Patent ID: 8910389
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. A door leveling apparatus configured for assisting in the cutting of a lower edge of a door to match a base angle of a base of a door frame relative to a vertically oriented hinge jamb of the door frame, the apparatus comprising: a housing providing an elongate hinge groove along a first side of the housing, the hinge groove sized and configured for removably receiving a barrel portion of a hinge of each of the door and door frame; a leveling arm pivotally engaged proximally with an opposing second side of the housing and configured for selectively moving between one of a stored position, wherein the leveling arm is positioned adjacent to the second side of the housing, and a deployed position, wherein a distal end of the leveling arm is pivoted away from the second side of the housing toward the base of the door frame; a laser assembly pivotally engaged with the distal end of the leveling arm and comprising a laser housing and an angle adjustment knob, the angle adjustment knob configured for selectively retaining the laser housing at a desired laser angle relative to the leveling arm; and a first end of the laser housing capable of selectively emitting a continuous, horizontally oriented laser beam a distance above a bottom surface of the laser housing; whereby, in use, with the door temporarily removed from the door frame, the hinge groove removably engaged with the hinge of the door frame, the leveling arm in the deployed position, the bottom surface of the laser housing positioned in abutting contact with the base of the door frame, and the laser angle adjusted to match the base angle, the apparatus is capable of being subsequently removably engaged with the corresponding hinge of the door so that the laser beam may assist in the cutting of the lower edge of the door to match the base angle, thereby creating a uniform gap between the lower edge of the door and the base of the door frame when the door is hung in the door frame.