Having Interdigitated Surfaces Or Slot For Hinge-to-member Fastener Patents (Class 16/249)
  • Patent number: 5400474
    Abstract: The suspension of a door hinged within a frame for swinging movements in a horizontal plane includes a suspension member with blocks secured upon its ends, with spaced apertures within the frame and door and with blocks projected into said apertures and supportably interlocked with the frame and door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Inventor: Leon Yulkowski
  • Patent number: 5385383
    Abstract: An improved door pillar assembly for a passenger car coachwork formed as a substantially vertical extruded light metal hollow-section member and having an outer wall to which longitudinally spaced upper and lower hinge lugs are adjustably secured for swivel connection of a vehicle door. The extruded hollow section member includes a pair of inner transverse ridge members which extend along the longitudinal dimension and divide the hollow interior into three transversely spaced cage sections. Each of the outer cage sections further includes a longitudinal channel formed into the inner surface of the common wall to which the hinge lugs are adjustably secured. An upper and lower pair of slots are provided in the outer wall and are aligned with respect to the channels for receiving the mounting hardware (i.e., bolts) for the hinge lugs whereby the hinge lugs can be selectively positioned within the slots prior to tightening to provide a desired height adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: Audi A.G.
    Inventors: Gundolf Kreis, Norbert Enning, Ulrich Klages, Heinrich Timm
  • Patent number: 5379487
    Abstract: Two screws are threaded into two holes in a hinge arm which is adapted to be assembled with a base plate by shifting the arm longitudinally to cause the screws to slide into two U-shaped slots in the plate, the slots permitting longitudinal adjustment of the hinge arm. One of the screws may be turned to adjust the inclination of the hinge arm relative to the base plate while the other screw serves to lock the arm to the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Amerock Corporation
    Inventor: Michael J. Bowers
  • Patent number: 5375297
    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: April 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: MEPLA-Werke Lautenschlager GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Horst Lautenschlager, Gerhard W. Lautenschlager
  • Patent number: 5297315
    Abstract: The suspension of a door hinged within a frame for swinging movements in a horizontal plane includes an elongated metal cable with blocks secured upon its ends, with spaced apertures within the frame and door and with blocks projected into said apertures and supportably interlocked with the frame and door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Inventor: Leon Yulkowski
  • Patent number: 5205072
    Abstract: A shower divider to close a shower basin has at least two wall section elements made of glass or synthetic/plastic material, which are respectively self-supporting without a frame and are articulately connected to one another by means of a hinge. At least one wall section element is equipped with a plurality of longitudinal slots arranged in superposed attitude with respect to one another but in the same plane, i.e., a plurality of parallel longitudinal slots in vertical alignment one above the other in the plane of the door, and a threaded securement screw can be operatively screwed in pre-selected manner and exchangeably into respective screw-thread holes of said hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Dorma-Glas Gesellschaft fur Glastur-Beschlage
    Inventor: Peter Eutebach
  • Patent number: 5193247
    Abstract: The invention belongs to the area of fittings for furniture, and relates to a dismountable and adjustable hinge for the incorporation into units of furniture. The hinge comprises a hinge arm (1) tightened to a base plate (4) by means of a tightening screw (6), whose neck (6'") limiting a trapezoidal recess (6") at each inclination of the hinge arm (1) cooperates with shoulder sections (10) of a longitudinal recess (10') of an intermediate step (17) of the base plate (4). Into a female thread (14) there is screwed a threaded bolt (5) for adjusting the inclination of the hinge arm (1) with respect to the base plate (4), resting by its bottom surface (5') on a first step (16) of the base plate (4), for the limitation of shifting of the bolt (5) in longitudinal direction there being provided an abutment (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: Mednarodno podjetje LAMA, d.d. okovje - montazni sistemi - orodja - trgovina
    Inventors: Anton Placer, Mihajlo Marjanovic, Klavdij Kocjan
  • Patent number: 5193695
    Abstract: Hinge device (10, 10') having a tubular member (12, 12') and an elongate member (14, 114'). The elongate member (14, 14') is slideable in the tubular member (12, 12'). The elongate member (14, 14') comprises a first portion (28, 28') and a second portion (16, 16'). When the first portion (28, 28') is positioned inside the tubular member (12, 12') the elongate member (14, 14') is swivelable about its longitudinal axis (24, 24'). When the second portion (16, 16') is positioned inside the tubular member (12, 12') the elongate member (14, 14') is not swivelable about its longitudinal axis (24, 24').
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Inventor: Peter L. Mann
  • Patent number: 5133109
    Abstract: An apparatus for the adjustable attachment of a wardrobe for (42) to a door supporting arm (SA) comprises a first part (1) for attachment to the supporting arm (SA); a second part (7); and, a third part (8) which is mounted to the door (42). Threaded rotatable tangs (27) are provided to adjust the position of the first part (1) with respect to the second part (7) in a first direction. Threaded rotatable tangs (29) are also provided to adjust the position of the second part (7) with respect to the third part (8) in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1992
    Assignee: O.M.M. di Enrico e Ing. Roberto Natale Mariani s.n.c.
