Surface mounted electric strike

A method of mounting an electric strike on a door frame, the method comprising:

• providing a door moveably mounted to a door frame;
• providing a door latch assembly mounted to the door, wherein the door latch assembly includes a door latch;
• mounting a base plate to an external surface of the door frame, wherein the base plate includes at least one slot extending along a longitudinal axis of the base plate;
• providing a first electric strike module having a first keeper and a housing, wherein the first electric strike module includes at least one mating feature configured to correspondingly engage the slot;
• providing at least one fastener;
• selectively positioning the first electric strike module along the longitudinal axis of the base plate, wherein the at least one mating feature is engaged within the slot, and wherein the base plate is positioned between the first electric strike module and the door frame;
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• removably securing the first electric strike module to the base plate using the at least one fastener, wherein the first keeper is positioned to align with the door latch when the door is in a closed position to selectively secure the door relative to the door frame.

A surface mounted electric strike for selectively retaining a door latch of a door, wherein the door is disposed in a door frame, the electric strike comprising:

• a) a housing configured to be coupled to a surface of the door frame, wherein the housing defines a cavity configured for receiving the door latch;
• b) a keeper assembly mounted within the housing, the keeper assembly comprising:
• i) a first keeper arm movable between a latched position and an unlatched position;
• ii) a first slide pin having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the first slide pin is coupled to the first keeper arm;
• iii) a slide bar having a first slide block end and a first blocking member, wherein a first channel is defined between the first slide block end and the first blocking member;
• c) an actuating assembly configured for moving between a first mode and a second mode, wherein when the actuating assembly is in the first mode the second end of the first slide pin is engaged with the slide bar so that the first end of the first slide pin prevents the first keeper arm from moving toward the unlatched position, and wherein when the actuating assembly is in the second mode the second end of the first slide pin is permitted to be received in the first channel to allow the first keeper arm to move toward the unlatched position;
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• d) a pin selectively mountable to the housing in a first pin location and a second pin location, wherein the pin is in a fixed position relative to the housing when mounted in the first pin location and the second pin location,
• wherein when the pin is in the first pin location, the pin is not in contact with the slide bar when the actuating assembly is in the first mode, and the pin is in contact with the slide bar when the actuating assembly is in the second mode, and
• wherein when the pin is in the second pin location, the pin is in contact with the slide bar when the actuating assembly is in the first mode, and the pin is not in contact with the slide bar when the actuating assembly is in the second mode.

A door lock system comprising:

• a) a door latch assembly including a door latch, wherein the door latch is mounted to a door;
• b) a base plate mounted to an external surface of a door frame, wherein the base plate includes a plurality of locating features disposed on the base plate;
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• c) a first electric strike module having a first keeper and a housing configured to receive the door latch of the door latch assembly, wherein the first electric strike module includes at least one mating feature configured to correspondingly receive the at least one of the plurality of locating features to selectively position the first electric strike module on the base plate, wherein the base plate is positioned between the first electric strike module and the door frame, wherein the first electric strike module is configured to be fixedly secured to the base plate, and wherein the first keeper is positioned on the base plate to align with the door latch when the door is in a closed position to selectively secure the door relative to the door frame.