Abstract Several different designs of striker plate assemblies, for providing a stronger construction so as to resist a forced entry by applying pressure against a door; a first design including the striker plate secured to a metal angle fastened to a door frame beam in two different planes; a second design using a metal block instead of the metal angle of the first design; a third design having the striker plate itself made in an angle shape, so as to be fastened by screws in two different planes; a fourth design being a modification of the second design, in which the metal block includes a flange extending behind a door frame; and a fifth design of the invention including a metal block, which additionally is secured to the door frame in a third plane, so as to form a three-dimensional securement against a shearing force from any direction.
A security striker plate assembly, comprising, in combination, a striker plate and a support means whereby said striker plate is supported from a doorway frame and stand in a plurality of directional planes at right angles to each other; said means comprising a metal block having a plurality of holes therethrough in two different directional planes, and mounting directional screws and studs of a stud plate received in said holes; said block including a turnbuckle secured in a third directional plane, said turnbuckle comprising a manually rotatable barrel having a right- and left-hand threaded opening at opposite ends, a threaded pin in each of said end openings of said barrel, a cross-sectional substantially square portion of each said pins being slideable in a correspondingly square hole at opposite ends of said block, and an end of each said pins being spur pointed whereby each of said pins is slideable outwardly of each said block hole end and into adjacent upper and lower portions of said doorway frame.
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A security striker plate assembly, comprising, in combination, a striker plate and a support means whereby said striker plate is supported from a doorway frame and stand in a plurality of directional planes at right angles to each other; said means comprising a metal block having a plurality of holes therethrough in two different directional planes, and mounting directional screws and studs of a stud plate received in said holes; said block including a turnbuckle secured in a third directional plane, said turnbuckle comprising a manually rotatable barrel having a right- and left-hand threaded opening at opposite ends, a threaded pin in each of said end openings of said barrel, a cross-sectional substantially square portion of each said pins being slideable in a correspondingly square hole at opposite ends of said block, and an end of each said pins being spur pointed whereby each of said pins is slideable outwardly of each said block hole end and into adjacent upper and lower portions of said doorway frame.