US 6,317,996 B1Granted

Installation template for a door closer

AssigneeSchlage Lock Company LLC

InventorsChristopher Roger Myers, Craig Lawrence Lucas, Thomas Ned Trumpinski, James E. Jensen, Charles T. Barth

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Abstract

An installation template for installing a door closer. The installation consists of an under sheet coated with a release agent and two installation templates, a pull side template and a push side template, both coated with a self-stick adhesive, attached to the under sheet. The pull side template and the push side template include two sets of written instructions, each set being upside down to the other set, which permits each template to be used for both right hand and left hand installations. The use of both pull side and push side templates on the single under sheet along with the two sets of written instructions, allows a single template to be used for both push side installation and pull side installation of both right hand and left hand doors.

Claims7

Dependent claims

A door closer installation device for mounting a door closing mechanism to a door and surrounding door frame, the door closer installation device comprising;

a releasable backing having first and second backing sides;
a pull-side template having a first side including a door-frame visual mounting guide indicating the position on the door frame in which to mount a rod and shoe bracket and a door visual mounting guide indicating the position on the door in which to mount a door closer and a second side coated with a self-stick adhesive, the second side of the pull-side template being adhered to the fist backing side of the releasable backing;
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a push-side template having a first side including a door-frame visual mounting guide indicating the position on the door frame in which to mount a rod and shoe bracket and a door visual mounting guide indicating the position on the door in which to mount a door closer and a second side coated with a self-stick adhesive, the second side of the push-side template being adhered to the second backing side of the releasable backing.

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