All Rectilinear Patents (Class 16/237)
  • Patent number: 10982474
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fitting (1) for arrangement to a door and a door frame. The fitting (1) comprises a body (3), a first part (4), and a support plate (6) arranged at a door facing side of the body. The fitting is configured to abut the door when arranged thereto and comprises a distance element (5) in-between the support plate and the body which sets an offset between the support plate and the body. The distance element is moveable between different positions providing different offset between the body and the support plate. This arrangement minimizes the penetration of air or other substance through the door due to an offset between the door and door frame and can be used on different types of doors with different offsets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Industrilås i Nässjö Aktiebolag
    Inventor: Bengt-Åke Alfredsson
  • Patent number: 10689891
    Abstract: A hinge has a door interface comprising a serrated surface and an oversized hole, a bolt at least partially extending into the oversized hole, and a washer disposed on the bolt and captured between the door interface and a head of the bolt, the washer comprising a serrated surface facing toward the serrated surface of the door interface. The oversized hole has a diameter selected to allow significant radial movement of the bolt within the oversized hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventor: Ian Scott Black
  • Patent number: 10415283
    Abstract: The invention disclosed provides a hinge capable of a vertical and overlay adjustment, comprised of a recessed hinge cup and a hinge arm connected to an attachment plate and an abutment plate which are further connected by a deformable hinge section. An overlay adjustment is provided by bending the deformable hinge section through use of an overlay adjustment screw fitted between the attachment plate and the abutment plate. The novel hinge provided is also adjustable vertically via an adjustment screw accessed by a portal in the attachment plate. The design is less complicated and therefore is lighter and less expensive than previous overlay adjustable hinges and allows delicate and semi-permanent adjustments to be made by a single installer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: HARDWARE RESOURCES, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Jeffrey Lowe, Udhaya Bhaskar Nallamottu
  • Patent number: 9748731
    Abstract: An optical apparatus comprises a package containing an optical device and having a front end face provided with a through window part 11 to which an optical fiber optically connected to the optical device is attached, a base having an attachment surface for attaching the package, a first extension arranged so as to project from the front end face along the attachment surface, and a package securing member having a tilted surface adapted to abut against the package so as to generate a force for pressing the package against the base. The package securing member is independent of the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Keiji Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 9663979
    Abstract: A hinge has two housings adapted to be recessed in a door frame and a door edge and a link assembly extending between the housings and having ends pivoted in the housings. A vertically shiftable support body in one of the housings has a row of teeth extending horizontally in a first direction. A bearing block sitting on the support body forms a pivot for the respective end of the link assembly. A screw extending through the bearing block and threaded into the support body is tightenable to bear on and fix the bearing block on the support body. A gear captured in the seat of the bearing block meshes with the row of teeth and is rotatable to shift the bearing block on the support body in the first horizontal direction in an untightened condition of the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: SIMONSWERK GMBH
    Inventors: Nikolaus Dreisewerd, Sergei Gorenbacher
  • Patent number: 9545346
    Abstract: A mounting device which provides a pivotal interface for emergency equipment and a method of attaching the emergency equipment to a rescue transport, e.g., a foot of a litter, are disclosed. For example, the mounting device is releasably attachable to the litter and includes a fastening device operably attached to a mounting structure of the device. The mounting structure includes a tilt plate capable of pivoting. The mounting device also includes an adapter capable of securely mating with the tilt plate, providing a pivotal interface for the attachment of the emergency equipment thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Ferno-Washington, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Chinn, Joseph G. Bourgraf
  • Patent number: 9328545
