Having Interdigitated Surfaces Or Slot For Hinge-to-member Fastener Patents (Class 16/249)
  • Patent number: 11725380
    Abstract: Structural support apparatus, system, and installation method, comprising a base member adapted for being mounted to an existing building structure, an attachment bracket mounted to the base member at a pivot point adapted to be set securely to an angle selected during installation, the attachment bracket also adapted for mounting to a wood riser having openings therein to match the attachment bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: WOODSTONE STRUCTURES LLC
    Inventor: Bryan Ray Marlow
  • Patent number: 11422591
    Abstract: In one example, a hinge assembly is disclosed, which may include a band torque engine having at least one bearing portion and a vertical torque engine coupled to the band torque engine. The vertical torque engine may have an opening. The hinge assembly may include a first shaft received through the at least one bearing portion and the opening. The first shaft may be rotatable along an axis with respect to the band torque engine and the vertical torque engine. The hinge assembly may include a display bracket including an adaptor portion to hold the first shaft such that the first shaft rotates along with the display bracket. The band torque engine may provide a frictional torque and the vertical torque engine may compressively engage with the first shaft to provide a vertical frictional torque during rotation of the display bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Wei-Chung Chen, Chung-Hua Ku, Kuan-Ting Wu
  • Patent number: 11358447
    Abstract: A lift gate door having hinges installed for predetermined positioning into a vehicle. And a method of attaching a lift gate door to a vehicle while maintain proper tolerances. A first fixture holds a set of hinges in predetermined locations which correspond to assembly locations on a vehicle body. Hinges are temporarily attached to the fixture corresponding to the proper vehicle location. A second fixture holds the lift gate in a position which is a final installation position for attaching the lift gate to a vehicle. Self-adjusting moveable fastening nuts are provided in a set of holes in a hinge plate fastening area of the lift gate. The first fixture is moved into aligned orientation with the second feature and the hinges are attached to the lift gate with the fastener. The hinge is aligned in the proper installation orientation for maintaining the lift gate to vehicle gap in proper tolerances when the lift gate door with hinges is installed on the final vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Magna Exteriors Inc.
    Inventor: Vaughn D. Vanderpool
  • Patent number: 10889978
    Abstract: Bracket apparatus for use in connecting an elongate first building member to at least one second building member, said bracket apparatus including a first member, a second member and a connecting portion joining said first member and said second member, a slot located in either or both said first and second members, wherein, in use, the bracket apparatus is affixed to said at least one second building member and then loosely connected to a first end of the first building member through said slot and thereafter the position of the first building member is adjusted relative to said at least one second building member until a desired position is reached whereupon said bracket apparatus is securely fastened to said first building member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Inventors: Ben Stevens, Simon McKechnie
  • Patent number: 10246876
    Abstract: An adjustable bracket for raising a patio roof comprising an attachment mechanism attachable to a fascia or eave on a side of a residential structure; a bracket mechanism configured to raise, support, and attach a patio roof member or joist above the fascia or eave; and an adjustment mechanism to provide an adjustment angle of the bracket mechanism relative to the attachment mechanism to accommodate different roof angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Inventor: Ernie Brean
  • Patent number: 9664215
    Abstract: Disclosed is a removable compact hinge for pivotal connection between a furniture piece and a door. The apparatus incorporates a clamping attachment mechanism in order to avoid permanent mounting holes and to provide quick installation and adjustable installation location. The apparatus comprises a hinge cup pivotally connected to an attachment mechanism ion with a hinge arm. The attachment mechanism comprises a base slidably engaged with a sliding body, the sliding body including an adjustable pressure plate. A lever works with a set of links to slide the sliding body with respect to the base towards the furniture piece and mechanically and releasably clamp the attachment mechanism to the furniture piece without the use of typical wood screws thereby preserving the integrity of the furniture piece. The apparatus further includes adjustability in the vertical, horizontal, and lateral directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: HARDWARE RESOURCES, INC.
