Miscellaneous hardware (e.g. – bushing – carpet fastener – caster – Hinge – Retractable pintle
Patent
1992-09-14
1994-01-04
Seidel, Richard K.
Miscellaneous hardware (e.g., bushing, carpet fastener, caster,
Hinge
Retractable pintle
16231, 49381, E05D 1550
Patent
active
052748812
ABSTRACT:
A hinge for removably attaching a cover member to a container member. The hinge includes a first plate affixable to one of the members and a second plate affixable to the other of the members. A first tubular socket is formed integrally with the first plate and a second tubular socket is formed integrally with the second plate. The first and second tubular sockets are aligned when the first and second plates are affixed in alignment to the container and cover members. A J-shaped rod is formed with a longer leg and a shorter leg joined by a integral bail. A cap is formed on the end of the longer leg which is located away from the bail. The J-shaped rod is mounted on the first plate with its longer leg extending through the first tubular socket. A coil spring telescopes over a portion of the longer leg of the J-shaped rod with the spring engaging the first tubular socket and the cap to bias the bail against the opposite side of the first tubular socket and to seat the shorter leg in the second tubular socket. The shorter leg is movable in and out of the second tubular socket to latch the plates together or to function as a hinge permitting rotation of one plate relative to the other plate.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1021885 (1912-04-01), Peterson
patent: 1024837 (1912-04-01), DuPuis
patent: 1910102 (1933-05-01), Godfrey
patent: 2186789 (1940-01-01), Rosenberg
patent: 2249329 (1941-07-01), Rosenberg
Mah Chuck Y.
Seidel Richard K.
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