Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Door or window with specified vehicle feature
Patent
1980-10-21
1983-02-08
Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Door or window with specified vehicle feature
49246, 292DIG17, B60J 100
Patent
active
043726038
ABSTRACT:
A double pivot or toggle action hinge action and a latching or keeping function are combined in a single entity for the purpose of hinging a door as well as serving as the mechanism to lock the door in a closed position. The combined assembly includes a shaft defining a first pivot axis and interdigitated hinge members on the shaft and on the associated door which are pivotally joined about a second axis parallel to the first axis and a handle is connected to the shaft to control the toggling action of the hinge and, finally, the door is provided with a latch or keeper which is adapted to capture and retain the handle whereby positively to hold the assembly in door-closed position.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1988585 (1935-01-01), Dath
patent: 2000474 (1935-05-01), O'Connor
patent: 2072641 (1937-03-01), Madland
Ringe Stephen J.
Stanczak Edmund A.
Carroll John A.
Fruehauf Corporation
Peters Jr. Joseph F.
Skinkiss Ralph J.
Snyder John P.
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