Adjustable door strike and mounting template
OwnerMarvin R. Nicholas, Jr., Lenard Foxinventors
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Abstract
An adjustable door strike having a striker plate (2), a main body (10) and a slider plate (16, 26, 32). The main body (10) is affixed to a door jamb with the slider plate (16, 26, 32) between the door jamb and the main body (10) and adjustably mounted for receiving a standard striker plate (2). The main body (10) is provided with an elongated aperture (12) in the vertical direction which permits the striker plate (2) to have a continuous range of adjustments in the vertical direction. Also described is a mounting template (50) for facilitating the installation of a door strike. This invention allows for mounting a door lock with either or both a latch and a deadbolt without adversely affecting the door jamb in any way.
Claims12
An adjustable door strike comprising:
- a standard striker plate having apertures for receiving a plurality of mounting means and adapted for receiving a latch;
- a main body for supporting said standard striker plate and having mounting and support surfaces and thickened sidewalls forming an aperture that is substantially larger vertically than the height of the standard striker plate, the support surface having recesses adjacent to the sidewalls;
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- a slider plate for holding the standard striker plate against the mounting surface and having a raised portion dimensioned to fit in the aperture and flush with the mounting surface and adapted for receiving said mounting means from said striker plate, for supporting the standard striker plate and also having shoulders adapted to mate with the recesses for holding the standard striker plate in position.
An adjustable door strike comprising:
- a standard striker plate adapted for receiving a latch and having apertures for receiving a plurality of fastening members;
- a main body for supporting said standard striker plate in a continuous range of vertical positions and having sidewalls, a mounting surface and a support surface with recesses adjacent to the sidewalls, forming an aperture vertically higher than the vertical dimension of the standard striker plate;
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- a plurality of slider plates, each of the slider plates adapted for receiving one of said fastening members and being substantially smaller than said striker plate and affixed to the recesses of the support surface of said main body for securing said striker plate to said main body.
A method for assembling an adjustable door strike comprising the following steps:
- boring a hole in a door jamb to receive a main body having an aperture defined by thickened sidewalls, a mounting surface and a support surface with recesses opposite said mounting surface and adjacent to said door jamb;
- installing at least one slider plate having shoulders adjacent a support surface of said main body in said bored hole;
- positioning the slider plate shoulders in the support surface recesses adjacent to the sidewalls;
- placing a standard striker plate on said main body mounting surface with a raised portion of said slider plate in said aperture;
- securing said main body to said door jamb;
- positioning said standard striker plate to mate with a door lock;
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- securing said standard striker plate to said slide plate on said mounting surface of said main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.