Adjustable strike
AssigneeASSA ABLOY New Zealand Limited
InventorsSteven A. Gledhill, Shelly Ellen Farrell
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Abstract
The invention relates to an adjustable strike having a striker plate, an end cap removably attached to an end of the striker plate, and the end cap having a first protrusion and a second protrusion, each for attaching the end cap with a door frame. The end cap also has a tab for removably attaching the striker plate with the end cap. The invention also relates to a method of providing the adjustable strike.
Claims20
A method for providing an adjustable strike, comprising the steps of:
- providing a striker plate having a longitudinal axis and a receiver;
- providing an end cap having protrusions and a tab for removably attaching the end cap to the striker plate;
- removably attaching the end cap to the striker plate by moving the end cap in a direction of the longitudinal axis of the striker plate and engaging the tab of the end cap with the receiver of said striker plate;
- and
- securing the end cap to a door frame via the end cap protrusions.
A method for providing an adjustable strike, comprising the steps of:
- providing a striker plate having opposing first and second ends each having a receiver;
- providing a first end cap having a first tab and a pair of protrusions;
- attaching said first end cap to the first end of the striker plate by the first end cap tab being attached to the receiver at said first end of the striker plate;
- providing a second end cap having second first tab and an other pair of protrusions;
- attaching said second end cap to the second end of the striker plate by the second end cap tab being attached to the receiver at said second end of the striker plate;
- securing the striker plate and first and second end caps to a door frame via the pair of protrusions of the first end cap and the other pair of protrusions of the second end cap;
- and
- adjusting the striker plate to the door frame.
The method according to claim 17 further including at least one of said protrusions of each of said first and second end caps flexing toward a center of the respective end cap as each said end cap engages with the door frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.