Patent ID: 6837082

Claim:
A door security system, for use in conjunction with a building having an outside and an inside, said building having an existing doorway, for preventing entry into the building through the doorway by an unauthorized individual, comprising: a substantially rectangular metal doorframe for attachment within the existing doorway, said doorframe having a hinged vertical bar, a non-hinged vertical bar, an upper horizontal bar, and a lower horizontal bar, wherein the vertical bars each have an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the upper horizontal bar rigidly connects the upper portion of the non-hinged vertical bar to the upper portion of the hinged vertical bar, and wherein the lower horizontal bar rigidly connects the lower portion of the non-hinged vertical bar to the lower portion of the hinged vertical bar, wherein the non-hinged vertical bar has two substantially horizontal bolt recesses extending partially therethrough; and a substantially rectangular metal door sized to selectively fit within the doorframe, said door having an externally oriented surface facing the outside of the building and an internally oriented surface facing the inside of the building, said door having a horizontal upper edge, a horizontal lower edge, a vertical hinged edge, and a vertical free edge, said door having a plurality of hinge assemblies for attaching the hinged edge of the door to the hinged vertical bar of the door frame, said door having a closed position wherein the door is fitted snugly within the door frame and an open position wherein the door has been swiveled away from the door frame upon the hinge assemblies, said free edge of the door having an upper portion and a lower portion, said door having a plurality of evenly spaced steel vertical rods extending substantially between the lower edge and the upper edge of the door, each of said vertical rods having a lower portion and an upper portion, said door further having a plurality of substantially flat metal plates extending substantially from the hinged edge to the free edge of the door, said plates for conferring additional strength to the door, said door further having two deadbolt locks, each having a selectively extendable bolt for selectively engaging the bolt recesses within the doorframe, said door having a locked position wherein at least one of the bolts is extended within one of the bolt recesses of the doorframe, said door also having an unlocked position wherein each of the bolts has been retracted within the associated deadbolt lock, said deadbolt locks positioned in proximity to the free edge of the door, wherein the door has three metal plates extending substantially from the hinged edge to the free edge of the door, namely, an upper plate, a central plate, and a lower plate, wherein the two deadbolt locks are positioned within the central plate at a location in proximity to the free edge of the door.