Miscellaneous hardware (e.g. – bushing – carpet fastener – caster – Hinge – Including means to fasten leaf to member
Reexamination Certificate
1999-07-28
2001-08-28
Brittain, James R. (Department: 3626)
Miscellaneous hardware (e.g., bushing, carpet fastener, caster,
Hinge
Including means to fasten leaf to member
C016S382000, C016S332000, C016S384000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06279200
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a hinge for furniture provided with a fastening bowl to be flush-recessed into the piece of furniture door and having fastening expansion dowels.
In the known art, hinges provided with bowls having fastening expansion dowels are known. An operating pin internal to the dowel must be rotated to cause dowel expansion. For rotation, the pin usually has a head with fitting seats for a screwdriver.
In order to improve practical use and eliminate need of tools, dowels having operating levers radially projecting from the dowel have been proposed. These levers however, necessarily jut out of the hinge base structure and constitute an easy grip for an accidental release operation. The lever length is at all events limited, due to the requirement of reducing bulkiness of same as well as the risk of getting hold of it and of avoiding any interference with the movable parts of the hinge itself. In spite of that, the aesthetic hinge shape is impaired. In addition, some indication is required to be given for highlighting the correct positioning of the lever in its locking and unlocking condition. This also involves the necessity to supply the user with the essential instructions in order to teach him the correct interpretation of the indications.
It is a general object of the present invention to obviate the above mentioned drawbacks, by providing a hinge with fastening dowels having easy operating levers without any real risk of grip occurrence when they are in their fastening position, without any hindrance to the hinge operation, with an aesthetic impact similar to a traditional hinge devoid of means for operating the fastening devices and in which the correct locking and unlocking position of the fastening means is made immediately clear and perceivable even by an unskilled or unexperienced person.
In view of the above object, in accordance with the invention a hinge for furniture has been conceived which comprises a bowl intended for being flush-recessed into a piece of furniture, hinge articulation arms being pivotally mounted close to one side of the bowl, the bowl being provided with wings having fastening dowels, the dowels having operating levers movable between a dowel fastening position and a dowel release position, characterised in that in the fastening position the lever extends over a bowl edge opposite to said side close to the arm pivoting point.
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Ferrari Franco
Migli Carlo
Brittain James R.
Ferrari Franco
Rodriguez Ruth C.
Shlesinger Fitzsimmons & Shlesinger
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