    Abstract: A blind hinge structure used for furniture, comprising a movable cup holder provided on the furniture door body, an adjusting base provided on the furniture body, a rotary arm connected between the movable cup holder and the adjusting base as well as an elastic element designed to generate opening/closing acting force on the movable cup holder; wherein the adjusting base is designed to realize three-dimensional or two-dimensional adjustment to the hinge; a convex step used to support the elastic member is integrally formed on the bottom wall of the movable cup holder; the elastic member is a torsion spring, with its section on at least one of its end parts being square or circular. The present utility model enables the structure among the rotary arm, the adjusting base and the adjusting components to have higher firmness and even compact assembly, improves strength and extends the service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Guangdong Taiming Metal Products Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Tai Wai Ng
  • Publication number: 20150135480
    Abstract: A door hinge has two hinge leaves joined together at a knuckle defining a hinge axis about which the leaves are relatively pivotal. Top and bottom sheet-metal parts forming a housing surround one of the hinge leaves. The top part is formed with a plurality of downwardly projecting side flaps each projecting toward and bearing on an upper face of the bottom part. Each side flap is formed with at least one downward projecting tab that extends past, is bent over, and bears upward against a bottom face of the bottom part. Two rotatable adjustment spindles are each journaled in the housing and threaded in the one leaf so that rotation of the spindles moves the one leaf in a first direction perpendicular to the hinge axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas BARTELS, Andre BULTSCHNIEDER, Sergei GORENBACHER
  • Patent number: 8967569
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a support structure. A main hinge of the structure is installed with a stop mechanism, so when an object to be supported is placed at a higher location while being in an unfolding state, the object to be supported is restrained from being rotated from a vertical state to a horizontal folding state, thereby preventing falling due to the unstable gravity center; when a connection unit is folded towards a base, an upper end of a first auxiliary connection member links the stop mechanism to rotate for gradually altering the stopping location, so the object to be supported is enabled to be horizontally folded; as such, the object to be supported can be maintained in a stable state during the folding process, thereby preventing the occurrence of falling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Jarllytec Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Tsun Hsu
  • Patent number: 8944394
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Maax Bath Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph D. Berger
  • Patent number: 8683651
    Abstract: A door hinge includes two hinge parts that are connected to each other in articulating fashion. One of the hinge parts has a base plate for attachment to a door frame or door leaf and at least one insert that is adjustable in two directions (x, y, z) relative to the base plate. An intermediate piece is situated between the insert and the base plate that is movable relative to the base plate along a first linear guide in a first direction (x). The insert is movable relative to the intermediate piece along a second linear guide in a second direction (z). A fixing means for providing a clamping locking action extends through a front section of the base plate, the intermediate piece and the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Simonswerk, Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventor: Nicolas Liermann
  • Publication number: 20140082887
    Abstract: In the case of a hinge having a body hinge part which can be preassembled on a body and a door hinge part which can be preassembled on a door leaf, wherein the hinge parts are connected to each other in an articulated manner, provision is made for the body and door hinge parts to have respective flange parts fastenable onto a surface, and a height- and depth-adjusting device is arranged in the body flange part and has at least one first fastening element which can be used to fix the set height and depth position of the door leaf in relation to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: PRAMETA GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Siekierka, Roman Pyschik
  • Patent number: 8555464
    Abstract: A hinge assembly may include a hinge bracket, a pivot member and a hinge arm. The hinge bracket may be adapted to be mounted to a frame member of a vehicle. The pivot member may be connected to the hinge bracket and may be pivotable relative thereto. The hinge arm may be connected to the pivot member and may be pivotable about a longitudinal axis of the pivot member. The hinge arm may be linearly adjustable in a first direction relative to the hinge bracket and linearly adjustable in a second direction relative to the hinge bracket. The first and second directions may be substantially perpendicular relative to each other. The hinge arm may be adapted to be coupled to a closure panel of the vehicle to move the closure panel relative to the frame member between an open position and a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Chrysler Group LLC
    Inventor: Sean A. Bannon
  • Publication number: 20130152340
