Hardware for mounting glass panels or similar structures

A hinge for movably connecting a first panel to a second panel, the hinge comprising:

• first and second spaced apart hinge members, each hinge member being connectable to the respective first and second panels each hinge member having a front face placed against the respective first and second panels, wherein the front face is defined along a longitudinal direction and a latitudinal direction, perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and the first and second panels have larger dimensions in the longitudinal and latitudinal directions than in a third direction, perpendicular to both the longitudinal and latitudinal directions;
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• a connector located between the hinge members, the connector having a pin member which connects the hinge members together to permit selective movement of the first panel relative to the second panel about multiple axes, wherein, the connector is aligned along a first axis, and the first hinge member has a track located therein to slidably receive the pin member to permit slidable movement of the first panel along a second axis;
• wherein the connector further includes a pin member bushing movably connected to the second hinge member, the pin member bushing including a sloped ramp surface to produce an upward displacement of the first panel as the first panel pivots into an open position, thereby disengaging the first panel from a floor of a shower stall;
• wherein, with the first panel parallel to the second panel in the latitudinal direction and the front faces of the first and second hinge members facing the same direction, such that the first and second panels are in a closed position, the hinge is positioned such that the first panel is orientated such that a portion of the first panel overlaps a portion of the second panel;
• wherein the pin member bushing includes a recess for receiving a pivot pin, the recess having a pair of projections that are diametrically opposed to one another, each projection having first second, and third functional surfaces, and further includes an aperture for aligning the pin member;
• wherein the first surface is a top horizontal surface, the second surface is a vertical surface for abutting the pin, the third surface is a ramp surface located opposite the second surface, the third surface being sloped;
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• wherein the pin member includes a central cylindrical projection which fits snuggly into the aperture, the pin member having two generally opposite projections, the projections having a pair of top bearing surfaces, ramp surfaces and vertical abutment surfaces such that when the pin member is mounted in the pin member bushing, the projections on the pin member enter the recess of the pin member bushing and fit between the projections of the pin member bushing.

A hinge for movably connecting a first panel to a second panel, the hinge comprising:

• first and second spaced apart hinge members, each hinge member being connectable to the respective first and second panels each hinge member having a front face placed against the respective first and second panels, wherein the front face is defined along a longitudinal direction and a latitudinal direction, perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and the first and second panels have larger dimensions in the longitudinal and latitudinal directions than in a third direction, perpendicular to both the longitudinal and latitudinal directions;
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• a connector located between the hinge members, the connector having a pin member which connects the hinge members together to permit selective movement of the first panel relative to the second panel about multiple axes, wherein, the connector is aligned along a first axis, and the first hinge member has a track located therein to slidably receive the pin member to permit slidable movement of the first panel along a second axis;
• wherein the connector further includes a pin member bushing movably connected to the second hinge member, the pin member bushing including a sloped ramp surface to produce an upward displacement of the first panel as the first panel pivots into an open position, thereby disengaging the first panel from a floor of a shower stall;
• wherein, with the first panel parallel to the second panel in the latitudinal direction and the front faces of the first and second hinge members facing the same direction, such that the first and second panels are in a closed position, the hinge is positioned such that the first panel is orientated such that a portion of the first panel overlaps a portion of the second panel;
• wherein the pin member bushing includes a recess for receiving a pivot pin, the recess having a pair of projections that are diametrically opposed to one another, each projection having first second, and third functional surfaces, and further includes an aperture for aligning the pin member;
• wherein the first surface is a top horizontal surface, the second surface is a vertical surface for abutting the pin, the third surface is a ramp surface located opposite the second surface, the third surface being sloped;
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• wherein the pin member includes a central cylindrical projection which fits snuggly into the aperture, the pin member being a mirror image of a recess in the pin member bushing having two generally opposite projections, the projections having a pair of top bearing surfaces, ramp surfaces and vertical abutment surfaces such that when the pin member is mounted in the pin member bushing, the projections on the pin member enter the recess of the pin member bushing and fit between the projections of the pin member bushing.