Patent ID: 6837526

Claim:
An adjustable deadbolt assembly comprising: a deadbolt; a cylinder-connecting portion formed with mounting provisions for mounting thereto a lock cylinder; an actuator formed with a hub connectable to a lock cylinder, said hub being journaled in said cylinder-connecting portion; a link bar that connects said actuator to said deadbolt at at least one of a plurality of attachment points formed on at least one of said deadbolt and said link bar; a tube in which said deadbolt is slidingly disposed; a strike attached to said tube defining a distance, called a backset, between an outer surface of said strike and a center of said hub; and a pin, placed between said tube and said cylinder-connecting portion, said pin being pushable inwards into a hole formed in said cylinder-connecting portion so as to release said tube from said cylinder-connecting portion and to allow said link bar to be moved from one of said plurality of attachment points to a different one of said plurality of attachment points, thereby adjusting said backset.