The present disclosure relates to the field of home security. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a reinforcement member for a door, a door reinforcement set, a door reinforcement device, a door frame reinforcement kit and a door security kit.
Laminated doors, for example steels doors, are very popular due to their excellent energetic performance and good looks, and are generally perceived as being very safe and able to resist brute impacts. This perception may deceive the consumer and it is in fact fairly easy for burglars to break into houses by defeating laminated doors.
One of the most commonly used type of locks securing doors in residential and commercial applications is the deadbolt lock.
It is difficult to defeat a deadbolt lock 30 by so-called “jimmying” action. However, most doors 10 with deadbolt locks 30 can be opened by exerting on such door 10 a brute force sufficient to break the perimetral wooden frame of the door 10 in the bolt opening area.
Despite their popularity and general use, laminated doors such as steel or fiberglass doors have continuously failed to provide the level of home security that the consumers expect.
Therefore, there is a need for improvements that compensate for problems related to the weaknesses of laminated doors and of related door frames.
In a first aspect, various implementations of the present technology provide a reinforcement member fora door, comprising: a plate; and a plurality of hooks extending on one face of the plate the reinforcement member being shaped for mounting on a door stile on one side of a locking member opening formed on the door stile and for being maintained on the door stile by insertion of the hooks in a material of the door stile, a width of the plate being configured for allowing the plate to be contained within a width of the door stile.
In some implementations of the present technology, the plate has a generally rectangular perimeter.
In some implementations of the present technology, the reinforcement member further comprises one or more barbs formed on one or more of the hooks.
In some implementations of the present technology, the plate includes an internal opening within the generally rectangular perimeter.
In some implementations of the present technology, the hooks are neighbors to the internal opening.
In some implementations of the present technology, the hooks are distributed on two rows on both sides of the internal opening.
In some implementations of the present technology, the plate further comprises additional openings adjacent to the internal opening; and the hooks are formed by cutting and bending material of the plate for forming the internal opening and the additional openings.
In some implementations of the present technology, the generally rectangular perimeter of the plate includes two opposite short sides and two opposite long sides perpendicular to the short sides, the long sides defining the width of the plate; and one of the long sides includes an indentation adapted for allowing movement of a locking member when the reinforcement member is mounted on the door stile.
In some implementations of the present technology, the hooks are distributed along each of the two opposite long sides.
In a second aspect, various implementations of the present technology provide a door reinforcement set, comprising: two reinforcement members; the two reinforcement members being configured to allow mounting a first of the two reinforcement members on a first side of the locking member opening formed on the door stile and to allow mounting a second of the two reinforcement members on a second side of the locking member opening opposite from the first side of the locking member opening; and the door reinforcement set being configured for allowing the two reinforcement members to be contained within the width of the door stile when the two reinforcement members are mounted on the door stile.
In some implementations of the present technology, the two reinforcement members are sized and configured for allowing an outer perimeter formed by the two reinforcement members to be contained within a perimeter of a faceplate mountable on the door stile after mounting of the two reinforcement members on the door stile, the faceplate having an opening adapted to allow passage of a locking member; and the two reinforcement members are sized and configured so that the internal openings of the two reinforcement members allow passage of screws for mounting the faceplate on the door stile after mounting of the two reinforcement members on the door stile.
In a third aspect, various implementations of the present technology provide a door reinforcement device, comprising: two reinforcement members; the two reinforcement members being fixedly connected by a pair of bridges extending from lateral edges of the two reinforcement members so that the two reinforcement members and the pair of bridges form a unitary piece configured for encircling the locking member opening when the door reinforcement device is mounted on the door stile.
In a fourth aspect, various implementations of the present technology provide a door reinforcement device, comprising: two reinforcement members; the two reinforcement members being integrated in a faceplate mountable on the door stile, the faceplate having an opening adapted to allow passage of a locking member; and the internal openings of the two reinforcement members being positioned to allow passage of screws for mounting the door reinforcement device on the door stile.
In a fifth aspect, various implementations of the present technology provide a door reinforcement device, comprising: two reinforcement members; the two reinforcement members are integrated in a deadbolt guide insertable in the locking member opening formed on the door stile.
In some implementations of the present technology, the two reinforcement members and the deadbolt guide are further integrated with a faceplate mountable on the door stile, the faceplate having an opening adapted to allow passage of a locking member.
In a sixth aspect, various implementations of the present technology provide a reinforcement member fora door, comprising: a plate; and a plurality of hooks extending on one face of the plate; the reinforcement member being shaped for mounting on a strike jamb of a door frame on one side of a locking member opening formed on the strike jamb and for being maintained on the strike jamb by insertion of the hooks in a material of the door frame.
In some implementations of the present technology, the plate has a generally rectangular perimeter.
In some implementations of the present technology, the plate includes an internal opening within the generally rectangular perimeter.
In some implementations of the present technology, the reinforcement member further comprises one or more barbs formed on one or more of the hooks.
