Self-penetrating Fastener Patents (Class 16/384)
  • Patent number: 4675942
    Abstract: A hinge pin support for wooden beams having two members which when mounted on opposite sides of a wooden beam can support a hinge pin between them, and which are attached to the beam by a plurality of nail like projections which are formed integrally with each member. The member may also include interengaging projections and grooves for locating the members relative to each other to ensure that the hinge pin support means of the members can be correctly aligned with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1987
    Assignee: Les Maisons Quebco Inc.
    Inventor: Romeo Julien, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4656691
    Abstract: An improved hinge for supporting a door on a door jamb wherein the jamb leaf of the hinge is provided with an extended part having a buck pin that is offset from that part of the leaf aligned with a door edge so that the pin is insertable in an aperture provided in the strongest part of the wall behind the door jamb. The jamb leaf is secured to the door jamb by screws located at the extended part of the leaf, i.e., outside the area covered by a closed door, and a protective cover is provided to prevent access to the screws after the leaf is secured to the door jamb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1987
    Inventor: Mark L. Allen
  • Patent number: 4622716
    Abstract: The door-related part of a cabinet hinge is in the form of a cup insert having a cup part which can be sunk flush into a recess in the back of a door. On the upper, free margin of the cup part a fastening flange integral therewith extends symmetrically with the longitudinal central axis on opposite sides of the latter, against the back of the door. From the bottom of the fastening flange projects a fastening stud engaged in a bore in the door adjacent the recess. This fastening stud is provided adjacent its free end with a knife-edged projection. Due to a special configuration, the fastening stud can be introduced into its corresponding bore in a canted position when the cup is installed. By a final rocking of the cup from the canted position in which it was inserted to the intended installed position, the knife-edged projection is forced into the wall of the bore receiving the fastening stud and positively locks the fastening stud against withdrawal from the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1986
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG Mobelbeschlagfabrik
    Inventor: Gerhard Lautenschlager
  • Patent number: 4502249
    Abstract: In order to rigidify a doorway structure, one or more fixed doorway panels are anchored at their tops, bottoms and along one vertical edge in the case of an endmost fixed doorway panel. A swinging door is hinged to the other vertical edge of the one or more fixed doorway panels by hinges which carry lateral flanges on corresponding leaves receiving additional diagonal anchor screws which penetrate an adjacent stile to further rigidify the swinging door in its relationship to the fixed doorway panel on which it is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1985
    Assignee: Peachtree Doors, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis W. Banford
  • Patent number: 4406035
    Abstract: A longitudinally extending hinge assembly strip of indeterminate length is formed of a series of hinges connected to one another. Each hinge includes first and second hinge plates pivotally coupled along adjoining longitudinal edges by a hinge joint which, in turn, has a longitudinally extending hinge pin. Each hinge plate has at least one free edge and a rim extending along the free edge and having a plane substantially perpendicular to the hinge plate. Further, each hinge plate has at least one drive-in point which is coplanar with the plane of the respective rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1983
    Assignee: Schmale GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Karl-Ernst Schmale
  • Patent number: 4398307
    Abstract: A composite hinge for a toilet seat comprises three leaves, namely, a bowl leaf, a seat leaf and a lid leaf. The three leaves are assembled into a unit by snap fitting the individual pieces together in interlocking manner. The assembled hinge is then adapted to be secured to the underside of the lid and to the underside of the seat ring by snap fitting the respective leaves into expandible holes in the seat ring and lid. The seat ring and lid are provided with studs with enlarged frusto-conical heads which are adapted to pass through the expandible holes which, after passage, contract to capture the studs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1983
    Assignee: Ginsey Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Milton Ginsburg, C. Bruce Dawson