Removable door check device
AssigneeEdscha North America
InventorJonathan Smith
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Abstract
A removable door check device for holding a vehicle door hinge in an opened position includes a body, first and second leg portions extending from the body and disposed coplanar to the body, a protrusion portion extending from the body in a direction perpendicular to the body. In addition, a door hinge that includes a first hinge part, a second hinge part, a hinge pin passing through the first and second hinge parts and a removable door check device. The first and second hinge parts are pivotable about the hinge pin between an opened and a closed position. The removable door check device of the hinge is disposed on the hinge pin exterior to the first and second hinge parts engaging the second hinge part in the opened position.
Claims19
A door hinge comprising:
- a first hinge part;
- a second hinge part;
- a hinge pin passing through the first and second hinge parts, first and second hinge parts being pivotable about the hinge pin between an opened and closed position;
- and
- a removable door check device disposed on the hinge pin exteriorly to the first and second hinge parts and engaging the second hinge part in the opened position.
A removable door check device for holding a vehicle door hinge in an opened position comprising:
- a body;
- first and second leg portions extending from the body and disposed coplanar to the body;
- and
- a protrusion extending from the body in a direction perpendicular to the body.
A method for placing a removable door check device on a vehicle door hinge having a first hinge part, a second hinge part pivotable with respect to each other about a hinge pin between an opened and a closed position, the door check device including a protrusion and first and second leg portions, the method comprising:
- sliding the door check device between an end of the hinge pin and one of the first and second hinge parts so that the first and second leg portions straddle the hinge pin and abut against the first hinge part;
- and
- engaging the protrusion into a hole of the second hinge part when the door hinge is in the opened position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.