Door reinforcement assembly

A door assembly comprising:

• a pair of jambs;
• a door that moves past an interior side of one of the jambs as the door swings into and out of a closed position,
• said one jamb including the interior side, a door-facing side, and a bolt-receiving opening projecting into the door-facing side;
• a bolt shiftably mounted to the door to be received within the bolt-receiving opening;
• a strike plate attached to the one jamb,
• said strike plate including a substantially flat body, a cam element projecting from the body, and a substantially flat projection extending generally transversely from the body,
• said projection being against the interior side of the one jamb,
• said body having a bolt-receiving hole spaced from the projection and substantially aligned with the bolt-receiving opening defined in the one jamb, with the projection extending from the body between the bolt-receiving hole and the cam element;
• and
• a substantially flat reinforcement plate attached to the interior side of the one jamb to overlie the projection, with the projection and the reinforcement plate being least at substantially parallel to one another.

A method of reinforcing a door assembly, said method comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a strike plate that includes a substantially flat body with a bolt-receiving hole defined therein, a cam element projecting from the body, and a substantially flat projection extending generally transversely from the body between the bolt-receiving hole and the cam element;
• (b) attaching the strike plate to a door-facing side of a jamb so that the projection fits against an interior side of the jamb,
• (c) placing a reinforcement plate over at least a portion of the interior side of the jamb and at least a portion of the projection;
• and
• (d) securing the reinforcement plate to the interior side of the jamb, with the projection and the reinforcement plate being at least substantially parallel to one another.