Patent ID: 8381443

Claim:
A sliding door comprising: a. a header having first and second ends, wherein said header is secured to a top portion of an opening, wherein said header includes a sliding track along the length thereof, wherein said header includes a fixed panel guide along a portion thereof, and wherein said fixed panel guide is formed with a guide interlock extending therefrom; b. a floor plate secured to a flooring surface below said header first end, wherein said floor plate further comprises a fixed panel post pivotally engaged with said fixed panel, and wherein said floor plate further comprises a panel bearing; c. a fixed panel pivotally engaged with said header first end, wherein a fixed panel top rail is formed with a fixed panel interlock extending therefrom, and wherein said guide interlock and said fixed panel interlock cooperatively engage one another when said fixed panel is in a fixed panel first position; d. a first lock member engaged with said fixed panel top rail, wherein said first lock member selectively engages said fixed panel guide such that in said fixed panel first position said fixed panel is secured in an orientation parallel with respect to said header, and such that in a fixed panel second position said fixed panel may pivot with respect to said header and said floor plate, and wherein said first lock member further comprises a guide detent formed in said fixed panel guide and a corresponding spring loaded ball placed in said fixed panel top rail; e. a sliding panel cooperatively engaged with said header adjacent a sliding panel top rail such that said sliding panel may move linearly from said header first end to said header second end, wherein a sliding panel bottom rail is cooperatively engaged with a fixed panel bottom rail, and wherein said sliding panel may pivot with respect to said header and said fixed panel at any position between said header first and second ends; f. a carrier bar having a portion thereof slidably mounted within said sliding track, and wherein said carrier bar includes a sliding panel pivot pin that pivotally engages said sliding panel top rail; and g. a second lock member engaged with a sliding panel top rail, wherein said lock member selectively engages said header such that in a sliding panel first position said sliding panel occupies a plane parallel to but offset from said fixed panel, and such that in a sliding panel second position said sliding panel may pivot with respect to said header and said fixed panel, wherein said second lock member further comprises a carrier bar detent formed in said carrier bar and a corresponding spring loaded ball placed in said sliding panel top rail, and wherein the periphery of said panel bearing is positioned to engage said sliding panel when both said fixed and sliding panel are in said second positions, respectively.