In some implementations of the present technology, the hooks are neighbors to the internal opening.
In some implementations of the present technology, the hooks are distributed on two rows on both sides of the internal opening.
In some implementations of the present technology, the plate further comprises additional openings adjacent to the internal opening; and the hooks are formed by cutting and bending material of the plate for forming the internal opening and the additional openings.
In some implementations of the present technology, the generally rectangular perimeter of the plate includes two opposite short sides and two opposite long sides perpendicular to the short sides, the long sides defining the width of the plate; and one of the long sides includes an indentation adapted for allowing movement of a locking member when the reinforcement member is mounted on the door stile.
In some implementations of the present technology, the hooks are distributed along each of the two opposite long sides.
In a seventh aspect, various implementations of the present technology provide a door reinforcement set, comprising: two reinforcement members; the two reinforcement members being configured to allow mounting a first of the two reinforcement members on a first side of the locking member opening formed on the strike jamb and to allow mounting a second of the two reinforcement members on a second side of the locking member opening opposite from the first side of the locking member opening.
In some implementations of the present technology, the two reinforcement members are sized and configured so that a perimeter of the door reinforcement set comprising the two reinforcement members does not extend beyond a perimeter of a strike plate mountable on the strike jamb after mounting of the two reinforcement members on the strike jamb, the strike plate having an opening adapted to allow passage of a locking member; and the two reinforcement members are sized and configured so that the internal openings of the two reinforcement members are positioned to allow passage of screws for mounting the strike plate on the strike jamb after mounting of the two reinforcement members.
In an eighth aspect, various implementations of the present technology provide a door reinforcement device, comprising: two reinforcement members; the two reinforcement members being fixedly connected by a pair of bridges extending from lateral edges of the two reinforcement members so that the two reinforcement members and the pair of bridges form a unitary piece configured for encircling the locking member opening when the two reinforcement members are mounted on the strike jamb.
In a ninth aspect, various implementations of the present technology provide a door reinforcement device, comprising: two reinforcement members; the two reinforcement members being integrated in a strike plate mountable on the strike jamb, the strike plate having an opening adapted to allow passage of a locking member; and the internal openings of the two reinforcement members being positioned to allow passage of screws for mounting the door reinforcement device.
In a tenth aspect, various implementations of the present technology provide a door frame reinforcement kit, comprising: a back plate having a first substantially flat surface and a second surface having a plurality of projections adapted for insertion in a material of a door frame; and the door reinforcement set; the kit being configured to allow: positioning the back plate on a back face of the strike jamb, mounting the reinforcement members of the door reinforcement set on the strike jamb, positioning a strike plate over the reinforcement members, inserting screws through screw openings of the strike plate, through the internal opening of each of the two reinforcement members and through the material of the door frame so that the screws pass through the back plate to maintain the door frame reinforcement kit in place on the door frame.
In some implementations of the present technology, the door frame reinforcement kit further comprises the strike plate.
In an eleventh aspect, various implementations of the present technology provide a door frame reinforcement kit, comprising: a back plate having a first substantially flat surface and a second surface having a plurality of projections adapted for insertion in a material of a door frame; and the door reinforcement device; the kit being configured to allow: positioning the back plate on a back face of the strike jamb, mounting the door reinforcement device on the strike jamb, positioning a strike plate over the door reinforcement device, inserting screws through screw openings of the strike plate, through the internal opening of each of the two reinforcement members and through the material of the door frame so that the screws pass through the back plate to maintain the door frame reinforcement kit in place on the door frame.
In some implementations of the present technology, the door frame reinforcement kit, further comprises the strike plate.
In a twelfth aspect, various implementations of the present technology provide a door frame reinforcement kit, comprising: a back plate having a first substantially flat surface and a second surface having a plurality of projections adapted for insertion in a material of a door frame; and the door reinforcement device; the kit being configured to allow: positioning the back plate on a back face of the strike jamb, mounting the door reinforcement device on the strike jamb, inserting screws through screw openings of the door reinforcement device and through the material of the door frame so that the screws pass through the back plate to maintain the door frame reinforcement kit in place on the door frame.
In a thirteenth aspect, various implementations of the present technology provide a door security kit, comprising: the door reinforcement set; and the door frame reinforcement kit.
In some implementations of the present technology, the door frame reinforcement kit further comprises one or more barbs formed on one or more of the projections
In a fourteenth aspect, various implementations of the present technology provide a door security kit, comprising: the door reinforcement device; and the door frame reinforcement kit.
The foregoing and other features will become more apparent upon reading of the following non-restrictive description of illustrative embodiments thereof, given by way of example only with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Embodiments of the disclosure will be described by way of example only with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Like numerals represent like features on the various drawings. The various Figures are not to scale.
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally address one or more of the problems related to the weaknesses of laminated doors and of related door frames.
