Hinged box construction

• US 3,295,713 A
• Filed: 02/15/1965
• Issued: 01/03/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Philip S. Optner
• Original Assignee: Philip S. Optner
• Inventors: Optner, Philip S.
• Application Number:
  US04/432,643
• Time in Patent Office: 687 Days
• US Class Current: 220/840
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 2005/145 with elastically deformable parts
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 7/1055 with snap-fitted pins

Claims

1. IN A SYNTHETIC RESINOUS MOLDED HINGED BOX CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND MATING ELEMENTS, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING:

SOCKET-FORMING HINGE MEANS ON ONE OF SAID MATING ELEMENTS INCLUDING A FIRST MEMBER HAVING A GENERALLY SEMI-CIRCULAR RECESSED SURFACE FORMED A PORTION OF A CIRCULAR SOCKET, AND A SECOND MEMBER ADJACENT THE FIRST MEMBER AND IN JUXTAPOSED RELATION THERETO HAVING A SECOND GENERALLY SEMI-CIRCULAR SURFACE FORMING THE REMAINING PART OF SAID CIRCULAR SOCKET;

SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS BEING CAPABLE OF LIMITED FLEXIBILITY TO ALLOW ENLARGEMENT OF SAID SOCKET;

THE OTHER OF SAID MATING ELEMENTS HAVING A MOUNTING FLANGE EXTENDING FROM AN OUTER SURFACE THEREOF, AND AN ELONGATED SHAFT EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM SAID MOUNTING FLANGE AND GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID LAST-MENTIONED OUTER SURFACE, SAID SHAFT HAVING A FREE END THEREOF SELECTIVELY PROJECTABLE INTO SAID CIRCULAR SOCKETS TO BE FREELY ROTATABLE THEREIN.