US 11,111,709 B1Granted

Adjustable hinge repair assembly

OwnerJorge Santainventor

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Abstract

A replacement door hinge that facilitates the repair of a damaged door slab is provided. The replacement hinge includes a jamb side that is essentially the same as a conventional hinge to allow traditional mounting into the recess provided in the jamb for hinges. The slab side of the hinge is formed by a pair of opposing hinge leaves that are received on opposing sides of the door slab and include inwardly facing spikes and at least one or more countersunk screw holes to allow fastening therethrough to use screws in combination with the spikes to firmly engage the door slab. The leaves include a ratcheting retention system that engage at the edge of the door slab to allow installation onto door slabs having varying thicknesses while holding the front a back leaves together to form one unit that wraps and reinforces the door slab.

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Dependent claims

A hinge assembly, comprising:

a first hinge leaf and a second hinge leaf;
an arm extending from a rear edge of said first hinge leaf at approximately 90 degrees thereto, said arm having a top and bottom edge with first sawtooth projections extending from one of said top and bottom edges;
a ratcheting assembly extending from a rear edge of said second hinge leaf at approximately 90 degrees thereto, said ratcheting assembly including a first ratchet pawl positioned therein, said ratcheting assembly receiving said arm therein, said first ratchet pawl engaging said first sawtooth projection on said arm;
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a hinge barrel formed on one of said first and second hinge leaves to rotatably engage a conventional hinge leaf;
wherein the first hinge leaf, the second hinge leaf, the arm, and the ratcheting assembly are configured to be wrapped around a butt edge of a door slab, the ratcheting assembly configured to accommodate varying thicknesses of the door slab.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.