Automatically actuated door lock system

A door package, comprising:

• a. a door frame having a top portion, a first jamb connected to a first end of the top portion, and a second jamb connected to a second end of the top portion, the top portion including one or more tracks operable to slideably engage with at least one door panel of a door assembly, the top portion, first jamb and second jamb defining a plane of the door frame;
• b. a door assembly comprising two or more door panels, wherein each door panel of the two or more door panels has a first vertical edge and a second vertical edge, wherein at least a first door panel of the two or more door panels is attached to the door frame, and a second door panel of the two or more door panels is slideably engaged with one of the one or more tracks of the top portion of the door frame and movable between a first position with the first vertical edge of the second door panel proximate the first jamb and a second position with the second vertical edge of the second door panel extending beyond the second vertical edge of the first door panel, and wherein the door assembly has a first open position wherein the first vertical edge of each of the two or more door panels is positioned proximate the first door jamb and each of the two or more door panels are positioned parallel with the plane of the door frame;
• c. a pivot plate configured to connect to a floor at a position proximate the first door jamb and to pivotally engage with the two or more door panels and to allow the two or more door panels to pivot away from the plane of the door frame when the two or more door panels are in the first open position;
• d. a first latch assembly associated with the second door panel, the first latch assembly having a first catch member and a first latch member, wherein the first latch member is movable between a first position and a second position, and when the first latch member is in the first position the first catch member prevents pivoting movement of the second door panel, and when the first latch member is in the second position the first catch member does not prevent pivoting movement of the second door panel;
• e. an actuator comprising a first member and a second member, the first member associated with the first latch member and the second member associated with the first door panel, wherein when the door assembly is in the open position, the location of the second member relative to the first member causes the first latch member to move to the second position and the door assembly is operable to pivot to a broken open position that is substantially perpendicular to the plane of the door frame.

A door package comprising:

• a. an upper frame portion having one or more tracks, wherein each track has a first end and a second end and the first end of each of the one or more tracks is located proximate to the other of the first ends of the one or more tracks, and the second end of each of the one or more tracks is located proximate to the other of the second ends of the one or more tracks;
• b. a first carriage slideably interconnected to a first track of the one or more tracks;
• c. a first door panel pivotally interconnected to the first carriage and movable relative to the first carriage between a first locked position wherein the first door panel is parallel with the first track and a second unlocked position wherein the first door panel is oriented at an angle relative to the first track, the first door panel movable with the first carriage between a retracted position proximate the first end of the first track and an extended position remote from the first end of the first track;
• d. a second non-sliding door panel pivotally mounted to the upper frame portion proximate the first end of the first track of the one or more tracks;
• e. a first latch assembly having a first catch member affixed at a first location to one of the first carriage or the first door panel, a first latch member affixed at a second location to the other of the first carriage or the first door panel wherein the first latch member is adjacent the first catch member when the first door panel and the first carriage are in the first locked position, and a first magnet associated with the first latch member, the first magnet having a first magnetic field, wherein the first latch member is movable between a first position and a second position and is biased to the first position, and wherein when the first latch member is in the first position the first catch member prevents the first door panel from pivoting relative to the first carriage, and when the first latch member is in the second position the first catch member does not prevent the first door panel from pivoting relative to the first carriage;
• f. a second magnet disposed within the second non-sliding door panel, the second magnet having a second magnetic field;
• g. wherein, when the first door panel is in the extended position, the first magnetic field of the first magnet does not overlap with the second magnetic field of the second magnet and the first latch member is in the first position, and when the first door panel is in the retracted position the first magnet is proximate the second magnet and the first magnetic field of the first magnet overlaps with the second magnetic field of the second magnet causing the first latch member to move to the second position whereby the first door panel can pivot relative to the first carriage and the second door panel can pivot relative to the first track of the upper frame portion.

A door system comprising:

• a. A frame portion having a proximal end and a distal end including at least one track extending between the proximal end and the distal end;
• b. A first carriage slideably interconnected to a first track of the at least one track;
• c. A first non-sliding door panel having a first vertical edge and a second vertical edge spaced from the first vertical edge, the first non-sliding door panel pivotally affixed to the frame portion, wherein the pivot is proximate the first vertical edge and the proximal end of at least one track;
• d. A second door panel pivotally interconnected to the first carriage, the second door panel having a first vertical edge and a second vertical edge spaced from the first vertical edge, the first carriage and second door panel movable together between a first position proximate the first end wherein the first vertical edge of the second door panel is proximate the first vertical edge of the first non-sliding door panel and a second position wherein the second vertical edge of the second door panel extends beyond the second vertical edge of the first non-sliding door panel;
• e. A first latch assembly locking the position of the second door panel relative to the first carriage, the first latch assembly including a first component affixed to the first carriage and a second component affixed to the second door panel, the first latch assembly having a first locked position wherein the first component engages the second component and a second unlocked position wherein the first component and second component are disengaged, the first lock assembly biased to the locked position;
• f. A first actuator affixed to the first non-sliding door panel and configured to cause the first and second components of the first latch assembly to disengage when the second door panel is in the first position.