Miscellaneous hardware (e.g. – bushing – carpet fastener – caster – Hinge – Pliant or elastic hinge
Patent
1993-03-02
1994-10-18
Larson, Lowell A.
Miscellaneous hardware (e.g., bushing, carpet fastener, caster,
Hinge
Pliant or elastic hinge
16382, 160135, E05D 102
Patent
active
053555554
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to an elongated bendable device or hinge strip and then particularly to such a device or hinge strip which functions to form a hinge between two mutually adjacent elements, normally between two mutually adjacent panels.
Each of the two outer margins of the hinge strip device is coated with an adhesive layer, or alternatively an adhesive layer is applied over the whole of the hinge strip, so as to enable the strip to be bonded firmly to an edge region and/or an edge surface of a respective element or panel.
Alternatively, the edge region and/or the edge surface of respective elements or panels may be coated with an adhesive, so as to enable the outer margins of the hinge strip to be affixed to said region or said surface.
The present invention finds particular use as a hinge means for portable and/or temporary display systems or the like, where said hinge means is intended to provide a connection between an edge part of a first panel and an adjacent edge part of a second panel adjacent said first panel, with a minimum visible joint therebetween.
More particularly, the present invention provides a hinge means which can be used in portable display systems of the kind which include a plurality of panels which are positioned edge-to-edge in side-by-side relationship and which are mutually joined by means of one or more hinges, said panels consisting of or at least substantially consisting of a plate.
Other types of panels can also be used, such as panels which are made of particle board, plexiglass.RTM., standard glass and like materials.
Portable display systems of this nature are used extensively to expose text and pictures, particularly large pictures, which requires the provision of a plurality of panels positioned side-by-side with only a narrow join therebetween, so as to enable the complete picture to be shown.
A panel of this nature normally comprises lightweight plate or sheet of sandwich-construction, for example a plate retailed by Schneidler under the tradename "KAPA-skivan".
BACKGROUND ART
The use of a pliable strip as a hinge means is known from many mutually different applications. By way of example, reference can be made to U.S. Pat. No. 1,196,244 which teaches one such hinge means in which the mutually opposing edge surfaces intended for respective sections have a V-shape and are provided with longitudinally extending tape-accommodating apertures or recesses.
A hinge means which can be considered to closely approach the inventive device is illustrated and described in the German published specification No. 2,101,526.
With regard to the significant features of the present invention, the construction which lies nearest the inventive hinge strip is a piece of adhesive tape which has been applied to the edge surfaces of two mutually adjacent panels with the panels positioned so that their edge surfaces are located in one and the same plane.
In this case, the adhesive layer on the tape will not cover solely the mutually opposing edge regions of the two elements but will also cover mutually adjacent edge surfaces and the adhesive tape used will thus form a hinge means having one single pivot axis, which is located at the edge between edge surface and edge region and in the vicinity of that edge region which is not caused to coact with the adhesive tape, and therewith provides a hinge means which will allow the panels to be rotated solely through 180.degree..
Further examples of earlier known hinge means are found illustrated and described in Swedish Patent Specification No. 333 523, U.S. Pat. No. 3,751,760 and International Patent Application, publication No. W088/08186, which teaches a hinge means that consists of at least three tape-like components or segments. These tape-like components are attached to a lightmetal frame belonging to a first plate or sheet and to an adjacent lightmetal frame belonging to an adjacent second plate or sheet.
DISCLOSURE OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
Technical Problems
When considering the known prior art as described
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Gurley Donald M.
Larson Lowell A.
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