Patent ID: 6471265
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A door jamb and striker fastening plate wherein said door jamb has a jamb shoulder and flat jamb surface, said striker fastening plate secured to said flat jamb surface and comprising:a striker fastener plate face; a main opening in the center of the fastening face plate for insertably receiving a sliding dead bolt moveable fastening member; a recoiling guided stop plate constrained to move away from the direction of an applied force of an unauthorized entry attempt and return to its original position, said stop plate biased by a biasing means to remain in a fixed position in order to restrain the dead bolt moveable fastening member and thus cause the door to remain in a closed position; a restraining means for the recoiling guided stop plate, said restraining means comprising a notch in the recoiling guided stop plate wherein the edges of the main opening in the fastening face plate operate as a guide for the notch causing the guided stop plate to travel in a direction away from the force applied in an unauthorized entry attempt and return to its original position; wherein said biasing means comprises one or more springs threaded onto one or more stop plate retaining bolts which are screwed into the stop plate at one end thereof and attached by enlarged heads of said bolts at the other end by being inserted through one or more holes in a striker plate mounting tab perpendicular to and extending from the face plate, said striker plate holes being smaller than th e heads of said bolts.