    Inventor: Roberto Mariani
  • Patent number: 5099547
    Abstract: This invention relates to a mounting plate assembly for a hinge, preferably for a furniture hinge, comprising a base plate and an intermediate plate, which is adjustable relative to the base plate and is adapted to be clamped against or connected to the base plate by a screw in different adjusted positions and on which the hinge bracket is preferably adjustably mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 5038436
    Abstract: A hinge rotatably connecting a paintable closure panel to a closure panel jamb of a vehicle body panel of a motor vehicle and enabling temporary extending motion of the hinge from a retracted position to an extended position, spacing the paintable closure panel away from the vehicle body panel during assembly to allow the painting of the paintable closure panel and the clousre panel jamb. A reinforcement plate mounts to the vehicle body panel and has a pair of slots and a retaining pin hole. A body hinge plate has a pair of rivets that are slideably received by the slots of the reinforcement plate to permit slideable movement of the body hinge plate relative to the reinforcement plate. A gate side strap of the hinge is mounted to the paintable closure panel. A hinge pin hingedly connects the gate side strap to the body hinge plate enabling rotation of the paintable closure panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Randy K. Ihrke
  • Patent number: 4980946
    Abstract: Jointed fitting for a swing door, window or the like, designed in metal or plastic material and the movable frame whereof is partially overlapping the fixed frame, consisting of an angular support and of a compass bearing. The latter are embodied in a symmetric manner in relation to a median horizontal plane, allowing for their reversibility in view of being used either right or left of the movable frame, with this angular support and this compass bearing comprising, furthermore, means designed for fillister and applied fastening to the fixed frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1991
    Assignee: Ferco International Usine de Ferrures de Batiment
    Inventors: Andre Verasani, Daniel Vigreux
  • Patent number: 4937916
    Abstract: An improved offset door pivot is disclosed wherein the pivot is mountable to the face of a door without having to mortise or otherwise machine the door. Further, the door pivot is non-handed, such that the identical pivot can be mounted to either the right-or left-hand side of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1990
    Assignee: Kawneer Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald E. Redman
  • Patent number: 4881296
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mounting for a door or window, especially an all-glass door or an all-glass window. A vertical frame piece provides a vertically extending receiving space accessible via a vertical slit for an anchor with an internal thread. A screw penetrating a hinge part is screwed into this thread. The anchor has a transverse dimension smaller than the width of the slit and a longitudinal dimension greater than the width of the slit. A friction drive member for the anchor is located in the slit and penetrated by the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Assignee: Casma S.p.A.
    Inventor: Mario Marinoni
  • Patent number: 4878255
    Abstract: A hinge assembly for adjustably mounting a toilet covering member to the rear of a toilet is disclosed. In one form, a hinge block has a compartment with serrations to adjustably receive a bushing with complementary serrations. A mounting bolt is placed through an opening in the hinge block and the bushing for engagement with a nut to secure the hinge assembly to the toilet. In one embodiment, the hinge block supports opposing hinge brackets for the toilet covering member with the hinge pin trapped by the mounting of one of the brackets. In an especially preferred form, the hinge assembly is employed with a cover and a toilet having matching curved front portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1989
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Ronald N. Grimstad, Michael F. Daly
  • Patent number: 4873743
    Abstract: A hinge having a base fixed to a piece of furniture and to which a pivotable member attached to a door is joined so that the pivotable member can be turned so as to be opened and closed, the hinge being fixed to a mounting member attached to a body of furniture. A rear screw engaged with the mounting member is inserted into and engaged with a recess in an upper wall of the base with the head of the rear screw positioned above the recess as the base is moved slidingly from the front side on the mounting member so as to be fitted thereon, and the head of a front screw which is engaged with the mounting member is opposed to an opening in the upper wall of the base from the lower side thereof so as to be engaged at least from the upper side with locking members on the base. The mounting member is made longitudinally symmetric, so that the base can be secured to the mounting member in two directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1989
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Murakoshi Seiko
    Inventor: Hiroaki Toyama
  • Patent number: 4825507
    Abstract: In a hinge for doors and the like one of the hinge blades is divided into two members, one member having a pocket in which the other member fits. The pocket has such a shape and size that the position of the other member in the pocket may be adjusted by the aid of adjustable stops in the shape of screws being provided in the hinge blade member for adjustment of a door panel in the associated door frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1989
    Assignee: A/S Grorud Jernvarefabrik
    Inventor: Tore Killingstad
  • Patent number: 4800622
    Abstract: A hinge includes a hinge arm adapted to be snapped onto a mounting plate. The front of the hinge arm is directly or by an intermediate member indirectly engageable into the mounting plate, and the rear of the hinge arm has a tilting lever at which a hook member is formed by which the tilting lever is lockable to the mounting plate. When a door is mounted to the body of an article of furniture, the hinge arm can be engaged into the mounting plate and then fastened thereto simply by applying pressure. Canting of the hinge arm at the mounting plate is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Rupprechter, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4761852
