Reinforcement hinge repair kit

Abstract

This invention relates to a kit for reinforcing door hinges and, more specifically, to a two-piece kit for strengthening door hinges that may have come loose. The kit comprises a two-piece hinge repair kit that is adapted for use with standard size doors and with standard size hinges. The first piece of the kit is a rectangular U-shaped bracket having an open side or face. This U-shaped bracket is adapted to fit through its open side around the edge of the door. The sides and roof of this U-shaped structure have apertures to be used as connecting holes for attachment to the door and hinge. The roof has a recessed cutout section containing the holes for alignment with the holes of a hinge. The cutout distance down from the top of the roof should approximate the thickness of one leaf of the hinge. Thus, when the hinge is attached to the U-shaped bracket and door, the top surface is level with the face of the bracket and flush with the face of the roof sides adjacent the cutout portion. The vertical sides of the U-shaped bracket extending down from the roof portion contain screw holes for attaching the U-shaped bracket to the side edge portion of a door. This U-shaped mounting bracket is merely slipped over the door with some of its roof apertures aligned with the existing screw holes so that no adjustment or further chipping away of the door edge is required.