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US 2025/0109767 A1Published application
Self-aligning, screw-less hinge
OwnerTodd Noeinventor
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Abstract
The invention is a self-aligning, screw-less hinge containing only two components, a top portion and bottom portion. Instead of leafs, knuckles and pin as in a conventional hinge, a door and door frame using this hinge can be interfaced in one operation; and door removal is also one operation.
Claims7
A self-aligning, screw-free hinge comprising;
- a bottom portion comprising a rectangular bottom interface tab and a cylindrical spindle wherein the rectangular bottom interface tab protrudes at right angles to the cylindrical spindle;
- a top portion comprising a rectangular top interface tab and cylindrical shaft wherein the rectangular top interface tab protrudes at right angles to the cylindrical shaft;
- a flexible washer, smooth on both faces, operative to slide down the cylindrical spindle and sit snugly at a non-free-end of the cylindrical spindle;
- the rectangular bottom interface tab is operative to fit snugly into a mating door-frame interface slot;
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- the rectangular top interface tab is operative to fit snugly into a mating door interface slot.
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A method of use claim comprising:
- a. inserting a bottom portion into a complementary door-frame mating slot;
- b. inserting a top portion into a complementary door mating slot;
- repeating steps a and b until all slots hold their respective bottom or top portions;
- sliding a washer down each of the bottom portion cylindrical spindles;
- lifting a door so it is vertically oriented and its top portions are higher than the upper end of their complementary door-frame bottom portions' cylindrical spindles;
- adjusting the door position so that each top portion's hollow shaft is just above each bottom portion's spindle;
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- lowering the door, vertically, until each bottom portion spindle is fully inserted into each top portion hollow shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.