Patents Assigned to Trychest Proprietary Limited
  • Patent number: 5588180
    Abstract: A hinge (1) for locating between two members which are to be folded together and opened apart, comprises a pair of parallel trunnions (2,3) interconnected by spaced webs (4). Each trunnion has axially-spaced cylindrical portions (5) of larger diameter than coaxially-arranged intermediate cylindrical portions (6). The hinge is made of a stiffly resilient plastics material having self-lubricating properties and is mounted between the members with the trunnions located rotatably in respective moulded sockets in the respective members. The webs (4) pass through openings in the end faces of the members and permit them to move in their own planes as well as to rotate during their movement from folded-together positions, to the positions they occupy when they are opened apart. The hinge provides a tidy, clean appearance to the members where they are hinged together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Trychest Proprietary Limited
    Inventor: Brian Chester
  • Patent number: 5555603
    Abstract: A sliding curtain clip (5) made of a stiffly resilient plastics material, has a hook (6) at its lower end and three upwardly projecting arms (8 and 9) at its upper end. The arms extend upwardly from a flattened neck (7) and diverge in opposite directions from the plane of the neck. Oppositely-directed bulges (11) at the upper ends of the arms run along respective guide surfaces above the slot. The clip is engaged with the slot by being forced upwardly through it, the upper ends of the bulges providing ramp surfaces (12) which flex the arms towards one another to enable their upper ends to pass upwardly through the slot. The lower portions (13) of the bulges (11) provide ramp surfaces (13) which flex the arms towards the plane of neck when the clip is pulled downwards to detach it from the underside of the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: Trychest Proprietary Limited
    Inventor: Brian Chester