38 by simply sliding the leg 46 behind the molding 50 and providing the aperture not shown to receive a fastener 28 which can be a decorative screw in this instance and engages the leg 46 of the striker plate 40 alternately the molding 50 may be removed and multiple fastener apertures such as receiving means 48 may be provided for engagement with the support member 44 the same feature can be provided with new doors before the molding 50 is applied in this embodiment the screws 28 provide overlap each other and connect the door jamb 38 and support member 44 the striker plate 40 of the present invention in this embodiment is a brass plate other material such as bronze aluminum stainless steel etc can be used for the metal plate or even non metallic materials of an equal or greater strength than the metallic materials can also be used it is also contemplated that more than one striker plate could be used with a single door frame for example where both a door handle locking bolt and a dead bolt are provided a striker plate 40 can be supplied for both bolts even further it is anticipated as shown in fig4 that two such plates could be combined into one large plate 40 u2032 for both bolts when the bolts are relatively close to one another the two bolts would be received by bolt receiving.