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  • US 4,842,349 A
  • Filed: 09/30/1987
  • Issued: 06/27/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/11/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
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1. A counter, particularly an article of furniture for temporary storage, cooling and simultaneous displaying of foodstuffs in supermarkets and like establishments, comprising a case having a front side which is faced by customers when the counter is set up in a supermarket or a like establishment and a service side opposite said front side, said case including a hollow portion and a plurality of fixedly mounted substantially horizontal arms extending forwardly from said service side toward said front side and having front end portions;

  • a substantially horizontal first panel arranged to serve as a counter top, having a front portion and supported by said arms;

    a second panel having a marginal portion adjacent said arms;

    a hinge having a first section including holding members engaging said marginal portion of said second panel, at least one pintle defining a substantially horizontal pivot axis and provided on said arms, and an arcuate second section pivotable with said first section and with said second panel about said axis between a first position in which said first section is located in front of said arms and said second panel closes said hollow portion at the front side of said case beneath said arms, and a second position in which said second panel affords access to the interior of said hollow portion, said second section connecting said first section to said at least one pintle and being arranged to maintain said holding members substantially at the level and in front of the front end portions of said arms in the first position of said sections, said first section having a portion which is adjacent the front portion of said first panel in the first position of said sections; and

    motor means substantially parallel to said arms and operative to move said sections and said second panel between said positions, said motor means being connected to at least one of said arms and to at least one of said sections.

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