One step adjustable deck lid hinge

In a vehicle body having a compartment, a compartment lid with a compartment lid striker, a pair of spaced apart hinge straps mounted to the compartment lid and having a proximal end for pivotal connection to a pivot pin, and a pair of adjustable hinge assemblies for swingably supporting the compartment lid over the compartment to permit rapid adjustment of the compartment lid to properly fit the vehicle body, each one of the pair of adjustable hinge assemblies comprising, in combination:

• a hinge box having spaced apart sides and a top portion;
• said sides of the hinge box being shaped to provide aligned adjustment slots formed on a tangent to an arc centered on the compartment lid striker;
• a pivot pin extending through the adjustment slots and being slidable therein along the slots, the pivot pin being pivotally connected to one of the pair of hinge straps;
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• an adjustment screw extending within the hinge box through an opening in the top portion of the hinge box, the adjustment screw being threadingly engaged with the pivot pin at one end and connected at the other end to the top portion of the hinge box to be retained against axial displacement, whereby rotation of the adjustment screw causes the pivot pin to slide along said slots while the adjustment screw is retained against axial displacement thereby adjusting the vertical position of the compartment lid in relation to the vehicle body, wherein the threaded engagement between the adjustment screw and the pivot pin assists in automatically securing the pivot pin in place along the adjustment slots after adjustment of the compartment lid.