Patent ID: 7669902

Claim:
A striker assembly for mounting an electrically-operable door strike in a door jamb, the assembly comprising: a strike housing comprising an electrically-operable door strike, and a face plate having: a substantially flat portion, having an inner surface and an outer surface, a convex lip extending from a proximal terminus of the flat portion downwardly from the outer surface, a channel extending from the lip toward a distal edge of the flat portion, a tongue extending from the lip distally along the channel in parallel with the inner surface and recessed away from the inner surface, the tongue having a length and a distal end, the distal end having a snap-off portion which can be removed to shorten the length, the channel and the tongue acting as a guide for a bolt of a door lock, mounting apertures disposed in the flat portion for mounting the strike housing on the inner surface, each mounting aperture being shaped and sized to receive from the outer surface an adjustment insert, each adjustment insert having a main body having an offset aperture for a mounting screw and an extension extending from the main body and each mounting aperture having a peripheral flange that receives the extension, each adjustment insert being shaped and sized to fit in a respective mounting aperture in a first position wherein the offset aperture and the strike housing are distally disposed or in a second position wherein the offset aperture and the strike housing are proximally disposed and the snap-off portion is removed from the tongue, and the main body rests against the flange in both the first position and the second position.