Patents by Inventor Louis L. Youngdale

Louis L. Youngdale has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5392493
    Abstract: A pocket hinge assembly having a cabinet plate mounted inside a cabinet, a cup mounted within a receptacle formed in a cabinet door, and a linking member that pivotally connects the cabinet plate to the cup to permit the cup to rotate relative to the cabinet plate and the cabinet door to move between open and closed positions relative to the cabinet. A first end of the linking member is coupled to the cup at a pivot extending therethrough such that the cup is rotatable relative to the cabinet plate at the pivot pin. The opposite end of the linking member is adjustably connected to the cabinet plate to correspondingly vary the overlay between the cabinet and the door in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Inventor: Louis L. Youngdale
  • Patent number: 5103532
    Abstract: A flat-mounted cabinet door hinge, having a low cabinet-side profile, including a cabinet mounting plate and a door mounting plate interconnected by an elongated carrier plate, optionally containing a bend, attached to the cabinet and door mounting plates through a link and a toggle, to allow the door to swing from a closed position through an arc exceeding 90.degree. to an open position and containing a spring device to urge and releasably hold the door in its closed position against the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Inventors: Louis L. Youngdale, Robert L. Youngdale