Hinge having dual pivot axes

A hinge having dual pivot axes comprising:

• two hinge members, each hinge member having a hinge leaf and top and bottom knuckles, each knuckle extending along an inner edge of the hinge leaf and having an axially extending bore, the top knuckle having a bottom end and the bottom knuckle having a top end, the knuckles of each hinge member disposed immediately adjacent to the knuckles of the other hinge member,
• two pivot pins, a length of each pivot pin extending between the bottom end of the top knuckle and the top end of the bottom knuckle of one of the hinge members, and
• a coupler having top and bottom connector plates and an interior cavity, each of the top and bottom connector plates having two spaced apart apertures extending axially in parallel alignment with the two pivot pins, the coupler disposed between the bottom end of the top knuckle and the top end of the bottom knuckle, the lengths of the pivot pins retained in said cavity so that they are hidden from view,
• each one of the two pivot pins received in the bores of both of the knuckles of one of the hinge members and received in one of the apertures of each of the top and bottom connector plates of the coupler, each pivot pin defining a pivot axis about which one of the hinge members pivots,
• such that the coupler connects the hinge members so that the hinge members are each independently rotatable about one of the pivot axes thereby enabling the hinge leaves to pivot between open and closed configurations.

A hinge having dual pivot axes comprising:

• two hinge members, each hinge member having a hinge leaf and top and bottom knuckles, each knuckle extending along an inner edge of the hinge leaf and having an axially extending bore, the top knuckle having a bottom end and the bottom knuckle having a top end,
• two pivot pins, a length of each pivot pin extending between the bottom end of the top knuckle and the top end of the bottom knuckle of one of the hinge members, and
• a coupler having a back wall, opposing side walls extending from the back wall, and having top and bottom connector plates and an interior cavity, the back wall, side walls, and top and bottom connector plates defining said cavity, each of the top and bottom connector plates having two spaced apart apertures, the lengths of the pivot pins disposed in said cavity so that they are hidden from view,
• each one of the two pivot pins received in the bores of both of the knuckles of one of the hinge members and received in one of the apertures of each of the top and bottom connector plates of the coupler, each pivot pin defining a pivot axis about which one of the hinge members pivots,
• such that the coupler connects the hinge members such that the knuckles of one of the hinge members are disposed adjacent to the knuckles of the other of the hinge members, and so that the hinge members are each independently rotatable about one of the pivot axes thereby enabling the hinge leaves to pivot between open and closed configurations.

A hinge having dual pivot axes comprising:

• two hinge members, each hinge member having a hinge leaf and top and bottom knuckles, each knuckle extending along an inner edge of the hinge leaf, each knuckle having a top end, a bottom end, and a bore extending axially between the top and bottom ends,
• two pivot pins,
• a coupler having a top connector plate, a bottom connector plate, and a connector body extending between and integrally joining the top and bottom connector plates, each of the top and bottom connector plates having two spaced apart axially extending apertures, and
• two helical springs, the coils of each spring defining a center bore, each of the springs having two ends, each one of the two pivot pins received in the center bore of one the two helical springs, one end of each of the springs biased against the coupler, the other end of the spring biased against one of the hinge leaves,
• one of the apertures of each of the coupler's top and bottom connector plates axially aligned with the bore of the knuckle of one of the hinge members, and one of the two pivot pins received in the bores of both of the top and bottom knuckles of one of the hinge members and received in one of the apertures of each of the top and bottom connector plates of the coupler,
• such that the coupler connects the hinge members so that the knuckles of one of the hinge members are disposed immediately adjacent to the knuckles of the other of the hinge members, and so that the hinge members are each independently rotatable about one of the pivot pins thereby enabling the hinge leaves to pivot between open and closed configurations.