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Dual pivot hinge assembly

US5915441A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Filing dateOct 3, 1997
Grant dateJun 29, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 3, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE05Y2900/132
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A hinge is provided having an interior pivot point and an exterior pivot point for mounting a door to a frame such that the door is capable of opening a full one hundred eighty degrees. The hinge has a lower bracket having mounted on the frame, a central pivot link rotationally attached to the lower bracket, an exterior pivot pin extending between the lower bracket and the central pivot link providing for rotational movement of the pivot link with respect to the lower bracket, an upper bracket mounted on a door, and an interior pivot pin, parallel to the exterior pivot pin, extending between the upper bracket and the central pivot link providing for rotational movement of the door with respect to the central pivot link.

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