Patent ID: 7581352
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A pre-hung door assembly installation kit for attaching a pre-hung door assembly to surfaces adjacent a rough opening in a wall, the pre-hung door assembly including a door frame and a door hingedly attached to the door frame, comprising: at least one door frame bracket adapted to engage with the door frame and to attach to one of the surfaces adjacent the opening; and a lockset bracket adapted to engage with a latch plate recess formed in a peripheral surface of the door and adapted to engage with the door frame, said lockset bracket comprising a U-shaped body having a pair of arms and a single projection extending from one of said arm for engaging sides of the latch plate recess, said projection engaging at least three sides of the recess in an interference or press fit and being the only element of said lockset bracket extending away from and beyond said U-shaped body, said lockset bracket being operable to fix the door in relation to the door frame, said at least one door frame bracket being operable to allow a user of the kit to align and orient the pre-hung door assembly with the surfaces adjacent the opening in the wall, wherein said at least one door frame bracket and said lockset bracket are removable after the door assembly is installed in the wall and said at least one door frame bracket and said lockset bracket are reusable while the door remains in use in the opening.