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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7223096 | Lighter A lighter comprises a lighter housing, a gas container for storing liquid inflammable gas, a combustion device connected to the gas container, and an igniter for igniting inflammable gas in the combustion device. The housing includes an upper cover and a case, where... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7059020 | Hinge for doors and similar construction components The invention concerns a hinge for doors and similar construction components. The hinge can be installed in a recess of a door frame, whereby the recess receives the hinge completely when the door is closed. In this way, the hinge will be completely invisible when t... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6895638 | Hinge assembly for notebook computers The present invention discloses a hinge assembly for notebook computers capable of keeping a screen of a monitor connected face-to-face with a main system of the notebook, and such hinge assembly also can keep an included angle between the monitor and the main syste... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6151756 | Bimini hinge A hinge having a housing with a flush mountable flange. A hinge member having pivotally connected upper and lower portions with the lower portion pivotally connected within the housing. A portion of the lower portion is engageable with a slot in the housi... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5971515 | Protected internal hinge for security safe A security safe that incorporates a cabinet (20) formed of sheetmetal, including a front (22) and a door jamb (30). A door (42) for the safe is also formed of sheetmetal and has a jamb stop (48), box section (50) with a front flange (52) into which a seri... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5682642 | Detent device and method for using same A detent device is provided for securing a door to a frame having an opening therein. The detent device includes a sleeve having a cavity therein, an elongated plunger mounted within the cavity of the sleeve, and a spring mechanism connected to the sleeve... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5450633 | Toilet seat A toilet seat, more especially for a toilet with an upwardly extending flush cistern on the rearward region thereof, has an upwardly pivotable seat ring, possibly an upwardly pivotable lid, and a back plate portion which is fixedly connected to the seat r... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5297313 | Pivot hinge assembly for glass structures A pivot hinge assembly to pivot glass structures such as shower doors. The assembly includes a first hinge member having a pivot pin projecting therefrom and secured thereto. The pin is generally cylindrical but contains two opposing flat surfaces. The pi... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5265309 | Shower door and hinge A hinge assembly comprises a pair of continuous extruded channel members, one of which has an axially aligned tubular portion and the other an axially aligned keyway. The members are united by hinge clips having a leg insertable in the keyway and a gudgeo... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5199218 | Gate hinge A hinge for mounting a wooden gate to a wooden fence post. This hinge features a protected pivot point so as to minimize deterioration of the pivot point by weathering, lips that coact with the fence post so as to counter act gate sagging over time and th... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5172452 | Hinge with opening occupied by an intumescent material A hinge for use with a fire door has a blade in which there are formed a number of screw holes and a larger opening. The larger opening is filled with an intumescent material.... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5111550 | Hinged fluid passage assembly Disclosed is a hinged fluid passage assembly having seal members which allow fluid to flow from a first component to a second component hinged thereto through a passage between seal members extending from the components and the hinge.... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5079798 | Glass hinge assembly The improved glass hinge assembly includes a first hinge component in the form of a glass clamp having a spaced pair of flat, parallel vertical walls interconnected by a connector block therebetween, the walls and connector block defining a peripheral gla... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5075928 | Concealed architectural hinge assembly A concealable architectural hinge assembly has a mounting bracket with a U-shaped body which seats within a recess in the door jamb and a pair of flanges at its outer ends which extend along a face of the jamb. The mounting portion of one hinge leaf is se... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5056194 | Hinge for use in serving carts and the like A hinge for use in serving carts to secure a pivotable door to the housing of the cart has a first pintle mounted in lugs provided in one vertical marginal portion of a sidewall forming part of the housing of a cart, a second pintle mounted in lugs extend... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5044044 | Hinged structure and method of integration in a standard ski construction A hinged structure comprises a forward body and a rear body each having a surface face and a channel. A first hinge link and a second hinge link are employed to pivotably and slideably connect the forward body and the rear body and to provide movement of ... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5031274 | Floor door lock A floor door lock for restricting movement of a pivotal or sliding door relative to a floor, which inserts a lock pin into a pin-receiving opening in the floor. The door carriers an adapter fixed to its bottom side, the adapter having a chamber (42) there... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5027474 | Concealed self-closing hinge with leaf spring A concealed self-closing hinge for mounting a door for swinging on a fixed frame. The door member of the hinge includes a cup which is concealed within a pocket formed in the inner side of the door. A durable plastic cam on the arm of the frame member of ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4993109 | Three-position hinge for folding table A three-position hinge, for mounting a leaf portion to a center portion of a folding table so as to be pivotable between upward, horizontal, and downward positions closely spaced to the center portion, includes a first mounting plate secured to one horizo... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4979264 | Concealed hinge for switching boxes A concealed hinge for switching boxes which is unhingeable, the hinge having a first and second hinge part. The first hinge part having a bearing eye attached to an inside of a door leaf. The second hinge part surrounds the first hinge part in the shape o... