Method and device for repairing or protecting a door and kit for doing same
OwnerJunius A. Tiddy, Jay J. Teddyinventors
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Abstract
A method for repairing or protecting doors which includes a kit having the components to form, when assembled, a single U-shaped unit which when installed covers the area around the door latch. The repair kit comprises a multi-component system including front and rear panel pieces; one or more edge panel pieces of varyng widths, and a strike plate large enough to cover any damaged areas. The repair kit is designed for use on standard thickness doors.
Claims10
A method of repairing or protecting a door which comprises:
- (a) removing all door lock hardware from the door to be repaired or protected;
- (b) attaching a front panel piece and a rear panel piece each having an opening therein to accommodate door latch hardware to an edge panel piece by securing a longitudinal edge of said front and rear panel pieces to said edge panel piece to form an assembled U-shaped unit;
- (c) placing the assembled U-shaped unit on the door in the location where it is to be installed, and marking the door in said area where said unit is to be installed;
- (d) removing door material from edge of door within the marked area whereby said unit will fit substantially flush with the edge of the door when installed;
- (e) securing said U-shaped unit to the door;
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- (f) installing door latch hardware.
A door repair kit having component parts capable of being assembled at the site of a damaged door or a door to be protected comprising;
- a multi-component interlocking three piece assembly, wherein said assembly is formed by joining a front panel piece and a rear panel piece together by an edge panel piece;
- said assembly is adapted to snugly engage the edge of a door in the area of the door latch mechanism with said front panel piece and said panel piece overlying opposite sides of said door,
- said front and rear panels having an opening therein to receive a door latch mechanism;
- said edge panel being vertically elongated and having an opening therein for receiving a latch face plate and grooves along the elongated sides capable of accepting said front and rear panels to form a complete unit whereby said complete unit may be slidably positioned over the latch portion of said door.
A door repair and protection unit comprising substantially rectangularly configured front and rear panels spaced in substantially parallel, opposing relationship to each other and forming front and rear longitudinal edges, said panels being spaced a distance approximately equal to the thickness of the door to be repaired, each panel having an opening therein to accommodate the door latch hardware, a longitudinal groove formed in the front edge of each panel, an edge panel substantially the same length of the longitudinal front edges of front and rear panels, said edge panel including longitudinal edges having a recessed portion along the edge and of a depth to form a recessed edge portion dimensioned for frictional, locking engagement into the grooves formed in the front edges of front and rear panels for locking the edge panel to front and rear panels and forming a substantially U-shaped unit, said edge panel having an opening for accommodating the face plate of a door latch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.