Sliding door foot bolt
AssigneePella Corporation
InventorsMichael Hamand, Elliot C. Suiter, Scott Burns
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Abstract
A lock kit for a fenestration assembly includes a panel stop. The fenestration assembly includes a first panel and a second panel, at least one of the first and second panels being slideable relative the other of the first and second panels. The panel stop is configured to pivotably mount within a recess of a frame member of the first panel and pivot between a first stop position configured to maintain the first and second panels in a fully closed position, a second stop position configured to limit sliding of the first and second panels beyond a preset partially-open position, and a third position substantially within the recess, the third position being configured to not restrict a range of motion of the first and second panels.
Claims21
A lock kit for a fenestration assembly including a first panel and a second panel, at least one of the first and second panels being slidable relative the other of the first and second panels, the lock kit comprising:
- a panel stop configured to pivotably mount within a recess of a frame member of the first panel at a pivot location, the panel stop including a first portion and a second portion opposite the pivot location from the first portion, the panel stop configured to pivot at the pivot location between a first stop position at which the first portion of the panel stop is configured to maintain the first and second panels in a fully closed position, a second stop position at which the second portion of the panel stop is configured to limit sliding of the first and second panels beyond a preset partially-open position, and a third position substantially within the recess, the third position being configured to not restrict a range of motion of the first and second panels.
A fenestration assembly comprising:
- a first panel including a first panel frame member forming a recess;
- a second panel including a second panel frame member, at least one of the first and second panels being slidable relative the other of the first and second panels;
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- a lock kit comprising a panel stop pivotably mounted within the recess at a pivot location, the panel stop including a first portion and a second portion opposite the pivot location from the first portion, the panel stop pivotable at the pivot location between a first stop position at which the first portion of the panel stop maintains the first and second panels in a fully closed position, a second stop position at which the second portion of the panel stop limits sliding of the first and second panels beyond a preset partially-open position, and a third position substantially within the recess, the third position not restricting a range of motion of the first and second panels.
A method of operating a lock kit of a fenestration assembly including a first panel and a second panel, at least one of the first and second panels being slidable relative the other of the first and second panels, the method comprising:
- pivoting a panel stop mounted in a recess of a frame member of the first panel of the fenestration assembly from a third position substantially within the recess to a first stop position to maintain the first and second panels in a fully closed position;
- pivoting the panel stop mounted in the recess from the first stop position to the third position, the third position not restricting a range of motion of the first and second panels;
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- pivoting the panel stop mounted in the recess from the third position to the second stop position to limit sliding of the first and second panels beyond a preset partially-open position,
- wherein, in the first stop position, a first end of the panel stop extends from the recess of the first panel and engages a frame member of the second panel, and
- wherein, in the second stop position, a protrusion proximate a second end of the panel stop extends from the recess of the first panel and engages the frame member of the second panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.