# US 10,767,390 B2 · Lock alignment and mounting template system and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,767,390 B2 - Document ID: US10767390B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/045,315 - Filed: 2018-07-25 - Published: 2020-01-30 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-07-25 - Assignees: Cothron's Safe & Lock Inc. - Applicants: Cothron's Safe & Lock Inc. - Inventors: John David Ray - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10767390B2 ## CPC - E05B 17/06: Templates for marking the position of apertures in fittings of wings {or frames; Apparatus for installation of a lockset (drill jigs B23B47/28; mortised work B27F5/12; templates for hinges E05D11/0009)} - B23B 47/288: {involving dowelling} - B23B 2247/06: Jigs for drilling holes for lock sets for doors - E05B 9/08: Fastening {locks or fasteners or parts thereof, e.g.} the casings of latch-bolt locks or cylinder locks to the wing {(on glass wings E05B65/0025)} - E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS - B23B: TURNING; BORING (arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the pin extends substantially perpendicular from a face of the panel and has cross-section of shape of a cylinder cutout of the door. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the pin is sized in length sufficient to extend into a cylinder cutout of the door formed for the lock and is shaped in cross-section to extend to slightly smaller than the cylinder cutout. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the panel is rectangular and extended in length, and the template holes are offset from the pin where connected to the panel in opposing location along the length. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the pin is generally circular in cross-section and of slightly smaller diameter than the cylinder cutout. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the pin is generally circular in cross-section and of slightly smaller diameter than the cylinder cutout. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the panel is rectangular and has length and width sufficient to accommodate template holes located from the pin connection to the panel in relative position of the holes with respect to a cylinder cutout of the door. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the pin extends substantially perpendicular from a face of the panel and has cross-section of shape of the cylinder cutout of the door. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the pin is sized in length sufficient to extend into the cylinder cutout of the door formed for the lock and is shaped in cross-section to extend to slightly smaller than the cylinder cutout. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the pin is generally circular in cross-section and of slightly smaller diameter than the cylinder cutout. ### Claim 11 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. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein connecting fixes the pin relatively centrally connected to the panel and projecting from the panel generally perpendicular to a planar surface of the panel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein forming locates the template holes relative to the pin in the planar surface of the panel. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the pin has length of about 0.05″ to about 2″ and is generally circular in cross-section of diameter of slightly less than the lock chamber. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising: inserting the pin into a lock chamber formed in a door; aligning the panel with an edge of the door; and marking the door with a marker through the template holes. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising: drilling the door in location of marks from marking. ### Claim 17 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. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the template holes are offset from the dowel pin in same correspondence that door holes required for mounting a lock are offset from a lock chamber formed in a door. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein connecting is selected from the group consisting of: molding, welding, gluing, screwing and combinations of these. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein forming is selected from the group consisting of: drilling, routing, molding, pressing, and combinations of these.