Door lock installation kit

Abstract

A door lock installation tool for use with a first standard door width and a second standard door width. Each door has a side face, a rear face, and a front face. The tool includes a side hole guide including a side hole aperture arranged to abut the side face of the door and a guide housing movably coupled to the side hole guide. The tool further includes a back housing movably coupled to the side hole guide and arranged such that the back housing and the guide housing are each movable to either a first position with respect to the side hole guide to clamp the door having the first standard width to center the side hole aperture between the rear face and the front face, and a second position with respect to the side hole guide to clamp the door having the second standard width and to center the side hole aperture between the rear face and the front face. The back housing and the guide housing each slide linearly between the first position and the second position. The tool further includes a front hole guide including a front hole guide aperture. The front hole guide is movably coupled to the guide housing and movable to one of a first position corresponding to a first door backset and a second position corresponding to a second door backset.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A door lock installation tool for use with a first standard door width and a second standard door width, each door having a side face, a rear face, and a front face, the tool comprising:
 a side hole guide including a side hole aperture arranged to abut the side face of the door;   a guide housing movably coupled to the side hole guide;   a back housing movably coupled to the side hole guide and arranged such that the back housing and the guide housing are each movable to either a first position with respect to the side hole guide to clamp the door having the first standard width to center the side hole aperture between the rear face and the front face, and a second position with respect to the side hole guide to clamp the door having the second standard width and to center the side hole aperture between the rear face and the front face, wherein the back housing and the guide housing each slide linearly between the first position and the second position;   a front hole guide including a front hole guide aperture, the front hole guide movably coupled to the guide housing and movable to one of a first position corresponding to a first door backset and a second position corresponding to a second door backset.   
     
     
         2 . The door lock installation tool of  claim 1 , wherein the side hole aperture defines a first axis, the side hole guide further comprising a first slot, a second slot, a third slot, and a fourth slot each arranged to extend along axes that are normal to the first axis. 
     
     
         3 . The door lock installation tool of  claim 2 , wherein the first slot includes a first stop formed at a first end and the second slot includes a second stop formed at a second end opposite the first end. 
     
     
         4 . The door lock installation tool of  claim 2 , wherein the guide housing includes a first arm having a first configuration arranged to engage the third slot and a second arm having a second configuration arranged to engage the second slot, wherein the second configuration is different than the first configuration. 
     
     
         5 . The door lock installation tool of  claim 4 , wherein the back housing includes a third arm having the second configuration arranged to engage the first slot and a fourth arm having the first configuration arranged to engage the fourth slot. 
     
     
         6 . The door lock installation tool of  claim 5 , wherein each of the first arm and the fourth arm includes an aperture arranged to receive a pin to lock the guide housing and the back housing in one of a first position to clamp to a door having the first standard door width and a second position to clamp to a door having the second standard door width. 
     
     
         7 . The door lock installation tool of  claim 6 , wherein the guide housing and the back housing are movable between the first position wherein the guide housing and the back housing abut the side hole guide to define a first width therebetween that is equal to the first standard door width, and the second position wherein the guide housing and the back housing define a second width therebetween that is equal to the second standard width, and wherein the second arm and the third arm inhibit unwanted movement beyond the second width. 
     
     
         8 . The door lock installation tool of  claim 5 , wherein the first slot includes a first stop formed at a first end and the second slot includes a second stop formed at a second end opposite the first end, and wherein each of the second arm and the third arm includes a hook arranged to engage the respective stop. 
     
     
         9 . The door lock installation tool of  claim 1 , wherein one of the guide housing and the front hole guide includes two slots and the other of the guide housing and the front hole guide includes a key portion sized to engage the slots, and wherein the slots are positioned to position the front hole guide in one of the first position and the second position. 
     
     
         10 . The door lock installation tool of  claim 1 , further comprising a strike plate locator connected to the back housing and movable to a position in which the strike plate locator is engageable with a strike plate in a door frame. 
     
     
         11 . A door lock installation tool for use with a first door having a first standard door width and a second door having a second standard door width different than the first standard door width, each of the first door and the second door including a door edge, the tool comprising:
 a side hole guide including a side hole aperture that extends along a first axis;   a guide housing including a front hole guide, the guide housing movably coupled to the side hole guide;   a back housing movably coupled to the side hole guide and arranged such that the back housing and the guide housing cooperate to define a width, and wherein the back housing and the guide housing are each movable to one of a first position corresponding to the first standard door width and a second position corresponding to the second standard door width, and wherein when the back housing and the guide housing are in the first position, the side hole aperture is automatically centered on the edge of the first door and when the back housing and the guide housing are in the second position, the side hole aperture is automatically centered on the edge of the second door, and wherein the back housing and the guide housing each slide linearly between the first position and the second position;   a front hole guide movably coupled to the guide housing and including a front hole guide aperture that extends along a second axis that is normal to the first axis, the front hole guide movable to one of a first position corresponding to a first door backset and a second position corresponding to a second door backset; and   a strike plate locator connected to the back housing and movable to a position in which the strike plate locator is engageable with a strike plate in a door frame.   
     
     
         12 . The door lock installation tool of  claim 11 , wherein the side hole guide further comprises a first slot, a second slot, a third slot, and a fourth slot each arranged to extend along axes that are normal to the first axis. 
     
     
         13 . The door lock installation tool of  claim 12 , wherein the first slot includes a first stop formed at a first end and the second slot includes a second stop formed at a second end opposite the first end. 
     
     
         14 . The door lock installation tool of  claim 12 , wherein the guide housing includes a first arm having a first configuration arranged to engage the third slot and a second arm having a second configuration arranged to engage the second slot, wherein the second configuration is different than the first configuration. 
     
     
         15 . The door lock installation tool of  claim 14 , wherein the back housing includes a third arm having the second configuration arranged to engage the first slot and a fourth arm having the first configuration arranged to engage the fourth slot. 
     
     
         16 . The door lock installation tool of  claim 15 , wherein each of the first arm and the fourth arm includes an aperture arranged to receive a pin to lock the guide housing and the back housing respectively in one of a first position to clamp to a door having the first standard door width and a second position to clamp to a door having the second standard door width. 
     
     
         17 . The door lock installation tool of  claim 16 , wherein the guide housing and the back housing define a second width therebetween that is equal to the second standard width, and wherein the second arm and the third arm inhibit unwanted movement beyond the second width. 
     
     
         18 . The door lock installation tool of  claim 15 , wherein the first slot includes a first stop formed at a first end and the second slot includes a second stop formed at a second end opposite the first end, and wherein each of the second arm and the third arm includes a hook arranged to engage the respective stop. 
     
     
         19 . The door lock installation tool of  claim 11 , wherein one of the guide housing and the front hole guide includes two slots and the other of the guide housing and the front hole guide includes a key portion sized to engage the slots, and wherein the slots are positioned to position the front hole guide in one of the first position and the second position. 
     
     
         20 . A door lock installation tool for use with a door having one of a first standard door width and a second standard door width, the door having a side face, a rear face, and a front face, the tool comprising:
 a side hole guide including a side hole aperture that defines a central axis and a plane running through the central axis parallel to the front face of the door;   a guide housing coupled to the side hole guide and defining a front hole guide aperture that is and movable to one of a first position corresponding to a first door backset and a second position corresponding to a second door backset; and   a back housing coupled to the side hole guide, wherein the guide housing and the back housing are movable in a direction normal to the plane between a first position in which each of the guide housing and the back housing are a first distance from the plane and a second position in which each of the guide housing and the back housing are a first distance from the plane, the second distance being different than the first distance.