Patent ID: 8465067

Claim:
A method for aligning a dead latch with an electric strike disposed in a door frame, the electric strike being operatively associated with a latch assembly disposed in a door, the latch assembly including a latch bolt, the dead latch, and a latch faceplate having a planar surface, the electric strike defining a strike cavity and having a longer longitudinal length than a width, the electric strike including a ramp element proximal to the strike cavity, the ramp element including a ramp surface, a channel defined in the ramp surface, and an axis extending in a direction parallel to the ramp surface and the longitudinal length of the electric strike along the ramp element, the method comprising: identifying a misalignment between the channel and the dead latch, wherein the channel and the dead latch are misaligned when the dead latch is not permitted to pass through the channel as the door is moved from a closed position in a door opening direction; and selectively positioning the ramp element, and thereby the channel, relative to the dead latch so that the channel is aligned with the dead latch when the door is in the closed position to permit the dead latch to pass through the channel as the door is moved from the closed position in the door opening direction, wherein the channel is selectively positioned relative to the dead latch along the axis of the ramp element and in a plane parallel to the planar surface of the latch faceplate when the door is in the closed position.