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4977642 | Door mounting with side opening for insertion of pivot pin The invention relates to a door, especially an all glass door, with a bearing recess provided which extends perpendicularly to a vertical edge of the door. The bearing recess has a side opening for the insertion of pivot pin at the end which is closest to... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4930184 | Hinge assembly for connecting a float to a base A hinge assembly means for connecting a float to a base includes a male member means connected to one of the base and the float having a cylindrical outwardly extending boss and a female member means connected to the other of the base and the float having... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4928350 | Multiple axis hidden hinge The present invention provides a hinge construction of two mounting plates and a substantially U-shaped center link which connects the axes of pivot of the two plates. The link and plates contain stop mechanisms which determine their respective limits of ... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4875252 | Self-closing invisible hinge with selectively variable closing force A self-closing invisible hinge for returning a door to its closed position rom its open position including a self-closing structure in which the closing force can be selectively adjusted externally at the hinge and in which the self-closing structure is co... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4873745 | Unhingeable and concealed hinge for switching boxes A concealed hinge for switching boxes which is unhingeable, the hinge having a first and second hinge part. The first hinge part having a bearing eye attached to an inside of a door leaf. The second hinge part surrounds the first hinge part in the shape o... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4821374 | Hinge assembly for vehicle visor and other vehicle accessories A hinge assembly is disclosed which is particularly well suited for vehicle accessory application such as for vehicle sun visors for example. A hinge assembly according to the present invention includes a rod member interconnected with the vehicle interio... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4765024 | Recessed hinge A recessed hinge wherein a socket is installed in the pivotable door of a piece of furniture and an arm is attached to a stationary wall of the piece of furniture. The socket contains a pintle which connects the socket to the arm, and the socket has an op... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4758855 | Shaft holding structure for holding shaft in article of resinous material There is disclosed a shaft holding structure for holding a metallic shaft embedded at its both ends in an article of resinous material by insert-molding in which at least one end of said metallic shaft extends into a void formed in said resinous material,... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4722179 | Hinge for a watchband, bracelet or the like A hinge for a watchband, bracelet or the like which includes adjacent interconnected elements defining therebetween a cylindrical or a spherical chamber, a cylindrical or spherical housing in the chamber, a pair of connecting studs pivotally connected to ... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4692838 | Fire panel with door providing ease of service A fire panel includes a housing with a rectangular opening and rectangular door covering said opening. The door is attached to the panel with a attaching elements which comprises a pair of tracks spanning the opening, each track having a t-shaped channel,... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4682429 | Trousers-press A trouser press comprising an upright press plate, a press plate pivotally movable with respect thereto, and a clamping means for attaching one press plate to the other press plate. The press plates are mounted in a support frame, which frame comprises fr... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4658473 | Concealed freezer hinge A concealed hinge between the lid and chest of a freezer has a hook shaped support bracket with a leg and bight. The bracket leg is mounted within one wall of the chest and the bight defines substantially diametrically opposed first and second pivots. A m... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4629265 | Cabinet construction An improved cabinet door mounting arrangement is disclosed, which allows removable mounting of one or more doors on a common hinge pin without requiring removal of the hinge pin from a cabinet.... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4509229 | Concealed hinge having a spring biased U-shaped slider A concealed hinge assembly for use with doors, hinged plates or the like comprises a mounting plate and a projecting base member connected to the mounting plate. A hinge bracket is screw-connected to said base member adjacent to one end of said hinge brac... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4482186 | Jointed article of furniture An article of furniture includes frame members, a seat member supported on the frame member, a concealed joint for pivotally coupling two frame members to each other, and an attachment for coupling the seat to the frame members. The two frame members incl... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4422214 | Over-center hinge Over-center hinge for a cabinet door, having a supporting-wall-related part which can be fastened to the supporting wall of a cabinet, and a door-related part joined pivotingly to the supporting-wall-related part by a linkage mechanism and constructed as ... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4400848 | Door hinge with a sliding catch A door hinge for furniture is made up of a box-like part designed to be set within or inset into a recess in a door from its back side, and has a spring-powered or pressed bolt for acting on a cam face at the end of an L-like support arm. The arm is fixed... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4397064 | Cabinet hinge A hinge for pivotally mounting a door leaf on a cabinet with a box-like carcass having one open side, narrowed by a frame formed by strip-like frame members projecting each at right angles from a carcass wall toward an opposite carcass wall. The hinge has... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4386449 | Adjustable furniture hinge A furniture hinge includes a mounting member that is fixable on a frame of a cabinet and a hinge casing that is insertable into a bore in a door of the cabinet. A hinge arm is linked to the hinge casing by means of hinge links. The hinge arm is mounted on... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4368558 | Door hinge with a pressure closing device A pressure operated hinge for swingably mounting a door on a frame behind their exposed front portions is of three parts involving a box having pressure elements to be mounted within a back-positioned cavity in the door, a swing arm part that carries a ro... | 01/18/1983 |
