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US 2001/0042331 A1Published application
Hinged picture frame member
AssigneeTangibles Ltd.
InventorJohn Ostrovsky
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Abstract
A hinged member consists of two parts joined by a first living hinge. An upstanding nib on one of the parts is in turn joined to the other part via a strip-like rigid panel. The panel is in turn joined along its side edges by second and third living hinges. Elasticity of the living hinges provides a biassing force for urging the parts towards a closed position. The member may be arranged to form a picture hanger or a picture frame element or a hinge for joining two substrates.
Claims13
An elongate extruded hinge member comprising:
- first and second hinge components joined by a first living hinge;
- an elongate fin extending from said first hinge component parallel to and displaced from said first living hinge;
- a rigid strip-like panel joining said fin and said second hinge component thereby forming an interior space defined by said first and second hinge components and said fin, said panel and fin meeting when said hinged member is closed at an acute angle;
- said first and second hinge components and said panel arranged to co-operate to create a biassing force exerted by the flex of said second hinge component and the resiliency and elasticity of at least one of first, second and third living hinges, to urge the first and second hinge components together.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.