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Striker assembly

  • US 4,756,565 A
  • Filed: 01/12/1987
  • Issued: 07/12/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/12/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In combination with a vehicle having a compartment which is defined in part by a vehicle panel having interior and exterior sides and an aperture therethrough, a vehicle closure which is mounted on the vehicle for movement between open and closed positions with respect to the compartment, and latch means mounted on the closure, a lock striker assembly mounted on the vehicle panel comprising, a lock striker support member having an aperture therethrough, a lock striker mounted to the support member for engagement by the latch means to hold the closure in closed position, first stud means secured to the lock striker support member and extending through the vehicle panel aperture to the exterior side of the vehicle panel, nut means threaded on the stud means on the exterior side of the vehicle panel for securing the stud means to the exterior side of the vehicle panel, the stud means being of lesser size than the vehicle panel aperture to permit the stud means to be engaged from the exterior side of the vehicle panel and moved within the vehicle panel aperture to adjust the lock striker support member and lock striker relative to the compartment when the closure is in closed position and the latch means is engaged with the lock striker, and anti-theft means preventing release of the lock striker support member from the vehicle panel and movement of the closure from closed position to open position should the nut means be released, the anti-theft means including second stud means mounted to the interior side of the vehicle panel and extending through the aperture in the lock striker support member, and second nut means threadedly securing the lock striker support member to the second stud means after the lock striker support member has been secured to the vehicle panel, the second stud means being of lesser size than the lock striker support member aperture to permit adjustment of the lock striker support member and first stud means relative to the second stud means.

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