IP Library Granted Patent US 11,980,950
Granted Patent B2
US 11,980,950 · App. 17/677,025 · Granted May 14, 2024

Door lockset jig

Inventors: Maxwell Daniel Stacey (Lexington, SC); Jeremy Hickman (Columbia, SC)
Assignee: Apex Brands, Inc.
B23B47/287B23B2247/06E05B17/06
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Patent No.
US 11,980,950
App. No.
17/677,025
Granted
May 14, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cutting guide apparatus for guiding placement of bore holes in a door may include a first leg configured to be disposed along a first face of the door, a second leg configured to be disposed along a second face of the door opposite the first face, and a spacing element disposed between the first and second legs. At least one of the first leg or the second leg may include a handle hole guide structure and the spacing element may include an edge bore guide structure. A first portion of the handle hole guide structure that is proximate to the first or second face of the door may be undercut relative to a second portion of the handle hole guide structure that is opposite the first portion.

Claims (40)

1. A cutting guide apparatus for guiding placement of bore holes in a door, the apparatus comprising:

a first leg configured to be disposed along a first face of the door;

a second leg configured to be disposed along a second face of the door opposite the first face; and

a spacing element disposed between the first and second legs,

wherein at least one of the first leg or the second leg includes a handle hole guide structure and the spacing element comprises an edge bore guide structure,

wherein a first portion of the handle hole guide structure that is proximate to the first or second face of the door is undercut relative to, and extends continuously away from, a second portion of the handle hole guide structure that is opposite the first portion,

wherein the edge bore guide structure defines a first diameter to guide a hole saw for cutting an edge bore,

wherein the spacing element further comprises an arbor relief area having a second diameter larger than the first diameter extending into a face of the spacing element that surrounds the edge bore guide structure and is opposite the door when the apparatus is operably coupled to the door, and

wherein the arbor relief area extends into the face uniformly at the second diameter to a predetermined depth.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first portion has a first diameter at a portion thereof, and the second portion has a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the second portion defines a cylindrical portion having the second diameter, and the undercut of the first portion extends from the first diameter to the second diameter.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the undercut of the first portion increases linearly from the first diameter to the second diameter.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first leg includes a first engaging face configured to be disposed along the first face of the door,

wherein the second leg includes a second engaging face configured to be disposed along the second face of the door, and

wherein a distance between the first and second engaging faces is adjustable.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the spacing element is operably coupled to a rotatable operator that is rotated to adjust the distance between the first and second engaging faces.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein one of the first leg or the second leg includes a strike plate locator at a portion thereof that is opposite the first engaging face or the second engaging face.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the strike plate locator is rotatably attached to the one of the first leg or the second leg.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the strike plate locator is slidable along the one of the first leg or the second leg to respective different locations along a longitudinal length of the first leg or the second leg.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the strike plate locator is adjustable to respective different locations along a longitudinal length of the first leg or the second leg based on an amount of setback defined for the handle hole guide structure.

11. A cutting guide apparatus for guiding placement of bore holes in a door, the apparatus comprising:

a first leg configured to be disposed along a first face of the door;

a second leg configured to be disposed along a second face of the door opposite the first face; and

a spacing element disposed between the first and second legs,

wherein at least one of the first leg or the second leg includes a handle hole guide structure and the spacing element comprises an edge bore guide structure, and

wherein one of the first leg or the second leg includes a strike plate locator at a portion thereof,

wherein the edge bore guide structure defines a first diameter to guide a hole saw for cutting an edge bore,

wherein the spacing element further comprises an arbor relief area having a second diameter larger than the first diameter extending into a face of the spacing element that surrounds the edge bore guide structure and is opposite the door when the apparatus is operably coupled to the door, and

wherein the arbor relief area extends into the face uniformly at the second diameter to a predetermined depth.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the strike plate locator is rotatably attached to the one of the first leg or the second leg.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the strike plate locator is slidable along the one of the first leg or the second leg to respective different locations along a longitudinal length of the first leg or the second leg.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein a first portion of the handle hole guide structure that is proximate to the first or second face of the door is undercut relative to a second portion of the handle hole guide structure that is opposite the first portion.

15. A cutting guide apparatus for guiding placement of bore holes in a door, the apparatus comprising:

a first leg configured to be disposed along a first face of the door;

a second leg configured to be disposed along a second face of the door opposite the first face; and

a spacing element disposed between the first and second legs,

wherein at least one of the first leg or the second leg includes a handle hole guide structure and the spacing element comprises an edge bore guide structure,

wherein the edge bore guide structure defines a first diameter to guide a hole saw for cutting an edge bore,

wherein the spacing element further comprises an arbor relief area having a second diameter larger than the first diameter extending into a face of the spacing element that surrounds the edge bore guide structure and is opposite the door when the apparatus is operably coupled to the door, and

wherein the arbor relief area extends into the face uniformly at the second diameter to a predetermined depth.

Assignments (7)
NEW SUPER PRIORITY GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT Recorded Oct 28, 2025
From: APEX BRANDS, INC.
To: ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 073377/0567 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PATENT NOS. 7444851 AND 11203070 WHICH WERE INCORRECTLY INCLUDED AND SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE RECORD PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 67310 FRAME 54. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SUPER PRIORITY GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS. Recorded Oct 10, 2025
From: APEX BRANDS, INC.; APEX TOOL GROUP, LLC
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 073078/0477 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NO. 16/672703 PAT NO. 11191173 WHICH WAS INCORRECTLY INCLUDED AND SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE RECORDS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 67310 FRAME 54. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SUPER PRIORITY GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS. Recorded Aug 22, 2024
From: APEX BRANDS, INC.; APEX TOOL GROUP, LLC
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 068791/0141 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE APPLICATION NO. 16/672703 PAT. NO. 11191173 WAS INCORRCTLY INCLUDED AND SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE RECORDS. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 66631 FRAME: 791. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SUPER PRIORITY GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT. Recorded Jun 25, 2024
From: APEX BRANDS, INC.
To: ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC
Reel/Frame 067884/0469 →
SUPER PRIORITY GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded May 3, 2024
From: APEX BRANDS, INC.; APEX TOOL GROUP, LLC
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 067310/0054 →
SUPER PRIORITY GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT Recorded Feb 20, 2024
From: APEX BRANDS, INC.
To: ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC
Reel/Frame 066631/0791 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2022
From: STACEY, MAXWELL DANIEL; HICKMAN, JEREMY
To: APEX BRANDS, INC.
Reel/Frame 059241/0713 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63154084 · Feb 26, 2021
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