    Abstract: A hinge comprised of a door leaf, a body leaf, and required shims, which support and asist in pivoting a vehicle panel door. The door leaf is uniquely constructed, having extended parallel portions on each side of the wide end connected by an integrally formed hinge pin, creating a door leaf slot with said integral pin being the axis of rotation for said door. Alternatively, two underside projections on said door leaf near the narrow end or a T-slot, serve as fastener receiving means when the hinge is attached to said vehicle panel door. The body leaf has a semi-circular knuckle portion that serves as a sleeve within which sid integral hinge pin said door leaf rotates. Two projections on the mounting portion of said body leaf are fastener receiving means when said body leaf is attached to said vehicle panel body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1988
    Inventor: Charles J. Sauber
  • Patent number: 4653144
    Abstract: A hinge for the hanging of a door, especially an inset or recessed glass door, on the carcase of a piece of furniture has a door-related hinge part which is coupled by a linkage mechanism to a wall-related hinge part which can be fastened to a wall of the carcase. The wall-related part in turn is composed of a mounting component that can be fastened to the wall, and of a link holder which is adjustable in a plane at right angles to the hinge pivot axis with respect to the mounting component and can be locked on the latter at selectable positions. The mounting component has a bracket arm projecting from a mounting plate that can be fastened to the wall and has an essentially arcuate mounting surface convexly curved with respect to the wall, on which a complementarily arcuate mounting surface of the link holder can be fastened at selectable relative positions within a particular adjustment range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG
    Inventor: Karl Lautenschlager, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4506409
    Abstract: A single-pivot cabinet hinge (10) for hanging doors has a cup (12) which can be fastened in a gain in the back of a door (16) and in which there is journaled one end of a pivot arm (24) whose other end bears a fastening plate (28) having a slot (30) engaged by a projection (60) of a mounting element (34) which can be fastened to the carcass of the cabinet. The fastening plate is displaceable on the mounting element (34) under the guidance of the projection and can be fixed at selectable positions by means of a fastening screw (50) which can be driven into the projection. The projection in turn is continuously adjustable in the mounting element (34) at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the slot and likewise fixable at selectable positions, so that the pivot arm together with the door cup is adjustable relative to the mounting element, and therefore a door hung by the hinge on a cabinet carcass is adjustable relative to the cabinet carcass, in coordinate directions at right angles to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1985
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG, Mobelbeschlagfabrik
    Inventor: Gerhard W. Lautenschlager
  • Patent number: 4386646
    Abstract: A folding door having panels pivoted about vertical axes, top and bottom pivot assemblies, the bottom assembly comprising a bracket mountable beneath the door. The bracket defines a track along which a pivot block is guided. A sleeve is mounted in a vertical opening of the door and a pivot pin threaded into the sleeve, which pin is vertically adjustable relative to the door. The block has a vertical opening therein and the pivot pin has a lower end thereof extending therethrough. The pin and block have vertical teeth which are engaged when the pin is moved relatively downward onto said block and are disengaged when the pin is moved relatively upwardly. The pivot block and the bracket have vertically engageable teeth such that when the block is moved downwardly onto the bracket, the teeth are engaged, and when moved upwardly, the teeth are disengaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1983
    Assignee: Alliance Metal Products Inc.
    Inventor: George W. Matyas
  • Patent number: 4385416
    Abstract: A furniture hinge includes a mounting member that is fixable on a frame of a cabinet and a hinge casing that is insertable into a bore in a door. A hinge arm is linked to the hinge casing by means of hinge links. The hinge arm is mounted on the mounting member by means of an intermediate member and is held on this intermediate member by a screw. The position of the hinge arm is adjustable with respect to the mounting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1983
    Inventors: Klaus Brustle, Erich Rock
  • Patent number: 4376324
    Abstract: An articulated hinge for pivotally connecting a door flap to the carcass of a piece of furniture which has spaced carcass walls and a frame facing the door and extending essentially at right angles to the carcass walls and confining a free door opening, while the door flap in closed position partially overlaps the frame. The hinge has a carcass-related part connected to the edge surface of the frame offset inwardly relative to the adjacent carcass wall, and a door-related part connected to the door flap and pivotally connected to the carcass-related part via a link mechanism. The door-related part is in the form of an insert cup with a connecting part fittingly inserted into a recess in the backside of the door flap, and a link carrier part which has a portion interlocking with the connecting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1983
    Assignee: Mepla, Inc.
    Inventors: Horst Lautenschlager, Gerhard Lautenschlager, Karl Lautenschlager, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4359803
    Abstract: An over-center hinge for thin doors of cabinets, especially those of bathroom mirrored cabinets, having a thin door-related part which can be fastened in a mating recess provided on the inside of the door and open at the door edge. The door-related hinge part is divided into an outer mounting plate which can be fastened in the recess of the door and is likewise open at the end adjacent the open door edge, and a separate link holder which can be inserted into the mounting plate from the open edge, on which link holder the supporting arm fastenable to a supporting wall of the cabinet is pivotingly articulated. A cap mounting projection extending from the inside of the door, to which projection there is removably fastened a molded cap which bears a tongue extends into the path of a contact surface provided on the supporting arm and is resiliently compressible by this contact surface against a spring force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1982
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG, Mobelbeschlagfabrik
    Inventor: Karl Lautenschlager