Patent ID: 7040676

Claim:
A receiver chamber for receiving an extendable bolt element of a deadbolt lock assembly, the deadbolt assembly being mounted on a door and the receiver chamber being mounted onto a door jamb, comprising: a) a pair of rigid plates having first and second opposing ends, said plates having a plurality of apertures therein; b) a receiving chamber, said chamber having first and second opposing ends being open on at least one end, wherein a bore completely surrounded by a wall is disposed therein, wherein wall extends from said first end to said second end; and, c) wherein said first end of each of said plates is welded to said wall of said receiver chamber so that said plates are coplanar, wherein each of said second ends of said plates are disposed opposite each other to permit the plates to be mounted onto the door jamb, so that the bolt can be extended into the bore, the wall of said receiving chamber extending beyond both sides of said plates.