Patent ID: 8899634
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An adjustable door lock for locking a misaligned or off-set door relative to a support wall adjacent to the door, said adjustable door lock comprising: a catch plate; a plurality of catch brackets connected to an anterior side of said catch plate; a catch connected to said catch plate and interfitted with said catch brackets, said catch having a channel formed therein and located anterior of said catch plate; a door plate disposed adjacent to said catch plate; and a locking bolt linearly displaced along a first linear path passing through said door plate and said channel, said locking bolt being disposed anterior of said catch plate; wherein, when said locking bolt is displaced along said first linear path, said locking bolt at least partially passes through said door plate and said channel such that said locking bolt contacts said catch and causes said catch to automatically adjust along a second linear path anterior of said catch plate and orthogonally registered relative to said first linear path.