    Inventors: Rachel Laird, Travis McElveen, Dennis McGregor
  • Patent number: 9644411
    Abstract: The hinge has a bracket for mounting on a door frame, an adjusting plate for securement to a door, a flange pivotally mounted on the bracket and disposed over the adjusting plate and captive nut assemblies for securing the flange to the adjusting plate in a releasable longitudinally adjustable manner. Loosening of the captive nut assemblies allows the door to be moved laterally of the frame before tightening of the captive nut assemblies fixes the door relative to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Component Hardware Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Brion Gompper
  • Patent number: 8941554
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to an anti-backlash component. In one embodiment, the anti-backlash component includes a housing, the housing comprising a first threaded opening and a second opening, a bolt coupled to the housing through the first threaded opening and the second opening, the bolt comprising a spherical end, a nut coupled to the bolt and an exterior side of the second opening of the housing and a socket coupled to the spherical end of the bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Pro Band International, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Andrew Christie
  • Patent number: 8689515
    Abstract: A hinge assembly is provided for a frame structure. The hinge assembly includes a first generally flat plate having an inner face, an outer face and a bolt-receiving bore therethrough. The bolt-receiving bore extending between the inner face and the outer face along a bore axis at an acute angle to the outer face. A second generally flat plate has an inner face, an outer face and a bolt-receiving bore therethrough. The bolt-receiving bore in the second plate extending between the inner face and the outer face thereof along a bore axis at an acute angle to the outer face. A pin pivotably connects the first plate to the second plate. A first lip extends from the inner face of the first plate and a second lip extends from the inner face of the second plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Blanking Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank E. Oetlinger
  • Patent number: 8307502
    Abstract: A hinge assembly includes a first member configured to be coupled to a door, a second member configured to be pivotally coupled to the first member, the second member having first and second mounting surfaces, and a mounting bracket configured to be coupled to the body. The mounting bracket may be at least partially located between the first and second mounting surfaces, and the second member may be adjustable relative to the mounting bracket to enable adjustment of the door relative to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Sub-Zero, Inc.
    Inventors: Arturo Bonomie, Daniel Mark Graham
  • Patent number: 8276241
    Abstract: A hinge includes a base, a crank, a bottom board, a crank engagement seat, and a fixed seat. The crank is pivotably connected to the base. The bottom board includes at least one retaining portion, a first rivet hole and a vertical elongated hole. The crank engagement seat is connected to the crank and located between the fixed seat and the bottom board. The crank engagement seat includes first and second through-holes and a second rivet hole. The fixed seat includes first and second adjusting holes. A first adjusting member is extended through the first adjusting hole and the first through-hole into the first rivet hole. A second adjusting member is extended through the second adjusting hole into the second rivet hole. The bottom board and the crank engagement seat can be slightly moved in the vertical direction. The crank engagement seat can be slightly moved in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Kunshan Huhua Metal Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi Tai Wu, Hsin Hung Lin, Shu Hua Lin, Shu Jiuan Lin
  • Publication number: 20120204492
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes 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; and 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: MAAX BATH INC.
