Patent ID: 7856760

Claim:
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, the installation kit comprising: at least one door frame bracket adapted to engage with the door frame and to releasably attach to one of the surfaces adjacent the opening; and a lockset bracket having a single one-piece, unitary construction and a generally C-shaped body, said 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 body having an arm, said arm having a first aperture formed therein for receiving a fastener, said lockset bracket, when engaged and fastened to the door by the fastener in said first aperture, being operable to fix the door in relation to the door frame with said arm extending between the peripheral surface of the door and the door frame, said at least one door frame bracket, when engaged with the door frame and engaged and releasably attached to the one surface adjacent the opening, 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 is removable from the door frame and the one surface and said lockset bracket is removable from the door frame and the door 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 assembly remains in use in the opening, wherein said lockset bracket includes a projection extending from said arm for engagement with the latch plate recess, the projection being generally C-shaped and sized to engage with walls of the latch plate recess so as to prevent the door from moving with respect to the door frame during use of the kit wherein the generally C-shaped body opens in a first direction and the generally C-shaped projection opens in a second direction opposite to the first direction.