Patent ID: 6651390
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: E05B,E06B

Abstract:
A reinforcing system for strengthening a door frame positioned in a wall formed by structural members, the door frame having two parallel vertical doorjambs separated from one another by a top horizontal doorjamb, each doorjamb having an exterior side positionable adjacent a respective one of said structural members and having an interior side constructed having a stop rail against which a door engages when the door is in a closed position, each corresponding interior side and exterior side separated from one another by opposing sides, said reinforcing system comprising:(a) two elongated channel-shaped 90Â° corner members, each of said corner members comprising one elongated flat panel bent in its longitudinal mid-section and having opposed edges along its length with two substantially parallel corresponding sides extending along and outward from said opposing edges each of said flat panels having a width and with said substantially parallel sides form a U-shaped channel to permit at least a portion of a respective one of said vertical doorjambs and at least a portion of said top horizontal doorjamb to be positioned in said U-shaped channel, said corner members sized to be positionable on opposite corners of said door frame, (b) at least one elongated channel-shaped member formed by an elongated flat panel with two substantially parallel sides extending along and outward from opposing longitudinal edges of said channel-shaped member flat panel, said channel-shaped member flat panel having a width to permit said substantially parallel sides of said channel-shaped member to be positioned adjacent said opposing sides of a respective one of said vertical doorjambs when said channel-shaped member flat panel is positioned adjacent said exterior side thereof, and (c) a strike having a plate containing at least one opening sized and positioned to receive a door fastener fixed to said door and comprising a first tubular body having a first end extending substantially perpendicular to one face of said plate and a second end opposite said first end, said tubular body being of a length sufficient to extend through an opening in a respective one of said vertical doorjambs and into a respective one of said structural members, said second end being closed by an end plate, said end plate provided with an opening shaped to permit an attaching device to extend into said respective one of said structural members to fix said tubular body thereto.