    Inventor: Joseph D. Berger
  • Publication number: 20120124773
    Abstract: A mechanism for installing a door or other similar closure device with rotary and translational motion, of the type comprising the following elements to be associated with a leaf first pivoting means, which form a first vertical axis (11) for the pivoting of the leaf (12), in a central region thereof, to means for translational motion arranged so as to slide in a corresponding guide (13) associated with the upper stringer (14) of the frame (15) of the door; second pivoting means, whose axis is parallel with respect to the axis of the first pivoting means, for the articulation of two arms (16, 17), a first upper arm (16) and a second lower arm (17), which are both pivoted by means of a first end (21, 22) thereof to the frame (15) of the door or window proximate to a jamb (18) so as to form a second rotation axis (20), third pivoting means, which are formed by the second ends (23, 24) of the arms (16, 17), which are hinged to the leaf (12) so as to form a third rotation axis (26) that passes through the leaf
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventor: Sandro Saccon
  • Patent number: 8156612
    Abstract: An angle-adjustable hinge provided with a first member provided with a case portion holding an approximately disc-shaped gear member having a non-circular through hole as to freely rotate, a second member having a fitting shaft portion detachably inserted to the through hole of the gear member, a wedge-shaped window portion formed on the case portion, and a floating wedge member, movably disposed within the wedge-shaped window portion, in which one side face is a toothed face to engage with the gear member and another side is a contact face to contact a wedge face of the wedge-shaped window portion, to restrict the gear member from oscillation in one direction against the case portion by the engagement of the toothed face with the gear member and the contact of the contact face and the wedge face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Koyo Giken Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tadanobu Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20120036786
    Abstract: A mounting hinge for supporting a movable gate includes a mounting plate attachable to a fixed structure and an adjustment member constrained from horizontal movement by the mounting plate. The mounting hinge also includes a gate supporting member engaged with the adjustment member and movable responsive to a rotation of the adjustment member relative to the mounting plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventor: Edward J. Stull
  • Patent number: 8104141
    Abstract: An angle-adjustable hinge in which a pair of floating wedge members are disposed as to be rotation symmetric for 180° around a first axis as an axis of symmetry, and each of wedge faces of four wedge-shaped window portions is serially formed on an arc around a second axis as a center, eccentric from the first axis and rotation symmetric for every 90° around the first axis as the axis of symmetry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Koyo Giken Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tadanobu Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8042228
    Abstract: An adjustable hinge block includes first and second complementary members, each defining therein a first and a second slit respectively. The members are adapted to mate with each other such that the first and second slits at least partially align with each other to define a third slit. First and second wing members protrude from the members respectively such that the wing members lie on opposite sides of the third slit when the members mate with each other. The wing members each define therein a first and a second aperture respectively, which first and second apertures are adapted to receive a fastener. First and second side members, each define therein a third and a fourth aperture respectively, such that the third and fourth apertures is adapted to align with the first and second apertures respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventor: Terry D. Jones
  • Publication number: 20110094057
    Abstract: A finger-safe door-hinge combination looks and feels like a conventional residential door. Finger protection is achieved through the use of soft, deformable materials on the hinge-side edge in combination with specialized hinges. The deformable materials are shaped to give the appearance of a traditional door yet provide clamping injury protection by yielding to fingers. The specialized hinges provide structural support across the deformable materials in a finger-safe manner such that hinge leaves do not cause clamping injury.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventor: Niall J. Duffy
  • Publication number: 20110089801
    Abstract: A hinge assembly includes a first member configured to be coupled to a door, a second member configured to be pivotally coupled to the first member, the second member having first and second mounting surfaces, and a mounting bracket configured to be coupled to the body. The mounting bracket may be at least partially located between the first and second mounting surfaces, and the second member may be adjustable relative to the mounting bracket to enable adjustment of the door relative to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Arturo Bonomie, Daniel Mark Graham
  • Publication number: 20110024590
    Abstract: A hinge for pivotally connecting a first panel to a second panel. The hinge has a first hinge member for connection to the first panel and a second hinge member for connection to the second panel. The hinge has a connector between the first hinge member and the second hinge member, the connector allowing the first hinge member to pivot with relation to the second hinge member. The connector is mounted in a track formed in the first hinge member and is selectively movable therein to vary a position of the first hinge member with relation to the second hinge member. The invention also provides a clamping arrangement for mounting a panel to a wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: MAAX BATH INC.
