Patent Application
20190226255
The following includes information that may be useful in understanding the present disclosure. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art nor material to the presently described or claimed inventions, nor that any publication or document that is specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
The present invention relates generally to the field of housing fixtures of existing art and more specifically relates to door hinges.
Traditional door hinge assemblies include a door hinge that is used to mount a door to a door frame. Presently, door hinge assemblies use a uniform array of mounting apertures that accept fasteners. The mounting apertures are typically uniformly distributed and in the same location, despite the varying manufactures of the door hinges. A common issue with existing door hinge art arises with the repeated use of a mounting surface. The mounting surface is typically wood, in which an aperture is created that aligns with the mounting aperture of the door hinge. Following repeated use with conventional door hinges, the aperture created in the mounting surface must be reprocessed to secure mounting fasteners. A suitable solution is desired.
U.S. Pat. No. 7,162,774 to Julius von Resch relates to a multi-position adjustable door hinge. The described multi-position adjustable door hinge is comprised of a frame leaf having a lower barrel section and a door leaf having an upper barrel section. An eccentric pivot pin is disposed in axial rotational fit in a through bore of the lower barrel section and is in contact at a lower end with an adjustment screw. The eccentric pivot pin has an upper cylindrical portion eccentrically displaced from the lower cylindrical portion and extends into a cylindrical bore of an eccentric compensator cylinder adjustably retained in the through bore of the upper barrel section. The eccentric pivot pin and the eccentric compensator cylinder are both axially displaceable from one another whereby to impart relative lateral displacement thereof and of the barrels to a desired position. The adjustment screw at the bottom of the lower barrel section provides vertical adjustment between the frame leaf and the door leaf. Set screws are provided to lock the eccentric pivot pin and the eccentric compensator cylinder at the desired position.
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known door hinge art, the present disclosure provides a novel door hinge. The general purpose of the present disclosure, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide an effective and efficient door hinge.
A door hinge is disclosed herein. The door hinge includes a door flange. The door flange includes a first-cylindrical portion. The first-cylindrical portion is segmented and having an axially vectored borehole therethrough. The door hinge includes a frame flange. The frame flange includes a second-cylindrical portion. The second-cylindrical portion is segmented and has a corresponding axially vectored borehole therethrough. The first-cylindrical portion and second-cylindrical portion are configured to engage when their respective boreholes are coaxial. A plurality of apertures are disposed on the door flange and the frame flange. A plurality of plugs are included with the door hinge. Each of the plurality of plugs are sized and dimensioned to close at least one of the plurality of apertures.
The present invention provides a standard sized hinge with multiple hole patterns. The multiple hole patterns allow for a door to be reattached to a frame that has been previously used by a conventional door hinge. The hinge of the present invention provides multiple fastener hole options for the installation of a door to a door frame. The fastener holes may be in an arbitrary arrangement or placed in locations that have not previously been used. The immediate innovation of the disclosed door hinge further includes multiple plugs for the arrangement of holes. The plugs may be inserted into unused fastener holes at design preference of the user. Ultimately, the disclosed door hinge provides a means to refasten doors to door frames.
According to another embodiment, a method of installing a door hinge is also disclosed herein. The method of installing a door hinge includes a providing a door hinge as describe above; aligning the door hinge with respective mortises on a frame and a door; fastening the door hinge to the frame and the door with fasteners through a corresponding set of a plurality of apertures and lastly, an optional step of inserting plugs into the plurality of apertures.
For purposes of summarizing the invention, certain aspects, advantages, and novel features of the invention have been described herein. It is to be understood that not necessarily all such advantages may be achieved in accordance with any one particular embodiment of the invention. Thus, the invention may be embodied or carried out in a manner that achieves or optimizes one advantage or group of advantages as taught herein without necessarily achieving other advantages as may be taught or suggested herein. The features of the invention which are believed to be novel are particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following drawings and detailed description.
The figures which accompany the written portion of this specification illustrate embodiments and methods of use for the present disclosure, a door hinge and method, constructed and operative according to the teachings of the present disclosure.
The various embodiments of the present invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings, wherein like designations denote like elements.
As discussed above, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a door fixture and more particularly to a door hinge and method as used to improve the existing door hinge art.
Generally, the door hinge kit of the present invention is designed to allow the average homeowner to quickly rehang loose doors without the need to hire a carpenter to re-route new holes. It offers a door hinge with multiple hole patterns and matching hole plugs of the same material. The device effectively eliminates the need to re-route because of damaged holes in the doorjamb and door. It prevents future costs of replacing door hinges and casings and other expensive repairs. The present invention affords specifically designed plates with openings for a versatile fit regardless of door size.
Referring now more specifically to the drawings by numerals of reference, there is shown in
According to one embodiment, the door hinge 100 may be arranged as a kit 105. In particular, the door hinge 100 may further include a set of instructions 107. The instructions 107 may detail functional relationships in relation to the structure of the door hinge 100 such that the door hinge 100 can be used, maintained, or the like, in a preferred manner.
The immediate innovation of the door hinge 100 may be the plurality of apertures 130 disposed on the door flange 110 and the frame flange 120. The plurality of apertures 130 may be disposed arbitrarily on the door flange 110 and the frame flange 120. In another embodiment, the plurality of apertures 130 may be disposed in a pattern. In some embodiments, the plurality of apertures 130 may be greater than four. The number of apertures 130 and their location on the door flange 110 and the frame flange 120 increase the mounting functionality of the door hinge 100 (
It should be noted that step 504 is an optional step and may not be implemented in all cases. Optional steps of method of use 500 are illustrated using dotted lines in
The embodiments of the invention described herein are exemplary and numerous modifications, variations and rearrangements can be readily envisioned to achieve substantially equivalent results, all of which are intended to be embraced within the spirit and scope of the invention. Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientist, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application.
The present application is related to and claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/621,488 filed Jan. 24, 2018, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62621488 | Jan 2018 | US |
