Door mount assembly for storage rack

• US 6,079,081 A
• Filed: 11/18/1998
• Issued: 06/27/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cormark, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Cormark, Inc.
• Inventors: Padiak, Scott, Conway, Thomas M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Knight, Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): WILLIAMS, MARK A
• Application Number:
  US09/195,762
• Time in Patent Office: 587 Days
• Field of Search: 16/321, 16/320, 16/325, 16/268, 16/334-336, 16/319, 16/324, 292/80, 292/87, 292/DIG. 38, 49/394, 211/192
• US Class Current: 16/321
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 7/18 Means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure

Abstract

A mount assembly for a door panel for a storage rack is adapted for use with a rack having a post having a side face and a front face, and defining openings in the post front face. The mount includes a stationary hinge plate mounted to the post and a door panel support pivotally mounted to the hinge plate by a pivot pin. The hinge plate has a body for positioning adjacent and in contact with the side face of the post. The plate includes a locking tab extending from the body that is configured for insertion into the opening in the front face of the post. The hinge plate includes a receiving element in spaced relation to a pin receiving opening. The door panel support includes an elongated arm for mounting the door panel thereto and a base portion. The base portion defines a pin receiving opening that aligns with the hinge plate pin receiving opening for receipt of the pivot pin for pivotally mounting the door panel support to the hinge plate. The door panel support further includes a latch element adapted for engagement with the hinge plate receiving element for releasably locking the support to the hinge plate in a closed position and adapted to disengage from the receiving element for pivoting the support to an open position.

Claims

1. A mount assembly for a door panel for a storage rack, the rack having a post having a side face and a front face, and defining openings in the front face, the mount comprising:

a stationary hinge plate mountable to the post and a door panel support pivotally mounted to the hinge plate by a pivot pin,

the hinge plate having a body for positioning adjacent and in contact with the side face of the post and including a locking tab extending from the body and configured for insertion into the opening in the front face of the post, the hinge plate including an opening for receipt of a receiving element, the receiving element having a body for receipt in the hinge plate opening and including securing members for securing the receiving element to the hinge plate, the securing members including a lip for engagement with an edge of the opening and a resilient snap for engagement with an opposing edge of the opening, the hinge plate further defining a pin receiving opening therein, and

the door panel support including an elongated arm for mounting the door panel thereto and a base portion, the base portion defining a pin receiving opening that aligns with the hinge plate pin receiving opening for receipt of the pivot pin for pivotally mounting the door panel support to the hinge plate, the door panel support further including a latch element adapted for engagement with the hinge plate receiving element for releasably locking the support to the hinge plate in a closed position and adapted to disengage from the receiving element for pivoting the support to an open position.

2. The mount assembly in accordance with claim 1 wherein the door panel support elongated arm and base are formed integral with one another.

3. The mount assembly in accordance with claim 1 wherein the hinge plate includes an angled leg extending transversely from the body and wherein two locking tabs extend transversely from the angled leg for securing the hinge plate to the post.

4. The mount assembly in accordance with claim 3 wherein the locking tabs include barbs at about an end thereof.

5. The mount assembly in accordance with claim 1 wherein the hinge plate body includes openings therein.

6. The mount assembly in accordance with claim 1 wherein the receiving element includes a base portion and a resilient leg connected thereto by a connecting portion, and wherein the connecting portion is configured complementary to the support base latch element for releasably securing the latch element therein.

7. The mount assembly in accordance with claim 1 wherein the receiving element includes an angled body having a head portion transversely oriented relative to the hinge plate body.

8. The mount assembly in accordance with claim 7 wherein the head portion is enlarged to secure the latch element therein.

9. The mount assembly in accordance with claim 7 wherein the receiving element is secured to the hinge plate by a fastener.

10. The mount assembly in accordance with claim 1 wherein the latch element extends from the base in spaced relation to the pin receiving opening.

14. The mount assembly in accordance with claim 1 wherein the elongated arm is oriented vertically and includes at least one base portion mounted thereto.

15. The mount assembly in accordance with claim 14 including two base portions mounted to the elongated arm.

11. A mount assembly for a door panel for a storage rack, the rack having a post having a side face and a front face, and defining openings in the front face, the mount comprising:

a stationary hinge plate mountable to the post and a door panel support pivotally mounted to the hinge plate by a pivot pin,

the hinge plate having a body for positioning adjacent and in contact with the side face of the post and including a locking tab extending from the body and configured for insertion into the opening in the front face of the post, the hinge plate including a receiving element, the hinge plate further defining a pin receiving opening therein, and

the door panel support including an elongated arm for mounting the door panel thereto and a base portion, the base portion defining a pin receiving opening that aligns with the hinge plate pin receiving opening for receipt of the pivot pin for pivotally mounting the door panel support to the hinge plate, the door panel support further including a latch element adapted for engagement with the hinge plate receiving element for releasably locking the support to the hinge plate in a closed position and adapted to disengage from the receiving element for pivoting the support to an open position,

wherein the base latch element has a generally V-shaped body connected to the base at a top of a leg of the body and wherein a top of the other leg of the body is configured for engaging the receiving element.

12. The mount assembly in accordance with claim 11 wherein the leg top configured for engagement with the receiving element is enlarged.

13. The mount assembly in accordance with claim 11 wherein the receiving element includes an extension and a shoulder, the shoulder being configured for engaging the latch element.