An apparatus for reinforcing a door jamb of the type having an
inner bolt receiving face and a perpendicular outer face
normally covered by a decorative molding. The apparatus strike
plate comprises a first flat elongate metal plate adapted to be
mounted flush with a portion of the inner bolt receiving face of
a door jamb and including a hole defining a bolt receiving
opening and a plurality of spaced apart openings adapted to
receive mounting screws. A second elongate metal plate having an
L-shaped cross-section and including a first side adapted to
overlie the first metal plate and a second side including a
second bolt receiving opening and a second plurality of spaced
apart holes defining second mounting screw openings adapted to
receive mounting screws. The second elongate metal plate is
slidably inserted beneath a portion of the decorative molding
and to lie in contacting abutting relation with a portion of the
outer face of the door jamb. The openings in the first and
second metal plates correspond so that they can be attached to a
door frame in overlying contacting abutting relation with each
other and with the door jamb with mounting screws to strengthen
the door jamb.
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