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Assembly of stacked and hinged modules

  • US 5,323,478 A
  • Filed: 02/22/1993
  • Issued: 06/21/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/21/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An assembly of stacked and hinged modules comprising:

  • a plane base support, a plurality of individual modules stacked on said base support, each of said modules being flat and substantially rectangular, and having two large superposable faces and two pairs of opposite peripheral edges, said assembly including a support and holding and hinging means for holding and hinging the individual modules at one edge of one of said pairs of opposite peripheral edges, a first module of said assembly comprising means for fixing said first module to said base support and defining a closed position for each of said other modules of said stack relative to said first module, said support comprising an assembling and hinging strip defined by said stack of modules including firstly, first assembling and retaining means for assembling and retaining said modules substantially against a front face of said strip along said first edge of said one of said pairs of opposite edges, and secondly, individual hinges respectively at a pitch of said stacked modules of said assembly, and wherein on said first one of said pair of opposite edges, each of said modules is equipped with second assembling and retaining means, complementary to said first assembling and retaining means for locking each module to said strip, and wherein said strip includes at least one fixing bracket on said first module for fixing said strip to said base support.

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