Patent ID: 7661226
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: E05B,E05F,E05Y,E06B

Abstract:
1. A method for installing a door into a doorframe having a top and a bottom, the method comprising: providing a door assembly including a door panel with an external surface, a lock assembly mounted in the door panel and having a mortise lockbody with duplicate lock hardware located symmetrically about a horizontal axis, the lockbody further comprising dual dead bolts, a hinge z-bar, and a latch z-bar, the hinge z-bar pivotally mounted to a first side of the door panel and the latch z-bar removably secured to a second side of the door panel; orienting the door assembly by rotating the door panel, lock assembly, hinge z-bar and latch z-bar together for either a right hinge or a left hinge operation; attaching a bottom expander to a bottom side of the door panel, the bottom expander attachable in a selected position on the door panel setting the door assembly in the doorframe and securing the hinge z-bar and the latch z-bar to the doorframe and releasing the latch z-bar from the second side of the door panel such that the door panel is free to swing between a closed position and an open position; securing a header frame to the top of the doorframe; securing a top mounting frame to the top of the doorframe, the top mounting frame extending above the door panel inserting a key cylinder into one of two symmetrical key cylinder receiving members on the mortise lockbody mounted in the door panel, and operating the key cylinder to extend both dead bolts in coordination; aligning one or more jamb bracket bases onto the doorframe in a desired position by matching a guide indicia on the jamb bracket base to the hinge z-bar; mounting one or more closers to each jamb bracket base and attaching the closers to the door panel, the closers being of variable length but releasably secured at an installation length; releasing the one or more closers; and adjusting the position of the bottom expander relative to the doorframe to lightly contact the bottom side of the doorframe.