Patent ID: 11866959
Assignee: HANCHETT ENTRY SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 14:
15. A method for selectively swapping an electric door strike assembly from either a left-handed or a right-handed configuration to the other of the left-handed configuration or the right-handed configuration, wherein the electric door strike assembly is configured for use in conjunction with a lockset of a door, wherein the lockset includes a door latch selectively moveable from a latched condition when the door is in a closed orientation and an unlatched condition when the door is in an openable orientation, and wherein the lockset includes a deadlatch configured to prevent unauthorized movement of the door latch when the door is in the closed orientation, the method comprising the steps of:
a) providing an electric door strike assembly having a strike housing including a latch release assembly received within the strike housing, the latch release assembly including a latch ejector rotatably connected to the strike housing about a first axis, wherein the latch ejector includes a first edge and a second edge, wherein the first edge is disposed at a first angle relative to the second edge, wherein the latch ejector includes a removable cam portion extending from and mounted to the second edge, wherein the removable cam portion includes a cam edge that is disposed at a second angle relative to the first edge, wherein the first angle is greater than the second angle, wherein the removable cam portion is configured to engage the deadlatch when the door is in the closed orientation, wherein the latch release assembly further includes a motor coupled to the latch ejector, wherein actuation of the motor rotates the latch ejector in a first rotational direction about the first axis to disengage the removable cam portion from the deadlatch as the latch ejector is rotating in the first rotational direction about the first axis, and wherein further rotation of the latch ejector in the first rotational direction causes the first edge of the latch ejector to engage the door latch whereby the door latch is moved from the latched condition to the unlatched condition such that the door is placed in the openable orientation;
b) removing the latch release assembly from the strike housing;
c) removing the removable cam portion from the second edge of the latch ejector and mounting the removable cam portion on the first edge of the latch ejector to swap the electric door strike assembly from one of the left-handed configuration or the right-handed configuration to the other of the left-handed or right-handed configuration;
d) inverting the latch release assembly end-over-end; and
e) reinstalling the latch release assembly within the strike housing, wherein step d occurs before or after step c) and prior to step e).