Adjustable door latch striker

Claim 1

An adjustable strike for receiving a latch bolt of a swinging door, said latch bolt having a camming surface and keeper surface, the strike comprising: a face plate, provided with an opening for receiving the latch bolt of the door when closed, for securing to a door jamb in a doorway over an appropriate cavity and adjacent a door stop; a lip being an extension of the face plate, to extend from the doorway to engage and depress the latch bolt as the door closes; a flange secured normal to the plate to extend into or beside the cavity between the plate opening and the lip; a bolt extending through the flange, the end of the bolt towards the lip to be operatively exposed when the strike is installed and means whereby the bolt may be longitudinally adjusted and secured in the flange being associated with the bolt; and a movable wall parallel to the flange and spaced therefrom to be within the cavity behind the face plate, positionable within the plate opening so that the keeper surface of the latch bolt will bear against this wall when the door is closed, the other end of the bolt being secured to this movable wall, longitudinal movement of the bolt in the flange causing the wall to move towards or away from the flange to permit alteration of the distance between the doorstop and this movable wall to a distance such that the door when closed will not vibrate against the door stop, forwardly extending sides fixed to the upper and lower ends of the movable wall, these sides slidably guided by guide means to assist in aligning the movable wall, the ends of these sides, after predetermined longitudinal movement of the bolt in one direction, acting as stops by abutting against an appropriately positioned abutment member to stop the bolt from becoming disengaged from the flange by further such longitudinal movement from the flange.