    Abstract: A hinge assembly may include a hinge bracket, a pivot member and a hinge arm. The hinge bracket may be adapted to be mounted to a frame member of a vehicle. The pivot member may be connected to the hinge bracket and may be pivotable relative thereto. The hinge arm may be connected to the pivot member and may be pivotable about a longitudinal axis of the pivot member. The hinge arm may be linearly adjustable in a first direction relative to the hinge bracket and linearly adjustable in a second direction relative to the hinge bracket. The first and second directions may be substantially perpendicular relative to each other. The hinge arm may be adapted to be coupled to a closure panel of the vehicle to move the closure panel relative to the frame member between an open position and a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: CHRYSLER GROUP LLC
    Inventor: Sean A. Bannon
  • Patent number: 8429794
    Abstract: An adjustable door hinge includes a receptor base and a panel leaf adjustably secured to the receptor base and at least partially defining a vertical adjustment opening and a horizontal adjustment opening. An adjustment transfer element is at least partially contained within the vertical adjustment opening and a vertical adjustment element is rotatably connected to the adjustment transfer element. Rotation of the vertical adjustment element adjusts a position of the panel leaf to any position between a first position and a second position. A horizontal adjustment element is rotatably connected to the horizontal adjustment opening. Rotation of the horizontal adjustment element adjusts a position of the panel leaf to any position between a third position and a fourth position. Vertical and horizontal adjustment of the hinge may be performed independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Amesbury Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Tagtow, Tracy Lammers, Matt Coplan
  • Publication number: 20120291222
    Abstract: A door hinge includes two hinge parts that are connected to each other in articulating fashion. One of the hinge parts has a base plate for attachment to a door frame or door leaf and at least one insert that is adjustable in two directions (x, y, z) relative to the base plate. An intermediate piece is situated between the insert and the base plate that is movable relative to the base plate along a first linear guide in a first direction (x). The insert is movable relative to the intermediate piece along a second linear guide in a second direction (z). A fixing means for providing a clamping locking action extends through a front section of the base plate, the intermediate piece and the insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventor: Nicolas Liermann
  • Publication number: 20120102674
    Abstract: A hinge comprising: a support part for attaching to a support; a load part for attaching to a load; and a pivot formed therebetween; wherein the support part and the load part are independently adjustable under load in at least one direction relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: GRYFFIN EPSS PTY LTD
    Inventors: Steven King, John Mythen
  • Publication number: 20110192839
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a housing forming a food handling compartment, a door positioned at the front of the housing that is configured to rotate about a vertical axis, and a hinge assembly secured to the door. The hinge assembly includes a hinge pin extending along the vertical axis and a double slider-crank mechanism that is coupled to the hinge pin. As the door rotates about the vertical axis, the hinge assembly moves the vertical axis along an elliptical path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventor: HARISH PRAKASH KULKARNI
  • Publication number: 20110107555
    Abstract: A hinge comprises a first leaf, a first plate, at least one sleeve coupled to the first plate, a second leaf having a second plate and an adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism is configured to move and retain one of the first leaf and the second leaf relative to the other of the first leaf and the second leaf at a plurality of positions in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the axis while the second plate extends substantially parallel to the first plate and while the first plate and the second plate are mounted to structures being pivoted by the hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Chad M. Buchanan, Matthew J. Alles
  • Patent number: 7861378
    Abstract: A hinge plate for concealed placement between door frame and door panel, has two mounting bases that can be set into recesses in the door frame and in the door panel, and hinge brackets that work together in pairs, which are connected to rotate about a vertical axis of rotation. On the mounting bases, in each instance, the end of one hinge bracket is mounted to rotate about a vertical axis of rotation, and the end of the other hinge bracket is guided to move longitudinally. The hinge brackets are structured as connection elements having the same construction, which have a U shape with a connecting stay and vertically oriented shanks The hinge brackets are joined together in the manner of a plug-in connection, and are connected to rotate at the connecting stays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Simonswerk, Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
    Inventor: Hubert Neukötter
  • Publication number: 20100313483
    Abstract: An adjustable hinge easily operable to adjust the position of a swinging door vertically and/or horizontally within a door frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: Robert Samuel Waddell
