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US 2021/0278041 A1Published application
Hinge lubrication device
AssigneeHey 9, Inc.
InventorLarry W. Conner, II
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Abstract
A device for lubricating a hinge includes a housing, a first elongated opening, and an absorption element. The first elongated opening allows the housing to be placed over at least a portion of a hinge. The first absorption element entirely disposed within the housing such that the first absorption element is positioned to engage a portion of a hinge when the housing is placed over the portion of the hinge.
Claims20
A device for lubricating a hinge, the device comprising:
- a flexible housing comprising a hinge opening, wherein the hinge opening is configured to receive a hinge such that the hinge is disposed within the housing;
- a first absorption element disposed within the flexible housing such that a compression force to the flexible housing causes the first absorption element to compress;
- wherein, when the first absorption element is absorbing lubricant and a hinge is disposed within the flexible housing, the first absorption element is positioned to engage the hinge such that the lubricant is dispensed from the first absorption element and onto the hinge when the first absorption element is compressed.
A hinge lubricating device comprising:
- a housing;
- a first elongated opening for allowing the housing to be placed over at least a portion of a hinge;
- a first absorption element entirely disposed within the housing such that the first absorption element is positioned to engage the hinge when the housing is placed over the portion of the hinge.
A method for lubricating a hinge, the method comprising:
- placing a lubrication device over the hinge, wherein the lubrication device comprises a housing and an absorption element disposed within the housing, wherein the housing comprises a hinge opening, wherein the lubrication device is placed over the hinge by moving the hinge through the hinge opening of the housing such that the hinge is disposed within the housing, wherein the absorption element is positioned to engage the hinge when the hinge is disposed within the housing;
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- applying a compression force to the absorption element to cause lubricant being absorbed by the absorption element to be dispensed onto the hinge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.