Method and apparatus for securing a door piston to a door jamb

A door piston to doorjamb interface kit comprising:

• a set of threaded bolts;
• a set of threaded screws;
• a flat, elongated plate having a plurality of threaded holes formed therein, and arranged in at least a first subset of threaded holes and a second subset of threaded holes, with each subset of threaded holes having the same hole pattern;
• and
• a bracket including a base and a transverse support member affixed to the base, with the support member defining a pin receiving hole that is spaced from the base and which is configured to receive a pin therethrough for pivotally securing a connecting rod or a housing of a door piston to the support member, and with the base including a set of holes configured in the same pattern as each of the first and second subset of the plurality of threaded holes of the plate wherein:
• when the set of holes in the base of the bracket and either the first or second subset of threaded holes in the plate are aligned, one of the threaded bolts inserted through each of the set of holes can threadedly mate with either the first or second subset of threaded holes thereby securing the base to the plate, such that threaded ends of the threaded bolts do not extend outside of the threaded holes when the bracket is secured to the plate;
• and
• when the elongated plate is positioned against a door jamb, a threaded screw inserted in non-threading relation through each of the set of holes not receiving a threaded bolt can threadedly mate with said door jamb thereby securing said plate to said door jamb,
• wherein the support member defines a gap having a pair of aligned pin receiving holes on opposite sides thereof,
• wherein the end of the connecting rod or the housing defines a hole configured to be aligned with the pair of pin receiving holes when said end is received in the gap, and
• wherein the pin is configured to be received through the pin receiving holes and the hole in the end of the connecting rod or the housing when said end is received in the gap.