Sliding safety hinge assembly for lid of box

Details Sliding safety hinge assembly for lid of box Sliding safety hinge assembly for lid of box

2011-01-18

2011-01-18

Stashick, Anthony (Department: 3781)

Receptacles

Closures

Pivotable,

C016S242000, C016S251000, C016S364000, C220S813000, C220S829000, C220S832000, C220S845000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07870972

ABSTRACT:
The Sliding Safety Hinge Assembly (SSHA) minimizes the degree of personal injury or discomfort that could result from accidental closure of the lid of a box, i.e. “toy box”, by pinching a finger between the lid and box, particularly as the obstruction approaches the side or rear of the box near the hinge. A traditional hinge attached to the lid and rear of box carcass provides a fixed pivot point such that a severe pinch point exists due to the leverage of the lid. The SSHA reduces this potential by a sliding design such that the hinge element normally fastened to the rear of the box is rather installed on a slide assembly allowing free sliding motion in the vertical plane at the rear of the box. The SSHA assembly would include a slide, pivot and counter weight device to reduce the weight of the lid.

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