Lock strike construction

A lock strike construction for use with a wall having an upright structural cripple and an upright door casing side rail parallel to and separated from said cripple by an intervening space comprising an elongated planar plate having a longitudinal axis, means defining an elongated bolt opening entirely enclosed in said planar plate and extending along and substantially symmetrical with said axis, means forming a pair of screw-receiving circular holes in said planar plate on said axis and on opposite ends of said bolt opening, means forming a pair of screw rod holes in said planar plate both on one side of said axis and on opposite ends of said bolt opening, a pair of screw rods in said screw rod holes and extending through said side rail and through said space and into said cripple, a strike plate abutting said planar plate and said screw rods and in substantial registry with said planar plate, means defining a bolt opening and screw openings in said strike plate substantially registering with said elongated bolt opening and said screw receiving holes, and screw fasteners disposed in said screw receiving holes in said strike plate freely passing through said screw receiving circular holes in said planar plate and laterally engagable by both said strike plate and said planar plate.