Translating door with disengageable seals

A door for at least partially covering a doorway defined by a wall and a lower surface, comprising:

• a first door panel adapted to laterally translate along a plane relative to the doorway between a doorway blocking position and an unblocking position;
• a first seal including a first sealing surface interposed between a first attachment end and a first distal end with the first attachment end being attached to the first door panel;
• a second seal disposed to allow relative movement between the first seal and the second seal, the second seal including a second sealing surface interposed between a second attachment end and a second distal end, such that the first door panel in the doorway blocking position causes the first sealing surface to face the second sealing surface and positions the second distal end between the first distal end and at least one of the first door panel and the first attachment end, and
• a second door panel adapted to laterally translate along a second plane substantially parallel to and offset out of coplanar alignment with the first plane, wherein the second seal is disposed on the second door panel.

A door for at least partially covering a doorway defined by a wall and a lower surface, comprising:

• a first door panel adapted to laterally translate along a plane relative to the doorway between a doorway blocking position and an unblocking position;
• a first seal including a first sealing surface interposed between a first attachment end and a first distal end with the first attachment end being attached to the first door panel;
• a second seal disposed to allow relative movement between the first seal and the second seal, the second seal including a second sealing surface interposed between a second attachment end and a second distal end, such that the first door panel in the doorway blocking position causes the first sealing surface to face the second sealing surface and positions the second distal end between the first distal end and at least one of the first door panel and the first attachment end,
• a third seal, and
• a fourth seal disposed on the first door panel and spaced from the first seal to define a gap therebetween, wherein the first seal is elongated horizontally, the fourth seal is elongated vertically, and the third seal horizontally spans the gap when the first door panel is in the doorway blocking position.

A door moveable between a doorway blocking position and an unblocking position relative to a doorway defined by a wall and a lower surface, comprising:

• a first door panel disposed along a plane and adapted to laterally translate relative to the doorway between the doorway blocking position and the unblocking position;
• a second door panel adapted to laterally translate relative to the doorway between the doorway blocking position and the unblocking position;
• a first seal disposed adjacent a trailing edge of the first door panel;
• a second seal disposed adjacent a leading edge of the second door panel and engaging the first seal with the door in the doorway blocking position and spaced from the first seal with the door in the unblocking position, wherein at least one of the first seal and the second seal are sufficiently pliable to effectively seal therebetween, and wherein the first seal and the second seal are of sufficient rigidity to transfer momentum from the first door panel to the second door panel as the door moves from the unblocking position to the doorway blocking position, whereby the first seal engaging the second seal allows the first door panel moving to the doorway blocking position to pull the second door panel to the doorway blocking position.