Door hardware and floor strike installation tools for a portable door shelter lock
View Patent ↗A first installation tool (FIT) for defining the precise location of door hardware on a door that receives a portable locking device (PLD) therein and a second installation tool (SIT) for forming a floor strike at a precise floor location that the PLD interacts with when installed in the door hardware. The FIT includes a pair of adjustable vertically-oriented panels with apertures therein, and a vertically-adjustable base, for releasably securing to the bottom of the door to define and guide a drill to form door apertures for securing the door hardware thereto. The SIT includes a drill, mounted vertically on a base that can be precisely moved horizontally. The SIT includes a coupling assembly that releasably engages with the door apertures. When activated, the drill drills down vertically to remove floor material and is incrementally moved horizontally to forms a precise well in the floor to form the floor strike.
1 . A method for precisely defining the locations of a door lock mounting bracket on a door and a corresponding floor strike in a floor and the installation of the same such that a door lock mounted in the bracket consistently and precisely engages the floor strike, said method comprises:
(a) releasably securing a first installation tool to the door that simultaneously and mechanically aligns locations of mounting apertures in the door lock mounting bracket with a location on the floor for forming a well to receive said floor strike therein;
(b) forming a plurality of apertures in the door, corresponding to said mounting apertures, using said first installation tool which comprises a pair of plates that couple to an outer door surface and an inner door surface, respectively, each plate comprising said plurality of apertures;
(c) using said first installation tool to define the precise location of the well on the floor;
(d) disengaging said first installation tool from the door;
(e) releasably securing a second installation tool to the door using said plurality of apertures in the door, said second installation tool having a vertically-mounted drill that, when said second installation tool is releasably secured to the door, is fixedly positioned at a precise distance from the door corresponding to the location of the floor strike, said vertically-mounted drill being displaceable along a horizontal axis parallel to the door, said drill also being vertically-displaceable;
(f) activating said drill and lowering said drill such that a drill bit drills down into the floor to form a portion of the well;
(g) raising said drill and incrementally displacing said drill along said axis;
(h) repeating steps (f)-(g) until the well is formed within the floor; and
(i) disengaging said second installation tool.
2 . The method of claim 1 wherein said second installation tool comprises a linear scale affixed to a portion of said second installation tool that is oriented parallel to the inside surface of the door when said second installation tool is releasably coupled to the door, said linear scale defining increments.
3 . The method of claim 2 wherein said drill is mounted to a base of said second installation tool that is manually adjustable along said axis.
4 . The method of claim 3 wherein said step of incrementally displacing said drill along said axis comprises:
providing a pointer coupled to the drill that overlaps a portion of said linear scale; and
indicating the increment by said pointer when said base is manually adjusted along said axis.
5 . The method of claim 1 wherein said step of activating the drill comprises:
securing said drill bit to said drill, said drill bit comprising a cylindrical member with teeth formed on a circumference of a lower end of said cylindrical member; and
placing said drill bit into contact with the floor to core out material in the floor structure.
6 . The method of claim 1 wherein said first installation tool comprises a plurality of vertically-adjustable members configured for resting on the floor and wherein said step (d) is replaced with the following step (d1):
(d1) uncoupling said first installation tool from the door, sliding said first installation tool towards a hinge side of the door and then releasably securing said first installation tool to the door to stabilize the door when said second installation tool, having said drill that is vertically and horizontally displaceable, is releasably coupled to the door and activated.
7 . The method of claim 1 wherein said step of using said first installation tool to define the location of the well comprises providing a floor strike template fixed to said first installation tool that overlays the location of the well, said floor strike template comprising a planar member with oval-shaped aperture therein.
8 . The method of claim 7 wherein step of using said first installation tool to define the location of the well comprises running a cutting tool around an edge of said oval-shaped aperture to remove a covering overlaying the floor.
9 . The method of claim 8 wherein said covering comprises one from the group of carpeting, linoleum, and tiling.
10 . The method of claim 7 wherein step of using said first installation tool to define the location of the well comprises running a marker around an edge of said aperture to precisely mark the location of a well in the floor for receiving said floor strike therein.