    Inventor: Joseph D. Berger
  • Publication number: 20100293748
    Abstract: An angle-adjustable hinge provided with a first member provided with a case portion holding an approximately disc-shaped gear member having a non-circular through hole as to freely rotate, a second member having a fitting shaft portion detachably inserted to the through hole of the gear member, a wedge-shaped window portion formed on the case portion, and a floating wedge member, movably disposed within the wedge-shaped window portion, in which one side face is a toothed face to engage with the gear member and another side is a contact face to contact a wedge face of the wedge-shaped window portion, to restrict the gear member from oscillation in one direction against the case portion by the engagement of the toothed face with the gear member and the contact of the contact face and the wedge face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: KOYO GIKEN KABUSHIKI KAISYA
    Inventor: Tadanobu YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 7617567
    Abstract: The invention concerns a hinge of the type including of a pair of members of a hinge (1), each having a pair of screw-anchoring holes (5). The holes are obtained within housing seats (2) prearranged for the introduction of adjusters (3, 9). Each adjuster includes a body (6) and a flange (7). The edge of the flange rests on the surface of each member of the hinge (1) in various mutual positions of the adjuster in its respective seat. According to the invention, said housing seats (2) have a centered-symmetry base layout, and guiding means (6, 11, 11a) are provided for guiding said adjuster body (6) into its respective housing seat (2) so as to allow the free movement of the adjuster (3, 9) in a single direction, among multiple possible directions, depending on the orientation of each adjuster (2) in its respective seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Elesa S.p.A.
    Inventor: Gian Carlo Franchini
  • Publication number: 20090273890
    Abstract: A second enclosure defines the backside superposed on a first enclosure for relative rotation around a rotation axis set perpendicular to the front surface of the first enclosure in an electronic apparatus. First, second and third flat surfaces are defined on the backside of the second enclosure at positions inside the contour of the second enclosure. The receiving pieces receive the first flat surface when the second enclosure is set in the reference attitude. When the second enclosure is set in the lateral attitude by rotation by plus or minus 90 degrees, the second flat surface or the third flat surface is received on the receiving pieces behind the second enclosure. Even if friction resulting from the contact roughens the first, second and third surfaces, the asperity and scratches on the surfaces are hidden behind the second enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hisamitsu Takagi, Satoshi Kanbayashi
  • Patent number: 7549380
    Abstract: A hinge and support system for supporting cargo in a freight compartment is provided. The system includes a hinge member, associated with a deck panel, which has at least one flexible projection. The hinge member mates with a support member having a pocket for which the hinge member's flexible projections can be snapped into and retained within so as to allow pivotal movement of the hinge member with respect to the support member. The hinge member is also movably supported by the deck panel so that the hinge member can move relative to the deck panel when the deck panel is deployed. The support member includes one ledge which engages the deck panel when deployed and a second ledge which engages the panel when stowed upright so as to substantially isolate the hinge member from the weight of the deck panel and items placed on it. The hinge structure can be utilized in other contexts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Sullivan
  • Patent number: 7516517
    Abstract: A hinge device where height adjustment, depth adjustment and side adjustment are permitted, wherein a hinge flap is adjustably supported by a rotatable pin with a polygonal flange, the hinge for side adjustment having an adjustable screw body fastened into the door frame for abutment with the rear side of the hinge, and where depth adjustment is provided by allowing a tongue on the hinge flap to form rotatable engagement with a double-headed adjusting screw that is insertable into the door frame parallel to the plane of the hinge flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: FRIP AB
    Inventor: Bror Fries
  • Patent number: 7469090