  • Publication number: 20100242227
    Abstract: An adjustable door hinge includes a receptor base and a panel leaf adjustably secured to the receptor base and at least partially defining a vertical adjustment opening and a horizontal adjustment opening. An adjustment transfer element is at least partially contained within the vertical adjustment opening and a vertical adjustment element is rotatably connected to the adjustment transfer element. Rotation of the vertical adjustment element adjusts a position of the panel leaf to any position between a first position and a second position. A horizontal adjustment element is rotatably connected to the horizontal adjustment opening. Rotation of the horizontal adjustment element adjusts a position of the panel leaf to any position between a third position and a fourth position. Vertical and horizontal adjustment of the hinge may be performed independently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Gary Tagtow, Tracy Lammers, Matt Coplan
  • Publication number: 20100122431
    Abstract: A concealed door hinge has first and second leaf assemblies fittable into respective mortises in an edge of the door and in the door frame. The first leaf assembly has a body, mounting tabs at ends of the body and securable to the door frame or to an edge of the door, and an insert shiftable in the body in a first horizontal direction perpendicular to a face of the assembly. The body is also shiftable relative to the tabs in a second horizontal direction transverse to the horizontal direction and parallel to the face. A swivel mechanism is connected between the second leaf assembly and the insert of the assembly. Adjusters engaged between the insert, the body, and the tabs can relatively secure the insert and body in any of a plurality of positions offset relative to one another in the horizontal directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventors: Hubert NEUKOETTER, Nicolas LIERMANN
  • Patent number: 7552511
    Abstract: An adjustable hinge (10) has a frame leaf (11) with a door leaf (14) rotatably mounted thereto. An adjustable mounting assembly (21) has a snap-in connection to the door leaf (14). A slideable carriage (24) is utilized. Vertical adjustment is provided by a bevel gear assembly (25). Horizontal adjustment is provided through a screw (17) which pivots the door leaf (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Creative Research & Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank W Campbell, Bror Fries
  • Patent number: 7550658
    Abstract: A front fallboard, a rear fallboard and a hinge connected between them form in combination a fallboard assembly connected between side arms of a piano cabinet by means of a pair of rotary connectors, and each of the rotary connectors includes a front metal plate connected to the side surface of the front fallboard, a rear metal plate connected to the bottom surface of the side art defining a recess and a rotary damper; since the recess is wider than the rear metal plate already combined with the rotary damper, the rear metal plate is movable on a virtual plane defined by a fore-and-aft direction and an up-and-down direction; while a worker is seeking the optimum positions of the rotary connectors, self-tapping screws keep the rear metal plates in the recesses so that the worker drives woodscrews into the side arms through main holes or auxiliary holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Takamitsu Suzuki, Akira Nakamura, Akio Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7509708
    Abstract: A hinge for detachably anchoring a door to a frame of a piece of furniture includes a mounting and adjustment assembly mounted on the frame, a hinge cup attached to an arm and upper plate, and a locking mechanism attached to the upper plate. An embodiment of the mounting and adjustment assembly includes a base/mounting plate, an adjustment plate and a connecting plate. An embodiment of the locking mechanism is spring actuated to facilitate installation and removal of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: ATC Hardware Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Todd F. Radke, Ronald M. Hartt
  • Publication number: 20090077767
    Abstract: A hinge (10) including a first hinge half (11) to be fixed to a door jamb, and a second hinge half (12) to be fixed to the door. The hinge half (11) has a base (15) with projections (30). The second hinge half (12) has a pivot pin engaging member (16) with slots (33) within which the projections (30) are located to connect the hinge halves (11 and 12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: Azuma Design PTY Limited
    Inventor: Michael Brian Alchin
  • Patent number: 7490385
    Abstract: A position-adjustable base for furniture hinges comprises a base body superposed on a fastening plate. The base body in turn comprises means designed for fitting of a hinge wing and has a pair of opposite side flanges. Each flange has a slot for sliding fastening which is elongated in the adjusting direction of the base, and the fastening plate has a corresponding through hole appearing in the area under the slot to be passed through together with the latter by a screw for fastening of the base to the piece of furniture and to enable sliding of the base body on the fastening plate in said adjusting direction with the screw head bearing on side edges of the corresponding slot. The holes in the fastening plate are surrounded by a raised collar entering the slot and constituting a rest for the head of the corresponding screw when the screw is tightened. Thus a pre-established sliding-resisting force can be obtained, irrespective of the tightening force of the screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Inventor: Carlo Migli
