Patent ID: 6901706

Claim:
A door assembly comprising: a pair of spaced apart jambs; a door swingably mounted relative to the pair of jambs for swinging movement into and out of a closed position in which the door is located generally between the jambs, each jamb presenting opposite interior and exterior sides with said sides extending generally parallel to a major face of the door when in the closed position; door hardware configured to associate the door with one of the jambs, said door hardware including a substantially flat body extending between the sides of the one jamb and a substantially flat projection extending generally transversely from the flat body to extend lengthwise and widthwise alongside one of the sides of the one jamb, at least one of said substantially flat body and said substantially flat projection being mounted to the one jamb; a substantially flat reinforcement plate attached to said one of the sides of the one jamb to extend lengthwise and widthwise along said one of the sides of the one jamb, said reinforcement plate presenting length and width dimensions that are relatively greater than length and width dimensions of the projection so that the reinforcement plate is configured to overlie the projection and extend beyond the underlying projection, said projection being positioned between the reinforcement plate and the one jamb and being relatively shorter lengthwise than the one jamb; and at least a first fastener extending through said reinforcement plate and said projection and at least a second fastener extending through said reinforcement plate and into said one jamb without extending through said projection.