Locking astragal and associated methods

A locking astragal comprising:

• an elongate member having a slide bolt receiving passageway formed therein, said elongate member including a plurality of fastener receiving passageways formed therethrough and being mountable to an inactive door of a double door assembly;
• an upper and a lower slide bolt carried by said elongate member, each being moveable between locked and unlocked positions;
• an upper and lower slide bolt movement member, each connected to said respective upper and lower slide bolts;
• an upper and lower stiffener, each carried by said elongate member adjacent respective upper and lower portions of the slide bolt receiving passageway for receiving said respective upper and lower slide bolts;
• a plurality of fasteners positioned to extend through the fastener receiving passageways formed through the elongate member, each of said plurality of fasteners having a top that protrudes above an upper portion of a bottom wall of said elongate member;
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• at least one lock member that pivotally engages at least one of said upper and lower slide bolt movement members to be moved between locked and unlocked positions so that when in the locked position, the respective upper and lower slide bolts are maintained in the locked position, and when in the unlocked position, the respective upper and lower slide bolts are moveable between the locked and unlocked positions, said at least one lock member comprising:
• a user engagement portion that is substantially flat and adapted to be flush with an outer surface portion of at least one of said upper and lower slide bolt movement members when said at least one lock member is in the locked position and the unlocked position, and
• a lock portion opposite the user engagement portion, the lock portion having an unlocked side that is substantially flat and a locked side having an arcuate shape.