Patent ID: 7752762
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: E05B

Abstract:
1. A lock template comprising: a body member defining a substantially rectangular first opening having a top wall, a bottom wall, and side walls and having a first length between the top wall and the bottom wall and a first width between the first and second side walls, wherein the top wall and the bottom wall include opposing first end recesses; and an elongated first insert member configured to be removably-inserted into the first end recesses such that the elongated first insert member is located at least partially within the first opening, wherein the elongated first insert member, when inserted in the first end recesses, defines a wall that is substantially parallel to the first side wall of the first opening and a substantially rectangular second opening is defined between the top wall and the bottom wall and between the first side wall and the wall defined by the elongated first insert member, the substantially rectangular second opening having a length between the top wall and the bottom wall substantially equal to the first length and a second width between the first side wall and the wall defined by the elongated first insert member, the second width being smaller than the first width, wherein when the elongated first insert member is inserted into the first end recesses the wall defined by the elongated first member is substantially parallel to, but perpendicularly offset from a plane containing the first end recesses in a direction away from the first side wall, wherein the second opening is configured to guide a cutting instrument to form a mortise for a lock component in a passageway component; and wherein the body includes at least one alignment portion having a plurality of apertures configured to receive an alignment pin, wherein locations of the plurality of apertures on the body correspond to a plurality of door thicknesses; and wherein the body includes an alignment surface that is configured to abut against a surface of the passageway component when cutting into the passageway component.