Snap hinge made of plastic and container for longitudinally extending diagnostic test supports
First Claim
1. A unitary snap hinge made of plastic for closing a container adapted for simple molding and providing freedom of design of a locking member and container comprising:
- a snap hinge means for closing a container wherein the snap hinge means is separate from an associated container having a locking means.
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Abstract
A unitary snap hinge made of plastic with two hinge parts which are connected with each other by means of a main joint. A flexible connecting piece is connected with the hinge parts by means of secondary joints, whereby the secondary joints have a distance from the main joint transverse to the joint axis and that the joints are designed as film joints. The hinge parts have the tendency to snap into the one or other end position from a position of an unsteady balance within their own pivot range. The snap hinge is a separate structural element. The one hinge part supports a locking element for a removal opening, the other hinge part supports at least one adapter piece with arresting elements. Thereby, the snap hinge can be mounted on a container or on the locking piece of the same. A snap hinge or other hinge made of plastic and which is part of a lock may have tearable parts on its foldable hinge part which during the first time closing of the lock are fixedly connected with the lower part thereof and are torn off during the first time opening.
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11 Claims
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1. A unitary snap hinge made of plastic for closing a container adapted for simple molding and providing freedom of design of a locking member and container comprising:
a snap hinge means for closing a container wherein the snap hinge means is separate from an associated container having a locking means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A unitary snap hinge made of plastic comprising:
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(a) two hinge parts connected to each other by a main joint; (b) at least one flexible connecting piece connected with the two hinge parts by means of secondary joints; (c) the secondary joints each being distanced from the main joint transversely to the joint axis; (d) the joints are shaped in form of film hinges so that the hinge parts have a tendency to snap into one of the end positions from a position of an unstable balance which is located within its own pivot range;
comprising the following features;(e) the snap hinge (1,1'"'"',1") is a separate structural part; (f) one of the hinge parts (4) of this structural part supports a locking element (32) for a removal opening of a container; (g) the other hinge part (2) supports at least one plug part with arrest element(s) for mounting on the container or its locking piece. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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