Patent ID: 8510994

Claim:
A secure door assembly comprising: a door assembly positioned in a wall and including a door frame and a door, the door frame defining a doorway and including a first and a second vertically extending spaced apart door jamb, and the door being hingedly mounted to the first door jam and operating to be opened in a first direction; and a security device including a plate, a brace and a fastener, the plate being positioned along one of said jams and extending completely through side of the doorway, and the plate including a first side, a second side, having a catch at one end, and defining proximate an opposite end a first aperture that extends through the plate, the catch extending substantially perpendicular to the first side of the plate and engaging one side of the wall, the brace having a first section and a second section, the first section being pivotably mounted to the opposite end of the plate and defining a second aperture that extends through the first section, the brace being pivotable about the opposite end of the plate into a first orientation so that the first section is parallel to the second side of the plate, the first aperture is coaxially aligned with the second aperture, and the second section engages a side of the door on the other side of the wall, and the fastener extending though the first and second aperture to removably secure the brace in the first orientation.