Door jamb reinforcement plate
AssigneeCarolina Masters, Inc.
InventorJames E. Blankenship
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Abstract
A door jamp reinforcement plate includes an elongate support plate having an L-shaped cross section with a first side to overlap the inside of a door jamb and a second side to overlap the front of a door jamb, and a plurality of vertically arrayed punch-out tabs located along a length of the first side that may be selectively punched out to facilitate alignment with the striker or bolt of each door lock. The vertically arrayed punch-out tabs allow the door jamb reinforcement plate to be universally adaptable to any door frame with only simple adjustment with conventional home tools.
Claims10
A door jamb reinforcement plate comprising:
- an elongate support plate comprising an L-shaped cross section adapted to have a first side thereof overlap at least a portion of the door jamb defining the inside of a door frame and a second side thereof overlap at least a portion of the door jamb defining the front of a door frame;
- and
- a plurality of vertically arrayed punch-out tabs located along and provided integrally within a length of said first side of said support plate so that said support plate is universally mountable on a door jamb with one of said punch-out tabs in alignment with a striker of each of one or more door latches on a door;
- whereby said aligned tab can be punched out and said support plate then suitably mounted to a door jamb for reinforcement thereof.
A door jamb reinforcement plate comprising:
- an elongate support plate about 60 to 84 inches in length and comprising an L-shaped cross section adapted to have a first side thereof overlap at least a portion of the door jamb defining the inside of a door frame and a second side thereof overlap at least a portion of the door jamb defining the front of a door frame;
- and
- a plurality of about 5 to 25 vertically arrayed punchout tabs located along and provided integrally within about a 5 to 25 inch length of said first side of said support plate so that said support plate is universally mountable on a door jamb with one of said punch-out tabs in alignment with a striker of each of one or more door latches on a door;
- whereby said aligned tab can be punched out and said support plate then suitably mounted to a door jamb for reinforcement thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.