Adjustable Striker Plate
AssigneeKdinc, LLC
InventorBrian Eugene Mitchell
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Abstract
This invention relates to improvements in locks and latches, particularly improving the strike plate, allowing horizontal and vertical adjustments to compensate for changes in the positioning of the strike plate relative to the heel of the latch bolt when the door is seated against the stop. The invention relates to an adjustable strike plate for locks, latches, and deadbolts, enables quick adjustment of a strike plate, and ensures holding the plate securely in an adjusted position. The invention is an apparatus made of three plates with two different sets of screws, one for securing the apparatus to a door jamb and another for adjusting and aligning the striker plate to a latch and/or deadbolt.
Claims20
1) An adjustable striker plate apparatus comprising an inner plate, a middle plate, an outer plate, and two sets of screws, a first screw set and a second screw set,
- wherein the inner plate comprises one central rectangular hollow gap, one top circular hole, and one bottom hole;
- wherein the middle plate comprises one central rectangular hollow gap with a top and bottom hollow indentation, a top right hole, a top left hole, a bottom right hole, a bottom left hole, a right rectangular perpendicular protuberance, a top perpendicular protuberance, left perpendicular protuberance, a bottom perpendicular protuberance;
- wherein the outer plate comprises of comprises one central rectangular hollow gap, one top circular hole, one bottom hole, and one semi-circular protuberance,
- wherein the three plates are placed parallel to each other, forming a central rectangular apparatus-cavity by the inner plate gap, the middle plate gap, and the outer plate gap;
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- wherein the apparatus is detachably attached to a door jamb of a doorframe.
15) The method of installing an adjustable striker plate apparatus comprising an inner plate, a middle plate, an outer plate, and two sets of screws, a first screw set and a second screw set,
- wherein the inner plate comprises one central rectangular hollow gap, one top circular hole, and one bottom hole;
- wherein the middle plate comprises one central rectangular hollow gap with a top and bottom hollow indentation, a top right hole, a top left hole, a bottom right hole, a bottom left hole, a right rectangular perpendicular protuberance, a top perpendicular protuberance, left perpendicular protuberance, a bottom perpendicular protuberance;
- wherein the outer plate comprises of comprises one central rectangular hollow gap, one top circular hole, one bottom hole, and one semi-circular protuberance,
- wherein the three plates are placed parallel to each other forming a central rectangular apparatus-cavity by the inner plate gap, the middle plate gap, and the outer plate gap;
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- wherein the apparatus is detachably attached to a door jamb of a doorframe, and the method comprises of steps:
- i) positioning the door adjustment inner plate on the door jamb cavity,
- ii) the middle plate is placed over the inner plate and secured with four #6×1.25 wood screws, wherein the middle plate is secured non-adjustable to the door jamb over the latch and/or deadbolt cavities,
- iii) the outer plate is placed and resides over the middle plate secured into the inner plate, with two #6-32 screws, aligning the strike plate with the door jamb cavity,
- iv) the outer plate is placed over the middle plate and the door jamb, wherein the outer plate is sized to be slightly smaller than the door jamb cavity, and
- v) after proper alignment, the outer plate is secured by two #6-32 screws.
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