually inwardly-turned ends defining a space therebetween, the outer surfaces of said support means defining generally right-angle abutment surfaces for nesting with the adjacent vertical edges of a right-angularly arranged adjacent panel, and a generally symmetrical S-shaped flexible seal member supported on said support mean ends and being engageable with a corresponding said seal on an aligned panel to form a light seal therebetween, the transverse depth of said seal outwardly of said ends being sufficiently small so as to be in non-interfering relation with corresponding said seals on right-angle adjacent nested panels.