Adjustable strike plate assemblies and systems and methods including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9340996-B2
Application number	US-201313909812-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 4, 2013
Priority date	Jun 4, 2013
Publication date	May 17, 2016
Grant date	May 17, 2016

Abstract

Adjustable strike plate assemblies and systems and methods including the same are disclosed herein. The assemblies include a cover plate that defines a lock-facing side, an opposed striker-facing side, and a striker opening. The assemblies further include a striker that defines a bolt receptacle that is sized to receive a bolt of a lock. The bolt receptacle is aligned within the striker opening to define a bolt-receiving portion of the strike plate assembly. The assemblies further include an alignment structure that aligns the striker with the cover plate to define a plurality of orientations of the bolt receptacle relative to the striker opening. In operation, the striker-facing side of the cover plate generally faces toward the striker and the alignment structure. The assemblies further include a fastening structure that selectively retains the bolt receptacle in a selected orientation of the plurality of orientations.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A strike plate assembly that is configured to receive a bolt of a lock that is configured to retain a door, the strike plate assembly comprising:
a cover plate that defines a lock-facing side, an opposed striker-facing side, and a striker opening that extends between the lock-facing side and the striker-facing side;
a striker that includes a striker extension region that extends from a cover plate-facing side of the striker, the striker extension region including a bolt receptacle entirely defined within the striker extension region, wherein the bolt receptacle is sized to receive the bolt, wherein the striker opening is larger than the bolt receptacle, such that the bolt receptacle is aligned within the striker opening to define a bolt-receiving portion of the strike plate assembly;
an alignment structure that aligns the striker with the cover plate to define a plurality of orientations of the bolt receptacle relative to the striker opening, wherein the bolt receptacle is accessible to the bolt via the striker opening, and further wherein the striker-facing side of the cover plate generally faces toward the striker and the alignment structure; and
a fastening structure that selectively retains the bolt receptacle in a selected orientation of the plurality of orientations.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the assembly further defines a void space that is at least partially defined by the cover plate and the striker, and further wherein the void space extends at least partially between the alignment structure and the bolt-receiving portion.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the striker further defines a contact surface that is sized to extend across a portion of the striker opening that is defined by the striker-facing side of the cover plate.

4. The assembly of claim 3 , wherein the contact surface entirely surrounds the bolt receptacle.

5. The assembly of claim 3 , wherein the contact surface contacts the striker-facing side of the cover plate.

6. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of orientations permits selective translation of the striker relative to the cover plate in a first plurality of discrete orientations in a first direction and in a second plurality of discrete orientations in a second direction that is at least substantially perpendicular to the first direction to permit adjustment of a location of the bolt receptacle relative to the striker opening.

7. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of orientations include a plurality of discrete orientations.

8. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the alignment structure and the bolt-receiving portion are spaced apart from one another.

9. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the alignment structure is located to one side of the bolt-receiving portion.

10. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the alignment structure includes a striker-facing alignment portion that is defined on the striker-facing side of the cover plate and a plate-facing alignment portion that is defined by the striker and interlocks with the striker-facing alignment portion to define the plurality of orientations.

11. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein the striker-facing alignment portion includes a plurality of cover plate serrations, and further wherein the plate-facing alignment portion includes a plurality of complementary striker serrations.

12. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the striker defines a plate-opposed side that faces away from the cover plate, and further wherein the assembly includes a back plate that is operatively attached to at least a portion of the plate-opposed side of the striker.

13. The assembly of claim 12 , wherein the fastening structure includes a fastener, and further wherein the back plate receives the fastener to compress the striker between the back plate and the cover plate to retain the strike plate assembly in the selected orientation.

14. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the striker further defines an orientation adjustment opening, wherein the fastening structure includes a fastener that extends through the orientation adjustment opening, and further wherein the orientation adjustment opening is sized to permit the striker to translate relative to the fastener in a direction that is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the fastener.

15. The assembly of claim 1 , where the lock-facing side of the cover plate generally faces toward the lock when the bolt is received within the bolt receptacle.

16. The assembly of claim 1 in combination with the bolt that extends from the lock, wherein the lock is located on the lock-facing side of the cover plate, and further wherein the bolt extends through the striker opening of the cover plate and is received within the bolt receptacle of the striker.

17. The assembly of claim 2 , wherein the cover plate includes a cover plate extension region that extends from the striker-facing side of the cover plate, and further wherein the void space extends between the cover plate extension region and the striker extension region.

18. The assembly of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the cover plate and the striker includes a relief region that defines the void space.

19. The assembly of claim 2 , wherein the alignment structure includes a plate-facing alignment portion that extends from the cover plate-facing side of the striker to define at least a portion of the void space.

20. The assembly of claim 2 , wherein the alignment structure includes a striker-facing alignment portion that extends from the striker-facing side of the cover plate to define at least a portion of the void space.

Assignees

• Boeing Co

Inventors

• Nelson James Burton

Classifications

• E05B2015/0275

  in two directions · CPC title

• E05B15/0245 Primary

  Movable elements held by friction, cooperating teeth, or the like · CPC title

• Y10T292/705

  Adjustable · CPC title