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US 8,910,346 B1Granted
Device for repairing hinge area of a door
OwnerBryan W. Schaferinventor
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Abstract
A kit for repairing a damaged hinge portion of a door. A U-shaped bracket is mounted to the door. A mounting plate is attached to the bracket. A hinge is mounted to the mounting plate and is flush with the bracket.
Claims4
A device for mounting a door having an edge with a damaged hinge area to a door jamb comprising:
- a first wall mountable to an edge of a door and positionable between said edge of said door and a door jamb when said door is mounted to the door jamb;
- a hinge mounting wall separate from said first wall and mountable thereto and positionable between said first wall and a damaged hinge area of said door;
- spacers mounted between said first wall and said hinge mounting wall;
- a hinge having a first hinge plate and a second hinge plate, said first hinge plate and said second hinge plate having hingedly connected together-said first wall having an opening into which said first hinge plate is positionable to be flush with said first wall;
- first fastening devices to secure said first hinge plate to said hinge mounting wall;
- second fastening devices to secure said hinge mounting wall to said first wall;
- spaced apart and parallel walls mountable to opposite sides of said door, said first wall is located between and perpendicularly arranged and integral with respect to said parallel walls forming a bracket;
- and wherein:
- said opening of said first wall extends only through one of said parallel walls forming a ledge to allow said first hinge plate to contact said ledge to be flush with said first wall when mounted thereto.
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The combination:
- a door having a damaged edge:
- a door frame having said door pivotally mounted thereto;
- a bracket having a first wall and a second wall with an intermediate wall positioned therebetween with said bracket mounted to said damaged edge of said door, said intermediate wall having an opening which extends only through one of said first wall but not said second wall forming a ledge at said second wall;
- fastening devices;
- a mounting wall separate from but fastened to said intermediate wall of said bracket by said fastening devices;
- a hinge having a first hinge plate positioned in said opening and a second hinge plate hingedly fastened together, said first hinge plate fastened to said mounting wall with said second hinge plate fastened to said door frame to pivotally mount the door thereto, said first hinge plate extending from said ledge across said opening positioning said hinge relative to said door;
- spacers mounted between said intermediate wall and said mounting wall for adjusting said mounting wall relative to said intermediate wall;
- and additional fastening devices extending through said bracket into said door for fixedly securing said bracket to said door, and further fastening devices extendable through said first hinge plate and said mounting wall securing said hinge to said door.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.