Adjustable hinge assembly

US6178598A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Southco, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Albert L. Creely, III · Glen Mills, US
• Gert Berg · Gloucester, GB
• Andreas A. Bolinas · Claymont, US
• David Giles · Provo, US
• Thomas D. Goham · West Chester, US
• Thomas Edwin Hall, II · Buffalo, US
• Lynn A. Handley · West Chester, US
• Eli J. Holtman · Narberth, US
• Stefan M. Koveal · Glen Mills, US
• H. Allen Riblett · Ardentown, US
• Wolfgang Strasky · Wien, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 15, 1998
• Grant date: Jan 30, 2001
• Expiry date: Jun 15, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E05Y2900/20
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

An adjustable hinge assembly for swingably joining hinging panel members together, where improved mounting capability is provided, and adjustability of a pin and the hinge components in multiple directions relative to the hinging panels and to each other is provided, where a base member is mounted to a first hinging member and a pin-carrying member is connected to the base, and a base member mounted to a second hinging member and maintains an adjustable pin-receiving component thereon. Stops are provided to regulate the pivot of the members over a predetermined range.