Sliding door foot bolt

A fenestration assembly, comprising:

• a first panel including a recess;
• a second panel, wherein at least one of the first and second panels is slidable relative to the other of the first and second panels between a first overlapping position at which the first and second panels overlap by a first amount and a second overlapping position at which the first and second panels overlap by a second amount that is greater than the first amount;
• and
• a lock kit comprising a panel stop configured to pivotally mount in the recess of the first panel at a pivot location, the panel stop including an abutment portion and a hook portion opposite the pivot location from the abutment portion, the panel stop configured to pivot at the pivot location between a first stop position at which the abutment portion abuts the second panel when the first and second panel are at the first overlapping position to prevent the first and second panels from sliding from the first overlapping position toward the second overlapping position, a second stop position at which the hook portion hooks the second panel when the first and second panels are at the second overlapping position to prevent the first and second panels from sliding beyond the second overlapping position, and a third position at which the panel stop does not restrict the relative sliding of the first and second panels.

A method for 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 to the other of the first and second panels between a first overlapping position at which the first and second panels overlap by a first amount and a second overlapping position at which the first and second panels overlap by a second amount that is greater than the first amount, the method comprising:

• pivoting a panel stop mounted in a recess of the first panel of the fenestration assembly from a third position substantially within the recess to a first stop position to prevent the first and second panels from sliding from the first overlapping position toward the second overlapping 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 slidable motion of the first and second panels;
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• pivoting the panel stop mounted in the recess from the third position to a second stop position to prevent the first and second panels from sliding beyond the second overlapping position;
• wherein, in the first stop position, an abutment portion on a first end of the panel stop extends from the recess of the first panel and engages the second panel;
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• wherein, in the second stop position, a hook portion proximate a second end of the panel stop extends from the recess of the first panel and engages the second panel.