Hinge

• US 3,256,554 A
• Filed: 04/17/1963
• Issued: 06/21/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Oswald W. Turner
• Original Assignee: Oswald W. Turner
• Inventors: Turner, Oswald W.
• Application Number:
  US04/273,730
• Time in Patent Office: 1,161 Days
• US Class Current: 16/273
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 1/1261 for counterbalancing
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/20 for furnitures, e.g. cabinets

Claims

1. A COUNTERBALANCING HINGE OF THE EXTERIORLY MOUNTED TYPE COMPRISING:

A FIRST HINGE BODY ADAPTED TO BE ATTACHED TO A CABINET LID, INCLUDING SPACED SIDE MEMBERS;

A SECOND HINGE BODY ADAPTED TO BE ATTACHED TO A CABINET BODY, INCLUDING A CHANNEL MEMBER HAVING PLATE PORTIONS DISPOSED IN LATERAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID SIDE MEMBERS;

A HINGE PINTLE SWINGABLY CONNECTING SAID PLATE PORTIONS TO SAID SIDE MEMBERS;

AN ELONGATED SLEEVE BEARING;

MEANS MOUNTING SAID SLEEVE BEARING RIGIDLY IN SAID CHANNEL MEMBER SLIDABLY TO RECEIVE THE UPPER PORTION OF A CONNECTING ROD;

A CONNECTING ROD SLIDABLY AND SNUGLY FITTING IN SAID SLEEVE BEARING FOR STRAIGHT LINE MOVEMENT THEREIN;

A LINK HAVING PIN MEANS AT EACH END THEREOF WITH ONE PIN MEANS PIVOTALLY COUPLING SAID LINK TO SAID FIRST HINGED BODY AT A POINT SPACED FROM SAID HINGE PINTLE AND WITH THE OTHER PIN MEANS PIVOTALLY COUPLING SAID LINK TO THE ADJACENT END OF SAID CONNECTING ROD;

MEANS PROGRESSIVELY ENGAGING THE OTHER END OF SAID ROD;

AND A COMPRESSION SPRING AROUND SAID CONNECTING ROD BETWEEN SAID SLEEVE BEARING AND SAID PROGRESSIVELY ENGAGING MEANS.