Hinge and a lamp with the hinge

• US 7,900,323 B2
• Filed: 10/02/2008
• Issued: 03/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Shin ZU Shing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Shin ZU Shing Company Limited
• Inventors: Lin, Shu-Mu
• Primary Examiner(s): Will; Thomas B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Morgan; Emily M
• Application Number:
  US12/244,021
• Publication Number:
  US 20100083468A1
• Time in Patent Office: 887 Days
• Field of Search: 162/54, 162/55, 162/56, 162/57, 162/59, 162/61, 162/62, 163/66, 163/88, 163/54, 162/31, 162/29, 162/35, 162/39, 162/42, 162/49, 163/19, 163/21, 163/24, 163/25, 163/52, 162/77, 162/84, 162/85, 162/92, 163/12, 163/14, 163/17, 403/157, 151/10
• US Class Current: 16/366
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 11/1078 the maintaining means acting parallel to the pivot
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 3/12 with two parallel pins and one arm
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 6/003 for task lighting, e.g. for reading or desk work, e.g. angle poise lamps
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/26 Pivoted arms

Abstract

A lamp has multiple arms and multiple hinges mounted between two adjacent arms. The hinge has a stationary leaf, multiple pivot assemblies being mounted in the stationary leaf and multiple brackets being respectively connected to the pivot assemblies and two corresponding brackets are attached to each arm. Each pivot assembly has a shaft and a locking nut being mounted on the shaft and selectively engaging a locking hole of each bracket. Since the locking nuts selectively engage the locking holes of the brackets, an angle between the adjacent arms can be adjusted and fixed. Further, two adjacent arms do not influence each other'"'"'s position, which is convenient for adjusting.

Claims

1. A hinge comprising

a stationary leaf having

two opposite sides;

two mounting recesses being respectively formed in the sides of the stationary leaf, and each mounting recess having

an outer open end; and

an inner bottom; and

multiple through holes being formed through the inner bottoms of the mounting recesses;

multiple pivot assemblies being respectively mounted in the mounting recesses of the stationary leaf and each pivot assembly having

a shaft being mounted through a corresponding mounting recess of the stationary leaf and having

a head protruding out of the outer open end of the corresponding mounting recess of the stationary leaf; and

a mounting rod being formed on and protruding from the head of the shaft, being mounted through a corresponding through hole of the stationary leaf and having a distal end protruding out of the stationary leaf;

a locking nut being securely mounted around the mounting rod of the shaft, abutting the head of the shaft and being non-circular in cross-section;

a resilient device being mounted around the mounting rod of the shaft and pushing the head of the shaft toward the outer open end of the corresponding mounting recess of the stationary leaf; and

a fastener being mounted around the mounting rod of the shaft adjacent to the distal end of the mounting rod and holding the shaft in a specific position in the stationary leaf; and

multiple brackets being mounted respectively on the shafts of the pivot assemblies, and each bracket having a locking hole being formed through the bracket, being mounted around the head of the corresponding shaft, being non-circular in cross-section and corresponding to and selectively engaging the locking nut of the corresponding pivot assembly.

2. The hinge as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the hinge further comprises two bushings being respectively mounted in the mounting recesses of the stationary leaf, and each bushing having multiple barrels being parallel to each other, and each barrel having

an outer open end;

an inner bottom abutting the inner bottom of a corresponding mounting recess of the stationary leaf; and

a through hole being formed through the inner bottom of the barrel and corresponding to a through hole of a corresponding mounting recess of the stationary leaf;

the pivot assemblies are respectively mounted in the barrels of the bushings;

the shaft of each pivot assembly is mounted through a corresponding barrel of the bushing; and

the mounting rod of the shaft of each pivot assembly is mounted through the through hole of the corresponding barrel of the bushing.

3. The hinge as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the locking nut of each pivot assembly further has

an outer edge;

and

multiple engaging protrusions being radially formed on and protruding from the outer edge of the locking nut;

the locking hole of each bracket further has

an inner edge; and

multiple engaging recesses being formed in the inner edge of the locking nut and corresponding to the engaging protrusions of the locking nut of the corresponding pivot assembly.

