Plastic hinge construction

US4029234A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Triangle Corporation · US

Inventors

• Edward M. Johnson · Matteson, US
• John T. Stone · Fredericksburg, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 10, 1976
• Grant date: Jun 14, 1977
• Expiry date: Sep 10, 1996

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S264/33
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a blow molded container having a base and a lid, a hinge formed of the molding material and defined in part by integral journals depending from opposite sides of the lid and integral pins extending from opposite sides of the base adapted to interfit with the integral journals.