Door security reinforcement system
OwnerKenneth S. Pattersoninventor
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Abstract
A security reinforcement system for a door assembly having a door frame with first and second spaced-apart vertical structural supports and a door hinged thereto has first- and second-channel base plates respectively mountable to the first and second vertical structural support. Pivotally attached to the first and second base plates, respectively, are first and second opposed pluralities of security arms which rotate from a retracted position to an extended position in which security arms of the opposed pluralities extend toward each other across a portion of the door, reinforcing the door when first and second actuator arms operatively coupled to the first and second pluralities, respectively, are rotated from a vertical position to a horizontal position and are releasably coupled together by a sleeve.
Claims13
A security reinforcement system for a door assembly comprising a door frame having a vertical structural support, another vertical structural support spaced from the vertical structural support and a hinged door positioned between the vertical structural support and the another vertical structural support, the reinforcement system comprising:
- an elongated channel having a channel base plate mountable to the vertical structural support;
- a plurality of security arms pivotally attached to the channel base plate and movable in rotation from a security-arm retracted position, in which the plurality of security arms are located within the elongated channel, to a security-arm extended position, in which the plurality of security arms are pivoted beyond the elongated channel and extend across a portion of an outside surface of the door and reinforces a side of the door where the elongated channel is mounted to the vertical support structure;
- an actuator mechanism rotateably attached to the channel base plate and operatively coupled to the plurality of security arms,
- wherein the actuator mechanism is rotated between a non-actuated position, in which the plurality of security arms are in the security-arm retracted position, to an actuated position in which the plurality of security arms rotate in the same direction from the security-arm retracted position to the security-arm extended position;
- an actuator activation arm mounted to the vertical support structure and operably connected to the actuator mechanism, the actuator activation arm rotating between a vertical non-activating position to a horizontal activation position, in which the actuator activation arm operates the actuator mechanism to the actuated positon, wherein the actuator activation arm is positioned to extend across a portion of the outside surface of the door where the elongated channel is mounted to the vertical support structure;
- another elongated channel having another channel base plate mountable to the another vertical structural support;
- another plurality of security arms pivotally attached to the another channel base plate and movable in rotation from a security-arm retracted position, in which the another plurality of security arms are located within the another elongated channel, to a security-arm extended position, in which the another plurality of security arms are pivoted beyond the another elongated channel and extend across another portion of the outside surface of the door and reinforces another side of the door where the another elongated channel is mounted to the another vertical support structure;
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- another actuator mechanism rotateably attached to the another channel base plate and operatively coupled to the another plurality of security arms,
- wherein the another actuator mechanism is rotated between a non-actuated position, in which the another plurality of security arms are in the security-arm retracted position, to an actuated position in which the another plurality of security arms rotate in the same direction from the security-arm retracted position to the security-arm extended position;
- another actuator activation arm mounted on the another vertical structural support and operably connected to the another actuator mechanism, the another actuator activation arm rotating between a vertical non-activating position to a horizontal activation position, in which the another actuator activation arm operates the another actuator mechanism to the actuated positon, wherein the another actuator activation arm is positioned to extend across a portion of the outside surface of the door where the another elongated channel is mounted to the another vertical support structure;
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- a sleeve coupled to ends of each activation arm to retain each activation arm in the horizontal position and maintain the reinforcing of each plurality of security arms on the outside surface of the door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.