4. The hinge as claimed in claim 2, wherein

the locking nut of each pivot assembly further has

an outer edge;

and

multiple engaging protrusions being radially formed on and protruding from the outer edge of the locking nut;

the locking hole of each bracket further has

an inner edge; and

multiple engaging recesses being formed in the inner edge of the locking nut and corresponding to the engaging protrusions of the locking nut of the corresponding pivot assembly.

5. The hinge as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fastener of the pivot assembly has

a notch being formed around the mounting rod of the shaft and adjacent to the distal end of the mounting rod;

and

a retaining ring being securely mounted in the notch around the mounting rod of the shaft.

6. The hinge as claimed in claim 2, wherein the fastener of the pivot assembly has

a notch being formed around the mounting rod of the shaft and adjacent to the distal end of the mounting rod;

and

a retaining ring being securely mounted in the notch around the mounting rod of the shaft.

7. The hinge as claimed in claim 3, wherein the fastener of the pivot assembly has

a notch being formed around the mounting rod of the shaft and adjacent to the distal end of the mounting rod;

and

a retaining ring being securely mounted in the notch around the mounting rod of the shaft.

8. The hinge as claimed in claim 4, wherein the fastener of the pivot assembly has

a notch being formed around the mounting rod of the shaft and adjacent to the distal end of the mounting rod;

and

a retaining ring being securely mounted in the notch around the mounting rod of the shaft.

9. The hinge as claimed in claim 2, wherein

each through hole of each barrel of the bushing is non-circular in cross-section;

the mounting rod of the shaft of each pivot assembly is non-circular in cross-section and corresponds to a corresponding non-circular through hole of the barrel.

10. The hinge as claimed in claim 1, wherein the resilient device further has two ends, one end of the resilient device is against the inner bottom of the corresponding mounting recess of the stationary leaf and the other end of the resilient device is against the locking nut.

11. The hinge as claimed in claim 2, wherein the resilient device further has two ends, one end of the resilient device is against the inner bottom of the corresponding barrel and the other end of the resilient device is against the locking nut.

12. A lamp comprising

multiple arms being sequentially connected to each other and each arm having two opposite sides;

a light being connected to one of the arms;

a base being connected to the other one of the arms; and

multiple hinges being respectively mounted between two adjacent arms and comprising

a stationary leaf having

two opposite sides;

two mounting recesses being respectively formed in the sides of the stationary leaf, and each mounting recess having

an outer open end; and

an inner bottom; and

multiple through holes being formed through the inner bottoms of the mounting recesses and each through hole in one inner bottom of one mounting recess aligning with a corresponding through hole in the inner bottom of the other mounting recess of the stationary leaf;

multiple pivot assemblies being respectively mounted in the mounting recesses of the stationary leaf and each pivot assembly having

a shaft being mounted through a corresponding mounting recess of the stationary leaf and having

a head protruding out of the outer open end of the corresponding mounting recess of the stationary leaf; and

a mounting rod being formed on and protruding from the head of the shaft, being mounted through a corresponding through hole of the stationary leaf and having a distal end protruding out of the stationary leaf;

a locking nut being securely mounted around the mounting rod of the shaft, abutting the head of the shaft and being non-circular in cross-section;

a resilient device being mounted around the mounting rod of the shaft and pushing the head of the shaft toward the outer open end of the corresponding mounting recess of the stationary leaf; and

a fastener being mounted around the mounting rod of the shaft adjacent to the distal end of the mounting rod and holding the shaft in a specific position in the stationary leaf; and

multiple brackets being mounted respectively on the shafts of the pivot assemblies and being attached to adjacent arms, and each bracket having a locking hole being formed through the bracket, being mounted around the head of the corresponding shaft, being non-circular in cross-section and corresponding to and selectively engaging the locking nut of the corresponding pivot assembly.