US 5,075,928 AGranted

Concealed architectural hinge assembly

AssigneeThe Stanley Works

InventorLouis G. Bobrowski

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Abstract

A concealable architectural hinge assembly has a mounting bracket with a U-shaped body which seats within a recess in the door jamb and a pair of flanges at its outer ends which extend along a face of the jamb. The mounting portion of one hinge leaf is secured to the bracket base wall and its knuckle portion is along its side edge in the direction of door opening movement, and it extends angularly outwardly to provide an offset barrel portion. The second hinge leaf has a generally U-shaped body with its mounting portion disposed against the edge of the door. It has a displacement or center portion which extends toward the other side edge of the first hinge leaf, and its arm portion extends substantially parallel to its mounting portion. The knuckle portion of the second leaf extends angularly from the plane of the arm position to provide an offset barrel portion aligned with that of the first leaf.

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Dependent claims

A concealable architectural hinge assembly comprising:

(a) a mounting bracket adapted to seat within a recess in an associated door jamb having a generally U-shaped body portion defined by a base wall, end walls and a pair of flanges at outer ends of said end walls extending substantially parallel to said base wall and adapted to extend along a face of the associated door jamb;
(b) a first hinge leaf having a mounting portion disposed against said mounting bracket base wall and a knuckle Portion along a side edge of said mounting portion disposed in the direction of door opening movement, said knuckle portion extending angularly outwardly from said mounting portion to provide an offset barrel portion;
(c) a second hinge leaf having a generally U-shaped body with a mounting portion adapted to be seated against an edge of an associated door, a displacement portion extending along a side edge thereof toward the other side edge of said first hinge leaf, and an arm portion extending substantially parallel to said mounting portion of said second hinge leaf and adjacent said mounting portion of said first hinge leaf, said second hinge leaf also having a knuckle portion at the edge of said arm portion spaced from said displacement portion, said arm portion extending angularly from the plane of said arm portion to provide an offset barrel portion aligned with that of said first hinge leaf;
(d) hinge pin means seated in said barrel portions of said hinge leaves and providing a pivotal connection therebetween;
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(e) disengageable fastening elements for securing said first hinge leaf mounting portion to said base wall of said bracket and said second hinge leaf mounting portion to the associated door.

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A door assembly comprising:

(a) a door frame including a jamb having vertically spaced recesses in its face adjacent its upper and lower ends;
(b) a door mounted in said frame;
(c) concealed architectural hinges each comprising (i) a mounting bracket having a generally U-shaped body portion defined by a base wall and end walls seated within said recesses in said jamb and a pair of flanges at the outer ends of the end walls extending along a face of said jamb (ii) a first hinge leaf having a mounting portion disposed against said bracket base wall and a knuckle portion along a side edge of said mounting portion disposed in the direction of door opening movement, said knuckle portion extending angularly outwardly from said mounting portion to provide an offset barrel portion (iii) a second hinge leaf having a generally U-shaped body with a mounting portion seated against the adjacent edge of said door, a displacement portion extending along a side edge thereof toward the other side edge of said first hinge leaf, and an arm portion extending substantially parallel to said mounting portion of said second hinge leaf and adjacent said mounting portion of said first hinge leaf, said second hinge leaf also having a knuckle portion at the edge of said arm portion spaced from said displacement portion, said arm portion extending angularly from the plane of said arm portion to provide an offset barrel portion aligned with that of said first hinge leaf (iv) hinge pin means seated in the barrel portions of said hinge leaves and providing a pivotal connection therebetween (v) disengageable fastening elements securing said first hinge leaf mounting portion to said base wall of said bracket and said second hinge leaf mounting portion to said edge of said door.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.