  • Publication number: 20080253071
    Abstract: A support arm for a flat screen like an LCD display, for mounting the flat screen to a surface, like a wall, includes a first fastening part for attaching the support arm to the surface, a first member, at on end hingedly connected to the first fastening part, a second member, at one end hingedly connected to the other end of the first member, a second fastening part for attaching the flat screen to the support arm, and which is hingedly connected to the other end of the second member, and which first member has a space for holding the second member when the arm is in a folded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: S&B SYSTEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Jan Stoelinga, Franciscus Wilhelmus Johannes Bende
  • Patent number: 7360279
    Abstract: A hinge for a door or cover of a cabinet includes first and second hinge wings. Each wing has a plurality of openings for receiving attachment screws that penetrate associated bores in components to be held together by means of the hinge. An adapter is positioned on a back side of each of the components. Each adapter has a projection centered in the bores of the components for receiving a respective screw nut, wherein each screw nut cooperates with one of the attachment screws. A diametrically extending slotted hole disposed in each of the adapters provides for positive-fit, non-rotatable receipt of the screw nut that is displaceable in the slotted hole. Preferably, the diameter of the bores located in the components is greater than a diameter of the attachment screws by the amount of displaceability of the hinge. In this manner, the hinge can be adjusted without detracting from the outward appearance of the hinge on the cabinet door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: EMKA Beschlagteile GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rainer Hoffmann, Markus Schmitz
  • Patent number: 7269880
    Abstract: The invention provides a metal hinge assembly with vertical and horizontal adjustment mounted onto the component of a gate. The top having a rotating support arm is machined with two mounting nuts, the first bolt extends horizontally with threaded rod to hold two nuts to support the gate. The second bolt extends into the shaft of the casing for horizontal and vertical adjustment. A valve extends from a casing for external lubrication. The bottom of the housing contains a chamber to allow the ball bearing smooth rotation allowing adjustment for distance. The bottom of the base has a chamber for the locking set screw to allow vertical adjustment, the bottom surface side of the base, thus rests against the edge of the side surface of a gate and is screwed in the base of the hinge, locking the bottom portion of the hinge to the top of the hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Lee Wallis, Sandra Marie Wallis Arellano
  • Patent number: 6725504
    Abstract: An improved hinge assembly for use with gates, doors and the like, including respective first, second and third members, adapted to be releasably and adjustably mounted to a gate, door or the like and a jamb or the like therefor. The first member (1) has means (10, 11) associated therewith which allows for pivotal movement thereof relative to said second (2) and third members (3), thereby to allow for selective and controlled opening and/or closing of the gate, door or the like. The assembly further includes means which allows for the monitoring of the disposition of the gate, door or the like relative to the jamb or the like therefor, thereby to denote whether the gate, door of the like is open or closed. Means are also provided for selective vertical and/or horizontal adjustment of the hinge assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignees: Steelfinne Fabrications Pty. Ltd., ESI Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Dickson, Mal Urban
  • Patent number: 6719363
    Abstract: Hinges are provided for vehicle floor systems that include an elongated, planar bridge member, and opposite first and second hinge members pivotally attached to the bridge member. The first and second hinge members are each pivotally connected to a respective edge portion of the bridge member. Each hinge member includes a base member and a planar upper panel that extends outwardly from the base member. The upper panel of each hinge member is configured to removably secure a vehicle floor panel thereto. Each hinge member is movable between a first position wherein the upper panel may be substantially coplanar with the bridge member, and a second position wherein the upper panel is transverse to the bridge member. The width of the bridge member is at least twice the pile dimension or compressed pile dimension of overlying carpet to prevent damage to the carpet when the hinge members are pivoted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Collins & Aikman Products Co.
