Hinge with tight fit between base plate and adapter

Patent 5056189 Issued on October 15, 1991. Estimated Expiration Date:

February 28, 2010. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Abstract Claims Description Full Text

Patent References

Hinge
Patent #: 4800621
Issued on: 01/31/1989
Inventor: Rock , et al.

Furniture hinge including hinge arm releasably connected to a mounting plate Patent #: 4800622
Issued on: 01/31/1989
Inventor: Rock , et al.

Inventors

Application

No. 490586 filed on 02/28/1990

US Classes:

16/235, Including adjustment for changing relative orientation of hinged members16/238, Including screw-operated means to move hinged members16/258Having discrete latch and spring to slide or pivot latch

Examiners

Primary: Seidel, Richard K.
Assistant: Hong, Patty E.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack

Foreign Patent References

1522807 GB 08/22/1978
2189837 GB 11/22/1987

International Class

E05D 007/04

Foreign Application Priority Data

1987-08-31 AT

Abstract

A hinge with an adjusting system includes a hinge arm that can be secured to a base plate by at least one adapter. The hinge arm has holes through which pass adjusting and attachment screws. The adapter can be installed on the base plate and can be locked by means of a rocker lever supported on the adapter so as to be able to swivel. The adapter is U-shaped and has two side arms that enclose the base plate and the sides thereof. Both side arms of the adapter lie with no clearance on the base plate, and the material of at least one of the side arms is weakened at at least one place. The adapter is installed at the front by a cross pin thereof fitting in a notch in the base plate. The shape of the notch corresponds to that of the cross pin, and the cross pin is accommodated without any play within the notch. The generators or the center or mid-line longitudinal axes of the notch and the cross pin extend unstressed at an angle relative to each other.