Lock alignment and mounting template system and method
AssigneeCothron's Safe & Lock Inc.
InventorJohn David Ray
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Abstract
A system for mounting a lock for a door that must have at least one hole to accommodate the lock includes a panel, a pin connected to the panel, and at least one template hole, respectively, for each of the at least one hole, respectively, in the panel positioned relative to the pin and in location required for marking the at least one hole. pin extends substantially perpendicular from a face of the panel and has cross-section of shape of a cylinder cutout of the door. The panel is generally rectangular in shape and has a planar surface on which is connected the pin.
Claims20
A system for mounting a lock for a door that must have at least one hole to accommodate the lock, comprising:
- a panel;
- a pin connected to the panel;
- and
- at least one template hole, respectively, for each of the at least one hole, respectively, in the panel positioned relative to the pin and in location required for marking the at least one hole.
A method, comprising:
- providing a panel;
- connecting a pin to the panel;
- and
- forming template holes in the panel, the template holes are offset from the pin in same correspondence that door holes requied for mounting a lock are offset from a lock chamber formed in the door.
A method of manufacture, comprising:
- providing a generally rectangular planar panel, the panel of length greater than width across a planar surface of the panel;
- connecting a dowel pin to the planar surface of the panel, the dowel pin projects from the planar surface generally perpendicularly;
- and
- forming template holes in the planar surface of the panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.