Removable hidden hinge pin
AssigneeHoffman Enclosures, Inc.
InventorsNathan L. Westby, Jeremy L. Fink, Trent T. Jones
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a hinge apparatus that can include a hinge body having a first portion and a second portion and a hinge pin. The hinge pin can include an axial portion and a gripping portion. The hinge body can include a recess in one of the first portion and the second portion. The recess in the hinge body can receive the gripping portion of the hinge pin to inhibit access to the gripping portion when the hinge body is in the closed position. The gripping portion can be removed from the recess as the hinge body is moved to the open position.
Claims24
A hinge apparatus configured to move between a closed position and an open position, the hinge apparatus comprising:
- a hinge body including a first portion pivotally connected to a second portion, the first portion having a first knuckle portion and the second portion having a second knuckle portion, the first knuckle portion and the second knuckle portion defining a tubular opening when aligned, and one of the first portion and the second portion including a recess;
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- a hinge pin including an axial portion and a gripping portion, the gripping portion being offset from an axis of the hinge pin;
- the axial portion of the hinge pin being received by the tubular opening and the gripping portion of the hinge pin being received by the recess to inhibit access to the gripping portion when the hinge body is in the closed position, the gripping portion being removed from the recess as the hinge body is moved to the open position.
A hinge body configured to move between a closed position and an open position, the hinge body comprising:
- a first portion having a first knuckle portion;
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- a second portion having a second knuckle portion;
- the first knuckle portion and the second knuckle portion defining a tubular opening when aligned, said tubular opening adapted to receive a hinge pin having a gripping portion one of the first portion and the second portion having a recess, the recess inhibiting access to a gripping portion of the hinge pin when the hinge body is in the closed position, the hinge body removing the gripping portion from the recess as the hinge body is moved to the open position.
An enclosure comprising:
- an enclosure frame;
- a door, the door configured to move between an open position and a closed position;
- a hinge body including a first portion pivotally connected to a second portion, the first portion having a first knuckle portion and the second portion having a second knuckle portion, the first knuckle portion and the second knuckle portion defining a tubular opening when aligned, and one of the first portion and the second portion including a recess;
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- a hinge pin including an axial portion and a gripping portion;
- the axial portion of the hinge pin being received by the tubular opening and the gripping portion of the hinge pin being received by the recess to inhibit access to the gripping portion when the door is in the closed position, the gripping portion being removed from the recess as the hinge body is moved to the open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.