Adjustable packer apparatus

A method of installation of an adjustable packer apparatus for adjusting a clearance space between members of the adjustable packer apparatus and when in use between at least two support members of at least one side of a wall opening having a hinged side,

• wherein the adjustable packer apparatus comprises at least one first and one second planar member and adjustment means,
• wherein the first and second planar members are spaced from each other and each include a body with at least one aperture there through whereby one of the first and second planar members is adjustably movably attachable by the adjustment means through alignment of the at least one aperture of one of the first and second planar members to the other of the first and second planar members and the adjustment means includes at least one threaded bolt member having a head at one end, adjusting end at another end and an outer thread body there between movably attached to and protruding from the second planar member and the first planar member has a threaded member protruding therefrom, wherein the bolt is threadingly engaged with the threaded member,
• wherein at least the second planar member is attachable to one of the at least two support members which provides a stiffer support than that provided by or for the first planar member,
• whereby adjusting the adjustment means causes one of the first and second planar members to move in a direction perpendicular to a plane lying in the one planar member which is attachable to one of the at least two support members with respect to the other planar member which is attachable to the other support member to reduce or increase the clearance there between the first and second planar members,
• whereby during adjustment rotation initiated from/about the adjusting end either clockwise or anti-clockwise, of the bolt which threadingly moves and travels through the threaded member while a head end of the bolt is held positionally there about but is rotatable there about, the second planar member, an optional backing plate and a wall are immovable or not readily deformable in comparison to the first planar member and a jamb member which includes at least a jamb base member, to cause the first planar member with the threaded member with at least the jamb base member to move accordingly to either narrow or widen the clearance space between the first and second planar members and between the jamb member or the jamb base member and the wall or the optional backing plate,
• wherein the wall includes a structure having a thickness and an opening wherein the opening includes a reveal or wall frame facing the opening and the jamb base member is sized and configured to face a wall frame face by having a width similar to the thickness of the wall with the wall covering and being spaced there from by the clearance space wherein the first and second planar members have an area, being a planar area oriented at right angles to the thickness and width of the first and second planar members, said area being selected to not protrude beyond the wall thickness and jamb thickness and be less than the width of the wall frame of the wall,
• wherein the second planar member is shaped having a central recessed portion or a central cavity portion to house the head of the bolt which allows the head of the bolt to rotate but not move from a position in the recessed portion or central cavity portion when the outer thread body is rotating during adjustment, the recessed portion or central cavity portion has a depth dimension greater than a thickness dimension of the second planar member so that the head of the bolt does not protrude beyond the second planar member and into one of the at least two support members,
• wherein the method includes:
• assembling or providing the at least one adjustable packer apparatus including the first and second planar members and the adjustment means;
• a) providing at least one of the at least two support members for positioning adjacent another support member of the at least two support members to provide when fitted to an opening in a wall a clearance space there between;
• b) by locating a position of stop member, drilling vertical oriented spaced holes, an outer access hole or apertures and middle access apertures to provide co-linear access to holes/apertures of the second rear planar member when being attached to a stud of the wall frame;
• c) installing the adjustable packer apparatus on a rear face of the jamb base member, by fixing fastening fasteners through horizontal oriented apertures of first planar member to back face of one of the at least two support members;
• d) positioning the jamb base member to be attached with the first planar member to the rear face, into the opening of the wall to create the clearance space there between the base member and the support member of the at least two support members;
• e) affixing the adjustable packer apparatus by fastening fasteners through vertically oriented access apertures of the second planar member to an end face of the other support member of the at least two support members;
• f) operating the adjustable packer apparatus to adjust a size of the clearance space by initiating adjustment means via the adjusting end of the threaded elongate member through a middle aperture and through a nut fastener or a threaded sleeve to cause one of the at least two support members and one of the first and second planar members to move with respect to the other of the at least two support member and the other of the first and second planar members;
• g) optionally affixing a stop member in place on a jamb base member of a jamb member to cover access apertures.

A door jamb assembly which includes at least one adjustable packer apparatus for adjustably packing a clearance space between two support members wherein the door jamb assembly includes the at least one adjustable packer apparatus which comprises at least one first and one second planar member and adjustment means,

• wherein the first and second planar members are spaced from each other and each include a body with at least one aperture there through whereby one of the first and second planar members is adjustably movably attachable by the adjustment means through alignment of the at least one aperture of the one planar member to the other planar member and the adjustment means includes at least one bolt having a head at one end thereof, an adjusting end at another end thereof, and an outer thread body movably attached to and protruding from the second planar member and the first planar member has a threaded member protruding therefrom, wherein the bolt is threadingly engaged with the threaded member,
• wherein the at least second planar member is attachable to one of the two support members which provides a stiffer or less flexible support than that provided by or for the first planar member,
• whereby adjusting the adjustment means causes one of the first and second planar member members to move in a direction perpendicular to a plane lying in the one planar member attachable to one of the two support members with respect to the other of the first and second planar members which is attachable to the other support member to reduce or increase a clearance there between the first and second planar members,
• whereby during adjustment rotation initiated from/about the adjusting end either clockwise or anti-clockwise, of the bolt which threadingly moves and travels through the threaded member while a head end of the bolt is held positionally there about but is rotatable there about, the second planar member, an optional backing plate and a wall are immovable or not readily deformable in comparison to the first t planar member and jamb member or base member, to cause the first planar member with the threaded member with the jamb member or base member to move accordingly to either narrow or widen the clearance space between the first and second planar members and between the jamb member or base member and the wall or the optional backing plate,
• wherein the wall includes a structure having a thickness and an opening wherein the opening includes a reveal or wall frame facing the opening and the jamb base member is sized and configured to face a wall frame face by having a width similar to the thickness of the wall with the wall covering and be spaced there from by the clearance space wherein the first and second planar members have an area being a planar area oriented at right angles to the thickness and width of the first and second planar members, said area being selected to not protrude beyond the wall thickness and jamb thickness and be less than the width of the wall frame of the wall.