By Expandable Connector Patents (Class 16/383)
  • Patent number: 4470169
    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: April 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1984
    Assignee: Mepla, Inc.
    Inventors: Horst Lautenschlager, Gerhard Lautenschlager, Karl Lautenschlager, Jr.