    Inventors: Per Erlandsson, Duane Poliquin, Sture Andersson
  • Patent number: 6557211
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fastening plate to fasten a hinge arm of a furniture hinge to a carrier wall consisting of an elongated base plate having at least two boreholes to receive fastening elements, of a cover plate covering the base plate at least in part and being guided in a transversely displaceable manner thereon, and of an eccentric to displace the cover plate with respect to the base plate. In accordance with the invention, the base plate has in the region of its boreholes, which serve to receive fastening elements, collar-like edges which connect to tang-like extensions. The collar-like edges penetrate elongate apertures provided in the cover plate and the tang-like extensions are bent down with respect to the collar-like edges so that they overhand the lateral edges of the elongate apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20030066164
    Abstract: An adjustable door hinge for joining a combination of doors maintained by an adjacent structure having a hinge cup and a hinge arm movably attached to the hinge cup. A base plate secured to one of the doors or an adjacent structure has a fixed hinge arm engaging member with upstanding side walls which is adjustable secured to the hinge arm. The hinge arm engaging member has an elongated slot and is movable linearly with respect to the hinge arm to permit adjustment of a joined door combination. The hinge aim and hinge arm engaging member are joined together by an appropriate threaded fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventor: Georg Domenig
  • Patent number: 6502282
    Abstract: A hinge support including an elongated support plate is used to support a hinge on a cabinet wall of a frameless cabinet. The support plate incorporates structure that allows the support plate to be used to mount different types of hinges and utilize different types of fasteners. A fastener member is positioned in an elongated recess formed in the cabinet wall and cooperates with the elongated support plate to exert clamping forces on the cabinet wall to maintain the support plate in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Inventor: Ron E. King
  • Patent number: 6353966
    Abstract: A hinge is attached to a cabinet wall of a frameless cabinet by an elongated support plate. The cabinet wall has an opening, an elongated recess extending inwardly from the opening and an elongated slot extending along the elongated recess and in communication therewith. A fastener member is inserted into the opening and slid along the recess. A threaded bolt on the support plate is secured to the fastener member and tightened to secure the support plate at a desired location on the cabinet wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Inventor: Ron E. King
  • Patent number: 6314616
    Abstract: A cabinet door is installed on a frame member of a face frame cabinet employing a mounting bracket attached to a hinge. The mounting bracket is secured to the frame member by a mechanical fastener which is deployed in a recess projecting inwardly from the frame member side. The mounting bracket engages the frame member side and the frame member back and covers an opening formed in the frame member side and a slot located at the frame member back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Inventor: Ron E. King
  • Patent number: 6289555
    Abstract: An adjustable hinge assembly is provided for use on a ventilator apparatus, wherein the ventilator apparatus includes a curb, a removable curb cap covering the curb and presenting side and rear edges, and a ventilator supported on the curb cap. The assembly includes a pair of laterally spaced curb cap support plates that each include a first arm adapted to be secured to the curb cap and extending along one of the side edges of the cap, and a second arm adapted to be secured to the curb cap and extending along the rear edge of the cap. The assembly also includes a back plate connected to and between the support plates along the rear edge of the cap, and a pair of laterally spaced curb plates adapted to be secured to the curb. The curb plates support the curb cap support plates, and define a pivot axis about which the curb cap support plates pivot between a first position in which the cap covers the curb, and a second position in which the cap is raised from the curb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Company
    Inventors: Tung Kim Nguyen, Joseph L. Rehm
  • Patent number: 6233783
    Abstract: A hinge with adjusting devices in which a hinge arm can manually be secured to a base plate by means of an intermediate piece. The hinge arm is connected to a second hinge fastening part, for example a hinge cup, by articulated hinge links. The hinge arm is displaceable with respect to the intermediate piece in the direction of a depth of the piece of furniture and in a direction perpendicular to a side wall of the piece of furniture. Each adjusting device includes a manually operatable member for displacement of the hinge arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Fredi Dubach
  • Patent number: 6205617
    Abstract: A hinge with an adjusting device for adjusting the position of an elongated hinge arm which is mounted on a base plate and is connected to a hinge cup by means of articulated hinge links. The base plate has a mounting plane for abutting a furniture side wall in the mounted position and the position of the hinge arm is adjustable by the adjusting device in a plane perpendicular to said mounting plane. The adjusting device comprises two screws spaced from each other in the longitudinal direction of the hinge arm and being perpendicular to the mounting plane of the base plate. The screws are coupled to each other so that rotation of one screw will result in rotation of the other screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Held, Günter Lenz
  • Patent number: 6203231
