Detent hinge having spring-based axially and pivotally movable hinge halves
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The hinge design includes appearance features of a detent hinge that has left and right hinge halves, with interleaved elements of the hinge halves wrapped in pairs about a hinge pin which extends through a compression spring at a central location along the hinge pin, and with segments of the hinge pin being viewable between adjacent coils of the compression spring.
Claims
I claim the ornamental design for a detent hinge having spring-biased axially and pivotally movable hinge halves, as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 16, 2009
Date of Patent: Aug 31, 2010
Assignee: The Eastern Company (Naugatuck, CT)
Inventors: Leslie A. Farkas (Delhi), James Harrett (London)
Primary Examiner: Robert M Spear
Assistant Examiner: Cynthia Underwood
Attorney: David A. Burge
Application Number: 29/348,281