US 2021/0230919 A1Published application

Novel panel swivel systems and methods relating thereto

AssigneeJon Erwin Eccleston

InventorJon Erwin Eccleston

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Abstract

Systems and methods for swiveling a panel in relation to a panel frame are described. An exemplar panel swivel system includes a swivel support member, a housing subassembly, and a shaft. The swivel support member includes a base portion that has a first terminating end, a second terminating end, and has defined therein a shaft receiving aperture. The swivel support member further includes a raised surface extending from the first terminating end of the base portion and is designed to contact a top support structure and a securing edge extending from the second terminating end of that base portion, which is designed to contact a side support structure. The housing subassembly extends an elevated distance above the base portion. A central aperture defined in the housing subassembly aligned with the shaft receiving aperture. The shaft extends a shaft length and at least some of the shaft passes through the central aperture and the shaft receiving aperture. The shaft terminates at a panel fitting end that is designed to engage with a panel.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A panel swivel comprising:

a swivel support member including:
a base portion including a first terminating end, a second terminating end, and having defined therein a shaft receiving aperture;
a raised surface extending from said first terminating end of said base portion and designed to contact a top support structure, wherein said raised surface has defined therein raised surface apertures that allow fasteners to pass through said raised surface and that are designed to have fasteners pass through the top support structure such that said raised surface attaches to the top support structure;
and
a securing edge extending from said second terminating end of said base portion and designed to contact a side support structure, wherein said securing edge has defined therein securing edge apertures that allow securing fasteners to pass through said securing edge and that are designed to have securing fasteners pass through the side support structure such that said securing edge attaches to the side support structure;
a housing subassembly extending an elevated distance above said base portion and being located an extending distance away from said apertures, wherein said housing subassembly has defined therein a central aperture aligned with said shaft receiving aperture;
a shaft extending a shaft length, at least some of which passes through said central aperture and said shaft receiving aperture, and said shaft terminates at a panel fitting end that is designed to engage, in a swiveling manner, with a panel such that said panel fitting end swivels with respect to the panel or the panel swivels with respect to said panel fitting end;
and
wherein said elevated distance ranges between about 0.1 inches and about 1.5 inches,
wherein said extending distance is a distance between a center point of said apertures to a center point of said central aperture and ranges between about 2 inches and about 2.5 inches, and
wherein said shaft length is a length that ranges between about 1.25 inches and about 3 inches.

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A method of assembling a panel swivel, said method comprising:

obtaining a swivel support member including:
a base portion including a first terminating end, a second terminating end and having defined therein a shaft receiving aperture;
(ii) a raised surface extending from said first terminating end of said base portion and designed to contact a top support structure;
and
(iii) a securing edge extending from said second terminating end of said base portion and designed to contact a side support structure;
securing a housing subassembly, having defined therein a central aperture, on said swivel support member such that said housing subassembly is disposed on an area of said base portion that extends between said raised surface and said securing edge, and said central aperture aligns with said shaft receiving aperture;
engaging at least a portion of a shaft through said central aperture and said shaft receiving aperture;
and
adjusting a position of said shaft along a collective length spanned by said central aperture and said shaft receiving aperture so that said shaft terminates at a panel fitting end that engages, in a swiveling manner, with a panel and said panel fitting end swivels with respect to said panel or said panel swivels with respect to said panel fitting end.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/156,644Filed 25 Jan 2021
Priority: 23 Jan 2020
Published: 29 Jul 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

E05D 7/081
For use in suspensions comprising two spigots placed at opposite edges of the wing, especially at the top and the bottom, e.g. trunnions: the…
E05D 5/02
Construction of single parts, e.g. the parts for attachment: parts for attachment, e.g. flaps
E05D 5/14
Pins, sockets or sleeves; Removable pins: construction of sockets or sleeves
E05Y 2900/132
Type of wing: doors