A door stile, or a door frame, or both, are reinforced by the insertion of one or two reinforcement members in proximity to a locking member opening, for example a bolt opening or a door latch opening, formed in the door stile or in a strike jamb of the doorframe. Each reinforcement member comprises a plate having a plurality of hooks extending from one face of the plaque. One reinforcement member may be mounted on one side of the locking member opening and another reinforcement member may be mounted on an opposite side of the locking member opening. Surprisingly, the plate and the hooks inserted in the material (for example pine or another type of wood) of the door stile or of the door frame provide a very significant reinforcement of the material. As a result, a door having one or more reinforcement members mounted on its door stile and/or on its door frame becomes able to resist to much stronger impacts when compared to the same door without such reinforcement members.
The generally rectangular perimeter of the plate 110 is defined by two opposite short sides 112 and two opposite long sides 114 substantially perpendicular to the short sides 112. Although corners at junctions of the short sides 112 and long sides 114 as shown are squared, such corners may be rounded in some embodiments. The long sides 114 define the width of the plate 110. As shown, one of the long sides 114 includes an optional indentation 116 adapted for positioning the reinforcement member 100 close of the bolt opening 42 while allowing movement of a locking member, such as the deadbolt 40 or a door latch (not shown), when the reinforcement member 100 is mounted on the door stile. Embodiments of the reinforcement member 100 without the indentation 116 are also contemplated. In the shown embodiment, the hooks 130 are neighbors to the internal opening 120, the hooks 130 being distributed along each of the two opposite long sides 114, on both sides of the internal opening 120.
Variations of the reinforcement member are contemplated. For example and without limitation, in an embodiment, a reinforcement member may consist of a single metal strip including at least two hooks near extremities of the metal strip. The plate of the reinforcement member may have a triangular, round, oval or trapezoidal shape. In the same or other embodiments, a barb may be formed at the tip of each hook to prevent pulling out of the reinforcement member after insertion. The following examples will mainly refer to applications of the present reinforcement member 100 to reinforce a bolt opening 42 without limiting the use of the present reinforcement member 100 to reinforce other locking member openings, such as door latch openings.
Two reinforcement members 100 may be used in combination to become a door reinforcement set.
Although not shown on
The door frame 46 may be further reinforced by the mounting of a door reinforcement set.
In a variant, the strike plate 250 may be integrated with the reinforcement members 100 to form a unitary piece. In another variant, the plate 250 may be provided without the small apertures 270 and the screws 290 may be of the self-drilling type, able to penetrate through the material of the plate 250. Although not shown on
A door security kit may include various components of the above described embodiments. For example and without limitation, a door security kit may include four reinforcement members 100 and the back plate 250, for positioning in the manners shown on
In more details,
While tests have not been formally executed using the Standard Test Methods for Security of Swinging Door Assemblies (ASTM F476-14), it is expected that a conventional laminated door 10 installed in a standard wooden frame 46 (without the metal subframe 46A) would only reach level 1 as defined in ASTM F476-14 and that the same laminated door 10 installed in the same wooden frame 46, with addition of the present home reinforcement members, could at least reach level 3 as defined in ASTM F476-14. Actual results may depend on the quality of other hardware, such as the door latch or deadbolt 40, mounted on the door 10.
Those of ordinary skill in the art will realize that the description of the reinforcement member for a door, the door reinforcement set, the door reinforcement device, the door frame reinforcement kit and the door security kit are illustrative only and are not intended to be in any way limiting. Other embodiments will readily suggest themselves to such persons with ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of the present disclosure. Furthermore, the disclosed reinforcement member for a door, door reinforcement set, door reinforcement device, door frame reinforcement kit and door security kit may be customized to offer valuable solutions to existing needs and problems related to the weaknesses of laminated doors and of related door frames. In the interest of clarity, not all of the routine features of the implementations of the reinforcement member for a door, the door reinforcement set, the door reinforcement device, the door frame reinforcement kit and the door security kit are shown and described. In particular, combinations of features are not limited to those presented in the foregoing description as combinations of elements listed in the appended claims form an integral part of the present disclosure. It will, of course, be appreciated that in the development of any such actual implementation of the reinforcement member for a door, the door reinforcement set, the door reinforcement device, the door frame reinforcement kit and the door security kit, numerous implementation-specific decisions may need to be made in order to achieve the developer's specific goals, such as compliance with application-, system-, and business-related constraints, and that these specific goals will vary from one implementation to another and from one developer to another. Moreover, it will be appreciated that a development effort might be complex and time-consuming, but would nevertheless be a routine undertaking of engineering for those of ordinary skill in the field of home security having the benefit of the present disclosure.
The present disclosure has been described in the foregoing specification by means of non-restrictive illustrative embodiments provided as examples. These illustrative embodiments may be modified at will. The scope of the claims should not be limited by the embodiments set forth in the examples, but should be given the broadest interpretation consistent with the description as a whole.
The present application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 63/167,962, filed on Mar. 30, 2021, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
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