Counterbalancing hinge support

• US 3,354,499 A
• Filed: 10/07/1965
• Issued: 11/28/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ralph F. Anderson
• Original Assignee: Ralph F. Anderson
• Inventors: Anderson, Ralph F.
• Application Number:
  US04/493,716
• Time in Patent Office: 782 Days
• US Class Current: 16/289
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 1/1261 for counterbalancing
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/20 for furniture, e.g. cabinets

Claims

1. A COUNTERBALANCING HINGE SUPPORT FOR THE LID OF A CABINET COMPRISING A HOUSING SECURED TO A REAR WALL OF A CABINET AND A LID SUPPORT PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE HOUSING AND SECURED TO THE LID OF THE CABINET, SAID HOUSING HAVING SPACED SIDE WALLS, A REAR WALL AND UPPER AND LOWER ENDS PROVIDING UPPER AND LOWER ABUTMENTS, SAID SIDE WALLS HAVING ALIGNED ELONGATED SLOTS THEREIN, A PAIR OF SUPPORT ARMS EACH PIVOTALLY MOUNTED AT ONE END TO THE LID SUPPORT, A RIVET EXTENDING THROUGH SAID HOUSING AND HAVING ENDS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID ALIGNED SLOTS, THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID ARMS BEING CONNECTED TO THE ENDS OF SAID RIVET, FIRST RESILIENT MEANS IN SAID HOUSING BETWEEN SAID RIVET AND SAID UPPER ABUTMENT, AND SECOND RESILIENT MEANS LOCATED IN THE HOUSING BETWEEN SAID RIVET AND THE LOWER ABUTMENT.