Door hardware and floor strike installation tools for a portable door shelter lock
OwnerBruce Schmutterinventor
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A first installation tool (FIT) for defining the precise location of door hardware on a door that receives a portable locking device (PLD) therein and a second installation tool (SIT) for forming a floor strike at a precise floor location that the PLD interacts with when installed in the door hardware. The FIT includes a pair of adjustable vertically-oriented panels with apertures therein, and a vertically-adjustable base, for releasably securing to the bottom of the door to define and guide a drill to form door apertures for securing the door hardware thereto. The SIT includes a drill, mounted vertically on a base that can be precisely moved horizontally. The SIT includes a coupling assembly that releasably engages with the door apertures. When activated, the drill drills down vertically to remove floor material and is incrementally moved horizontally to forms a precise well in the floor to form the floor strike.
A method for precisely defining the locations of a door lock mounting bracket on a door and a corresponding floor strike in a floor and the installation of the same such that a door lock mounted in the bracket consistently and precisely engages the floor strike, said method comprises:
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