Adjustable hinge
AssigneeNewell Operating Company
InventorsDavid R. Cress, Eric F. Friesen
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AssigneeNewell Operating Company
InventorsDavid R. Cress, Eric F. Friesen
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An adjustable cabinet hinge for providing positional adjustment of a cabinet door relative to a cabinet frame is disclosed. The cabinet hinge includes a door wing to be mounted on a cabinet door, a frame wing to be mounted on a cabinet frame, a hinge arm that interconnects the frame wing and the door wing, and an adjustment screw, having a head and a shaft, that connects the frame wing to the hinge arm. The frame wing includes a slot and a first engagement area adjacent the slot. The slot has a width greater than the diameter of the head of the adjustment screw and the hinge arm includes a second engagement area to engage with the first engagement area on the frame wing. The hinge arm is rotatably connected to the door wing, and the hinge arm has a threaded aperture for engagement with the adjustment screw.
A cabinet hinge configured to pivotally and adjustably couple a cabinet door to a cabinet frame, comprising:
An adjustable hinge mounting structure having a door wing configured to be mounted on a cabinet door for mounting the cabinet door to a cabinet frame and for providing a means to align the cabinet door on the cabinet frame, the mounting structure comprising:
A hinge adjustment mechanism, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.