    Abstract: A cable trough cover assembly and method of assembly including a cover plate and a hinge piece. The cover plate includes a pivot member along at least one edge, and the hinge piece defines a pocket for releasably receiving the pivot member. The pocket and pivot member arrangement allow the cover plate to be rotated relative to a cable trough to which the hinge pieces may be mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Ferris, Joel T. Fisher
  • Publication number: 20080178426
    Abstract: A furniture hinge includes a carrier arm and a door fitting having a recessed cup that is rotatably disposed at one end of the carrier arm. A fastening plate is adjustably connected to another end of the carrier arm. A mounting plate is longitudinally adjustably attached to the fastening plate and is attachable to a furniture body. Either the fastening plate or the mounting plate includes a guide wall having a guide slot where the guide wall is bent perpendicularly to a plane of the respective plate. The other of the fastening plate or the mounting plate includes a guide tongue extending into the guide slot where the guide tongue is parallel to a plane of the other respective plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschlager
  • Patent number: 7350272
    Abstract: A hinge device where height adjustment, depth adjustment and side adjustment are permitted, wherein a hinge flap is adjustably supported by a rotatable pin with a polygonal flange, the hinge for side adjustment having an adjustable screw body fastened into the door frame for abutment with the rear side of the hinge, and where depth adjustment is provided by allowing a tongue on the hinge flap to form rotatable engagement with a double-headed adjusting screw that is insertable into the door frame parallel to the plane of the hinge flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Frip AB
    Inventor: Bror Fries
  • Patent number: 7089626
    Abstract: An adjustable hinge assembly for a vehicle door in which a body-mounting plate has a spherical convex surface in moveable contact with a corresponding spherical concave surface at the base of a hinge plate permitting adjustments in the pivot axis of the hinge assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventor: Allan Alexander
  • Patent number: 6971142
    Abstract: Mounting plate (10) which can be fixed on the supporting wall of the carcass of a piece of furniture for adjustably retaining the bracket of a furniture hinge, wherein the said mounting plate has a flat base plate (12) with wing projections (22), which project from opposing long edges and in each of which at least one through hole (28) for a fixing screw is provided, and an elongate bracket retaining part (16) projecting from the base plate (12) between the wing projections (22). The base plate (12) is provided in its underside facing the carcass supporting wall with a flat recess of large surface area in which a planar adjusting plate with a thickness substantially equal to the internal depth of the recess is adjustably disposed so as to be movable in at least one co-ordinate direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Mepla-Werke Lautenschlager GmbH & Co.KG.
    Inventor: Gerhard Wilhelm Lautenschläger
  • Patent number: 6854400
    Abstract: A hinge and support system for supporting cargo in a freight compartment is provided. The system includes a hinge member, associated with a deck panel, which has at least one flexible projection. The hinge member mates with a support member having a pocket for which the hinge member's flexible projections can be snapped into and retained within so as to allow pivotal movement of the hinge member with respect to the support member. The hinge member is also movably supported by the deck panel so that the hinge member can move relative to the deck panel when the deck panel is deployed. The support member includes one ledge which engages the deck panel when deployed and a second ledge which engages the panel when stowed upright so as to substantially isolate the hinge member from the weight of the deck panel and items placed on it. The hinge structure can be utilized in other contexts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Sullivan
  • Patent number: 6701572
    Abstract: A flap hinge for connecting a flap, for example, a front lid or a boot lid, to a body of a motor vehicle in an articulated manner. The hinge includes a first stop component for fixing to the flap, a second stop component for fixing to the body and a connecting member. Openings of the two stop components are interspersed by said member. At least one of the two stop components can be pivoted around said member, which is provided with thread sections on both ends thereof. An opening of one of the two stop components respectively is interspersed by said sections. Each one of the two stop components can be adjusted separately by means of detachable nuts. A flap hinge is provided, which enables a pivoting moment to be adjusted in a defined manner without affecting the adjustment of the position. At least one of the openings is configured as an elongated hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Edscha AG
