US 12,264,502 B2
Positionable dead bolt strike bracket
Ryan Matthew Sims, Mesa, AZ (US); Baruch Spence, Phoenix, AZ (US); and Michael Allen Webb, Cave Creek, AZ (US)
Assigned to Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed by Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/161,149.
Application 17/161,149 is a continuation of application No. 15/098,041, filed on Apr. 13, 2016, granted, now 10,934,744.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/147,468, filed on Apr. 14, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0148139 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. E05B 47/00 (2006.01); E05B 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 47/0047 (2013.01) [E05B 15/025 (2013.01); E05B 47/0002 (2013.01); E05B 47/0012 (2013.01); Y10T 292/699 (2015.04)] 42 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An actuator-controlled electric strike for operating in conjunction with a latch and a deadbolt of a lockset, wherein the latch has an engaged position so as to secure a door in a closed state and a released position, the strike comprising:
a) a housing including a longitudinal length, a back wall extending along the housing longitudinal length, and upstanding side walls defining an entry chamber therein, wherein one of the side walls of the housing has a slot defined therein;
b) a keeper disposed in the entry chamber about an axis of rotation parallel with the back wall, wherein the keeper is rotatable about the axis of rotation between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein the back wall is disposed opposite the keeper when the keeper is in the locked position; and
c) a deadbolt bracket adjustably positioned in the entry chamber along the housing longitudinal length, wherein the deadbolt bracket consists of a first wall including a first distal end, a second wall including a second distal end, and a bracket side wall connecting the first wall and the second wall, wherein a tab extends from at least one of the first and second distal ends, wherein the slot is configured to receive the tab, and wherein the deadbolt bracket defines at least a portion of a deadbolt receiving chamber for the deadbolt.