Patent ID: 6926318

Claim:
An electric strike mechanism for mounting in the header or jamb of a doorway to engage a door and selectively secure or release same, comprising: a housing; a keeper pivotally mounted in said housing for rotation about an axis parallel to an outer face of said housing, between a door-engaging position and a door-releasing position; a first locking element and a second locking element, each of the first locking element and the second locking element being pivotally mounted within said housing for pivoting between a first position where said keeper is prevented from pivoting and a second position where said keeper is permitted to pivot, wherein when said first locking element and said second locking element pivot from said first position to said second position, a direction of movement of said first locking element is substantially parallel to a direction of movement of said second locking member; a solenoid connected to each said locking element via an actuation means to move each said locking element when said solenoid is energized; and a spring biasing said solenoid towards a non-actuated position; wherein said actuation means may be installed in one of two orientations, namely a first orientation wherein said first locking element and said second locking element are in said first position when said solenoid is not energized and wherein energizing said solenoid moves said first locking element and said second locking element to said second position, and a second orientation wherein said first locking element and said second locking element are in said second position when said solenoid is not energized and wherein energizing said solenoid moves said first locking element and said second locking element to said first position.