    Abstract: A fastening plate for fastening a hinge arm to a supporting wall of a piece of furniture includes two oblong holes on an common centerline through which fastening screws engage. One fastening screw is supported with its head on a spacer element having a height greater than that of the fastening plate, and another fastening screw braces the fastening plate against the supporting wall. The height of the spacer element is greater than that of the fastening plate so that a slight amount of play is provided between the head of the fastening screw supported on the spacer element and the surface of the fastening plate, so that the fastening plate can be moved for adjustment while any undesired lifting of the fastening plate is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 6163930
    Abstract: A hidden interior hinge for use in manufacturing cabinets and other furniture. When installed this hinge is fully hidden from exterior view and therefore does not detract from the exterior aesthetic appearance of a piece of furniture. This hinge is especially suitable for use in manufacturing cabinets from composite materials such as multi-density fiber (MDF) or particle board as it incorporates a cabinet wing assembly which grips a cabinet body between a support plate and a connecting plate, the support plate and connecting plate engaging with a routered cutout in a cabinet body and being tightened together and capturing the cabinet material therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Inventor: Ron E. King
  • Patent number: 6158086
    Abstract: A hinge assembly includes a first hinge leaf for attachment to a door, a second hinge leaf hingedly coupled to the first hinge leaf, and a mounting plate for adjustably positioning and attaching the second hinge leaf to a cabinet frame, casing, door jamb, or the like. The mounting plate includes an elongate slot for receipt of a mounting screw therethrough, permitting movement of the mounting plate relative to the cabinet frame and mounting screw until the screw is tightened against the mounting plate. A window opening in the second hinge leaf exposes the elongate slot and mounting screw when the second hinge leaf is attached to the mounting plate, thereby permitting adjustable positioning of the door on the cabinet frame or other mounting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Inventor: Stephen De Souza
  • Patent number: 6141830
    Abstract: An outset hinge has a shaft holding body which is adjustable in a sideways direction. The side direction of the shaft holding body is equal to front and back directions or sideways directions of the door fittings. Accordingly the outset hinge is easy to adjust through the door fittings in the forward and backward directions or sideways directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Shimooka
  • Patent number: 6073396
    Abstract: A gate hinge is provided which enables a gate to be maintained upright and level in a first closed position and to clear obstacles or follow the contour of the ground when swung into a second position. The gate hinge hereof can be used in combination with a support post, a gate and a conventional hinge. The gate hinge includes a hinge pin preferably mounted on a threaded rod and a bearing attached to a second rod. One of the rods is attached to the support post, the other rod is attached by mounting brackets to the gate. The pivot axis of the hinge is offset relative to the pivot axis of the other hinge, so that during swinging of the gate, its angle of inclination relative to the support post changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Inventor: Rudolph Kietzmann
  • Patent number: 6049946
    Abstract: An adjustable cabinet hinge for providing positional adjustment of a cabinet door relative to a cabinet frame is disclosed. The cabinet hinge includes a door wing to be mounted on a cabinet door, a frame wing to be mounted on a cabinet frame, a hinge arm that interconnects the frame wing and the door wing, and an adjustment screw, having a head and a shaft, that connects the frame wing to the hinge arm. The frame wing includes a slot and a first engagement area adjacent the slot. The slot has a width greater than the diameter of the head of the adjustment screw and the hinge arm includes a second engagement area to engage with the first engagement area on the frame wing. The hinge arm is rotatably connected to the door wing, and the hinge arm has a threaded aperture for engagement with the adjustment screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Newell Operating Company
    Inventors: David R. Cress, Eric F. Friesen
  • Patent number: 5964010
    Abstract: A multi-member base plate assembly for mounting a hinge arm of a furniture hinge to a furniture side wall includes a mounting plate and a carrier plate. The hinge arm is fastenable to the carrier plate. The carrier plate is slidably mounted at the mounting plate and is adjustable in the direction of the height of the piece of furniture. The carrier plate has wing portions which in the mounted position of the base plate are mounted between the mounting plate and the furniture side wall. The mounting plate is formed of two separate leg portions connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Edgar Huber
  • Patent number: 5920958
    Abstract: An adjustable hinge for mounting a door on a frame of a furniture article includes a hinge arm with a first end portion articulated to the first hinge and with a second end portion on which is formed an adjustment member with a threaded adjustment screw opening and a pair of opposing lateral edge portions with depending flanges, each having a recess with a forward end having an abutment surface and a rearward end having a hook. The hinge also includes a second hinge member having portions defining an adjustment screw opening and a pair of opposing lateral edge portions with upstanding flanges, each of which has a forward projection and a rearward projection. The rearward projection pivotably engages the hook of the recess in the depending flange of the adjustment member with the forward projection confronting the abutment surface of the recess of the depending ledge of the adjustment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Grass America, Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Domenig, Andreas Moser
  • Patent number: D829806
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Vitec Holdings Italia SRL
    Inventor: Noah Balmer