    Inventor: Ralpf Bechthold
  • Patent number: 6609271
    Abstract: A locking device for handle assembly with multiple stages wherein a lock member of higher lock may move into the lock hole of the next lower lock for causing a lock pin of the next lower lock to disengage. Further, there is no horizontal component force created on the slope because the lock member of the higher lock inserts into the lock hole of next lower lock as well as higher lock and next lower lock are engaged in a planar surface. This ensures that there is no gap between the higher and next lower lock such that the fully retracted handle grip may rest on the bezel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Chaw Khong Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chung-Hsien Kuo
  • Patent number: 6438799
    Abstract: A hinge possesses a casing portion (1) and a lid portion (4) which is movably supported, preferably pivoted (3), on the casing portion (3). So that the hinge can be assembled in a more simple manner, a retaining part (18) is provided on the casing portion (1) or the lid portion (4) by means of which the relative position of both parts (1, 4) is fixed in place (FIG. 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Inventor: Lina Gronbach
  • Patent number: 6286185
    Abstract: A hinge for metal cupboard doors or the like, comprising a first hinged piece such as a hinge plate with one or several counterbored holes for fixing screws and a second hinge piece articulated on the first hinge piece such as a hinge frame or hinge plate, which is also provided with several counterbored holes for fixing screws, wherein the holes of the at least one hinge part are configured as oblong holes. The hinge is provided with a fixing screw bushing which can be fitted into the oblong hole, and whose part fitting into the counterbored area of the oblong hole has a cross-section which differs from a circular form, i.e. a quadratic cross-section, preferably a longitudinally extended rectangular, rectangular with added semicircles of an oval cross-section, and whose longitudinal extension is (the same or) greater than the transversal extension of the counterbored area of the oblong hole and whose inner counter matches the shape of the fixing screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Inventor: Dieter Ramsauer
  • Patent number: 6152554
    Abstract: The housing of a hinge assembly is provided with elongated apertures and a plate of less width than the housing is clamped over the apertures by mounting screws which secure the housing to a cabinet. The housing wall and the surface of the plate are serrated to secure the plate against lateral movement after being clamped to the housing. A cover is snap-fitted onto the housing to seal off the elongated apertures and to eliminate any exposed gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Component Hardware Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernard Parisi
  • Patent number: 6060660
    Abstract: A consolidation point enclosure employing a two piece design in which a cover subassembly is removably mounted to a mounting plate. The cover subassembly includes notches that allow cable to enter the consolidation point enclosure. When the cover subassembly is removed, cables can be routed to the consolidation point enclosure without pulling the cables through restrictive openings. The cover subassembly is then mounted to the mounting plate with the notches straddling the cables. The invention also includes a patch panel mounting assembly that is hingedly mounted to the mounting plate. A pair of spring loaded pins secure the patch panel mounting assembly in an open position which facilitates access to the devices mounted in the patch panel mounting assembly. In alternative embodiments, the mounting plate includes additional support plates for mounting 110 type or 66 type cabling products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: The Siemon Company
    Inventor: Arthur D. Bauer
  • Patent number: 5918321
    Abstract: A device for fastening a toilet seat and cover to the rim of a toilet bowl, including a plate having a slot extending laterally across the plate and a screw passing through the slot. The plate is selectively adjustable along the length of the slot with respect to the screw and around the screw for positioning the plate. A stud standing up from the plate receives a hollow sleeve shaped toilet seat support over the stud. The stud is expanded by a tightening screw to secure the stud inside the support and thereby to fix the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: Estoli, S.A.
