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US 7,124,471 B2Granted
Hidden hinge
AssigneePrimex Manufacturing Ltd.
InventorJuergen Koessler
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Abstract
A hidden hinge structure may be injection molded. The hidden hinge structure has a hinge pin attached to a first part and a hook member that is affixed to a second part. A portion of a frontward one of the first and second parts covers the hinge. The hidden hinge may be used to connect the lid and base of a utility enclosure or housing.
Claims10
A hidden hinge comprising:
- a first part and a second part, the first part located generally forwardly of the second part and the second part located generally rearwardly of the first part;
- a hinge pin attached to the first part;
- a hiding member having a first hiding member portion located forwardly of the hinge pin and extending from a section of the first part located on one transverse side of the hinge pin to an opposing transverse side of the hinge pin and a second hiding member portion which extends rearwardly from the first hiding member portion on the opposing transverse side of the hinge pin and extends from a forward side of the hinge pin to a rearward side of the hinge pin;
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- a hook member connected to the second part, the hook member hooked around the hinge pin, the hook member extending from a section of the second part located rearwardly of the hinge pin, through a space between the first hiding member portion and the hinge pin, around the hinge pin, and back toward the second part.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.