Door hinge for float pod
AssigneeTrue Rest Franchising, LLC
InventorsMark A Jackson, Abraham Kezirian, Shaun Cuaron
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Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods for operating one or more doors of an enclosure from an open position to a closed position are disclosed. In particular, the present disclosure relates to the opening and closing of a pair of curved double-doors of a float pod. Such opening and closing is achieved via a door hinge attached to the float pod. In some embodiments, the door hinge includes two arms that rotate independently around a central, pivoting shaft. Each of the pair of curved double-doors is attached to one of the two arms, thereby resulting in lateral, sliding movement of the doors towards and away from each other upon rotation of the two arms.
Claims14
A system for opening and closing doors of an enclosure, said system comprising:
- one or more doors of said enclosure, said one or more doors operable to move from an open position to a closed position, wherein, in said open position, an interior of said enclosure is accessible by a user through an opening, and wherein, in said closed position, said doors cover said opening;
- a door hinge affixed to said enclosure via a base plate, said door hinge comprising a pivoting shaft extending vertically from said base plate, said door hinge comprising one or more rotating arms rotatable around said pivoting shaft, each of said one or more rotating arms being affixed to each of said one or more doors;
- each of said one or more rotating arms has one or more surfaces, wherein said one or more surfaces on a first said one or more rotating arms impacts with said one or more surfaces on a second said one or more rotating arms to limit a maximum angle between said first said one or more rotating arms and said second said one or more rotating arms to one hundred and eighty degrees;
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- wherein rotation of said one or more rotating arms around said pivoting shaft results in movement of said one or more doors from said open position to said closed position.
A door hinge comprising:
- a base plate;
- a shaft support connected to said base plate;
- a pivoting shaft connected to said base plate via said shaft support, said pivoting shaft extending vertically upward from said base plate;
- a first pivoting arm connected to said pivoting shaft and disposed vertically above said shaft support;
- a second pivoting arm connected to said pivoting shaft and disposed vertically above said first pivoting arm;
- wherein said first pivoting arm and said second pivoting arm are both rotatable around said pivoting shaft in a manner that is independent of each other;
- said first pivoting arm has one or more surfaces,
- said second pivoting arm has one or more surfaces,
- wherein said one or more surfaces on said first pivoting arm impact with said one or more surfaces on a said second pivoting arm to limit a maximum angle between said first pivoting arm and said second pivoting arm to one hundred and eighty degrees;
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- wherein a first door is connected to said first pivoting arm, and wherein a second door is connected to said second pivoting arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.