    Inventor: Jose Estape Olle
  • Patent number: 5884364
    Abstract: A hinge for mounting a door on a frame of a furniture articles includes a first hinge member such as a hinge cup to be mounted to the door, a hinge arm connected at one end of the hinge arm to the hinge cup on a pivot pin fixed in the hinge cup, and a second hinge member in the form of a hinge plate disposed on the other end of the hinge arm. The hinge plate includes an elongate opening with a centrally disposed first section and adjacent sections communicating with the first section through first and second gap formed by projections extending from opposing sides of the elongate opening towards one another. A fastening screw can be premounted in the hinge arm plate by insertion into the first section of the elongate opening. The fastening screw is provided with a threaded section which engages the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Grass America, Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Domenig, Andreas Moser
  • Patent number: 5868515
    Abstract: A yoke member comprises a pair of handle-engaging members supported from a connecting member with at least one of the handle-engaging members attached to the connecting member with a living hinge to provide a one-piece attachment for a tool to enable a tool handle to be secured between the handle-engaging members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Padco, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Ives Janssen
  • Patent number: 5829814
    Abstract: For the vertical alignment of a hinged covering flap, in particular of a glove-compartment cover, it is proposed to insert the hinge leaf on the cover side, accompanied by the spring-loaded engagement of teeth which protrude and engage into a row of teeth, into a channel fixedly disposed with respect to the vehicle body, and to secure the resulting alignment position with the use of a locking clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventors: Harry Niessner, Santiago Duenas, Helmut Wagner
  • Patent number: 5823241
    Abstract: A user fittable and user mountable blind for an arched window comprising a minimum of two rigid slat hangers with angled slots to hold trimmable slats as long as the widest part of the window in the hangers and adjustable hinges with one short side to connect to the hangers and a slotted longer side to allow fastening to a top part of the window frame with a single mounting screw or to allow fastening to a mounting block slidably held in a track mounted in a top part of the window frame. After moving the adjustable hinges using the mounting block or utilizing the slot in the hinge to bring the slats to a horizontal position the user may trim the slats to exactly fit the window frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Inventors: Steven O. Sitzes, Keith B. Turner
  • Patent number: 5781967
    Abstract: An improved self mounting adjustable hinge which simplifies the pre-installation of a door on a frame resulting in greater efficiency and reduced costs associated with the production of furniture articles such as cabinets, desks and the like. The improved adjustable hinge includes a hinge cup mountable to a door, a hinge arm connected at one end to the hinge cup and a hinge plate connected to the other end of the hinge arm which includes a substantially D-shaped opening for mounting the hinge plate to the frame and securing the door to the frame. The D-shaped opening in the hinge plate is specifically dimensioned to allow a head of a pre-installed fastening screw to pass through the opening only when the hinge plate is tilted relative to the screw head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Grass America, Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Domenig, Andreas Moser
  • Patent number: 5664288
    Abstract: A furniture hinge (10) with a door-related hinge member, which is constructed as a hinge pot (18) that can be inserted countersunk in a recess (16) on the inside of the door leaf (12) and is composed of a pot part (20), lying within the recess, and a fastening flange (22), which can be placed upon the region of the inside of the door leaf, adjoining the door leaf recess (16), and can be fastened to the back side of the door leaf (12) by fastening means engaging the material of the door leaf (12) in the specified fastening position of the door leaf (12), the pot part (20), engaging the recess (16), being dimensioned smaller than the recess (16) in the door leaf (12) in such a manner, that, in the unfastened state, it can be shifted in the recess by a specified amount at least at right angles to the border edge of the door leaf (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: MEPLA-Werke Lautenschlager GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Horst Lautenschlager, Reinhard Lautenschlager
  • Patent number: 5621947
    Abstract: A hinge for mounting a door on a frame of an article of furniture includes a mounting plate mountable to the frame, a hinge arm mounted on the mounting plate, and a hinge case mountable to the door end connected to the hinge arm by at least one hinge axle. The mounting plate is fastenable to the frame by at least one fastening screw. The mounting plate is provided with a key hole or a T-shaped hole having a broad first part and a narrow second part. An adjustment screw is mounted in a female thread of the hinge arm and has a head part and a neck part, the neck part being of smaller diameter than a threaded part of the screw. The width of the broad first part of the hole is broader than the diameter of the head part of the adjustment screw and the width of the narrow second part of the hole is less than the diameter of the head part and of the threaded part. The neck part of the adjustment screw is held in the narrow second part of the hole, and the head part abuts a rear side of the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.g.H.
