Door hinge
AssigneeEckel Industries of Canada Limited
InventorBrian G. Harris
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Abstract
A door hinge comprising: a frame mount configured to be mounted to a door frame which is disposed about a doorway; and a door mount configured to be mounted to a door which is to selectively close off the doorway; wherein the door mount is pivotally connected to the frame mount about an axis of rotation, and further wherein the door hinge is configured such that when the frame mount is mounted to a door frame, and when the door mount is mounted to a door, the axis of rotation of the door hinge is disposed outwards of the point of attachment of the door hinge to the door frame, and laterally outboard of the doorway.
Claims15
A door hinge comprising:
- a frame mount configured to be mounted to a door frame which is disposed about a doorway;
- and
- a door mount configured to be mounted to a door which is to selectively close off the doorway;
- wherein the door mount is pivotally connected to the frame mount about an axis of rotation, and further wherein the door hinge is configured such that when the frame mount is mounted to a door frame, and when the door mount is mounted to a door, the axis of rotation of the door hinge is disposed outwards of the point of attachment of the door hinge to the door frame, and laterally outboard of the doorway.
A door hinge according to claim 4 wherein the body of the first portion of the pivot mount comprises a helical configuration, and further wherein the body of the second portion of the pivot mount comprises a complementary helical configuration.
A door system comprising:
- a door frame defining a doorway;
- a door for selectively closing off the doorway;
- and
- a door hinge for pivotally mounting the door to the door frame, wherein the door hinge comprises:
- a frame mount mounted to the door frame;
- and
- a door mount mounted to the door;
- wherein the door mount is pivotally connected to the frame mount about an axis of rotation, and wherein the axis of rotation is disposed outwards of the point of attachment of the door hinge to the door frame, and laterally outboard of the doorway, such that when the door is rotated about the axis of rotation to the half-open position, the door is disposed far enough to the side of the doorway such that the door does not block the doorway.
A method for selectively closing off a doorway, the method comprising:
- providing a door system comprising:
- a door frame defining a doorway;
- a door for selectively closing off the doorway;
- and
- a door hinge for pivotally mounting the door to the door frame, wherein the door hinge comprises:
- a frame mount mounted to the door frame;
- and
- a door mount mounted to the door;
- wherein the door mount is pivotally connected to the frame mount about an axis of rotation, and wherein the axis of rotation is disposed outwards of the point of attachment of the door hinge to the door frame, and laterally outboard of the doorway, such that when the door is rotated about the axis of rotation to the half-open position, the door is disposed far enough to the side of the doorway such that the door does not block the doorway;
- and
- moving the door relative to the door frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.