    Inventors: Helmut Fitz, Erich Rock
  • Patent number: 5564775
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hinge past system which enables an operator to simultaneously install and position a door at a desired location on the body of a motor vehicle. The hinge past system includes a hinge having a first section and a second section. The second section is rotatably connected to the first section. The second section further includes a key for securing the door to the vehicle and for adjusting the position of the door relative to the vehicle, along the longitudinal axis. The hinge post system further includes hinge post having a first chamber and a second chamber. The first chamber has an extension for securing the post to the vehicle. The second chamber includes an extension and other means for adjusting the position of the hinge relative to the second chamber along the vertical and lateral axes. The longitudinal, vertical and lateral axes are substantially perpendicular to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Vereinigte Aluminum - Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jorg Ebert, Volker Gomon, Dieter Bungarten
  • Patent number: 5548869
    Abstract: A pivot assembly employs a pivot block to resist lateral forces and facilitate door alignment. The assembly includes a sleeve, pivot pin, pivot block and jamb bracket. The jamb bracket is connected to a corner between a jamb and a floor. The pivot block mounts on to the jamb bracket with anchors that engage serrations in a slot of the jamb bracket. The pivot block includes two halves resiliently connected at one end and separated by a gap, with a conical socket centered along the gap. A pivot pin is threaded into a sleeve mounted to the lower edge of a door to adjust height. A head on the lower end of the pin engages grooves in the pivot block socket. The pivot block halves separate to accommodate the pivot pin, and to cause the pivot block halves to be anchored in the jamb bracket. To properly align the door, the door is lifted to disengage the pivot pin from the pivot block. Vertical height is adjusted by rotating the pivot pin in the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Assignee: Arthur Cox & Sons, Inc.
    Inventor: William F. Ryczek
  • Patent number: 5423149
    Abstract: A kit including a full door piano hinge and frame mount for one lateral edge of a door is disclosed. Door edge trim for mounting on the closing side of the door may be optionally employed. While the hinge and frame mount are integral, they are reversible and hence can be positioned on either side of a door prior to mounting in the door jamb and frame. The latch assembly is then applied to either the left or the right-hand side depending upon how the door is hinged and hung. More specifically the hinge is provided with a plurality of holes in one of its leaves which permits the same to be secured to one lateral edge of the door with screws already in place awaiting the placement of the hinge. In one embodiment of the method, taken in conjunction with the door of U.S. Pat. No. 4,311,183, the lateral edge screws are relieved by one to two turns from the hinge side. The hinge leaf mounting surface is provided with keyhole slots which are positioned against the shank of the relieved screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Inventor: Walter Herbst
  • Patent number: 5412841
    Abstract: A furniture hinge (10) for hanging a door (12) on a cabinet carcase, whose door-related member (18) is configured as a hinge cup which can be set into a mortise (16) in the inside of the door (12), the hinge cup being composed of the actual cup part (20) lying within the mortise and a mounting flange (22) which can be placed on the area of the inside of the door adjoining the door mortise. In the mounting flange at least one slot (24) running at right angles to the adjacent edge of the door is provided for a mounting screw which can be driven into the door. The cup part (20) engaging in the mortise (16) is undersized with respect to the door mortise such that, when the mounting screw is loosened it can be shifted in the mortise by a given amount at right angles to the door edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: MEPLA-Werke Lautenschlager GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Horst Lautenschlager, Reinhard Lautenschlager, Gerhard Lautenschlager
  • Patent number: RE36213
    Abstract: Furniture hinge for hanging a door on a cabinet carcase whose door-side front face is narrowed by a frame formed of stick-like frame members reaching inward at right angles from the side walls and at least partially overlapping the inside of the door in the closed position, the hinge having a hinge arm of sheet metal which has a fastening plate which can be placed on the free edge face of a member of the frame remote from the side wall, has a width substantially corresponding to the width of the edge face of the frame member, bears the actual arm section coupled by a linkage to the hinge part attached to the door, and is provided with a slot running in the longitudinal direction of the edge face of the frame member, the width of the slot being substantially equal to the diameter of the shaft of the fastening screw, and at least one tab being created on the back edge of the fastening plate pointing into the cabinet interior which is bent substantially at right angles against the cabinet-interior face of the fr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: MEPLA-Werke Lautenschlager GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Horst Lautenschlager, Gerhard Lautenschlager