Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adjustable hinge assembly
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Application No.: US14839127Application Date: 2015-08-28
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Publication No.: US09644410B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Gerald R. Hayes , Jeffrey D. Ferris , Jörg Krzewina , Andree Buxnowitz , Dieter zur Horst
- Applicant: Delta Faucet Company
- Applicant Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Assignee: Delta Faucet Company
- Current Assignee: Delta Faucet Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Agency: Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
- Main IPC: E05D7/06
- IPC: E05D7/06 ; E05D5/02 ; E05D3/02 ; E06B3/36

Abstract:
A shower door enclosure has fixed and pivotable hinge halves which can be preinstalled to fixed and pivotable panels, respectively. One or both of the hinge halves can be adjusted at the installation site without hinge disassembly. In particular, each hinge half may be mounted to its respective panel via a fastener passing through the panel and into a floating bushing. The floating bushing is received in a seat formed in the body of the hinge half. The bushing and seat are shaped to prevent continuous rotation of the bushing within the seat, allowing the fastener to be tightened against the panel without requiring external access to the bushing. Upon assembly of the door panel to the adjacent fixed panel via the respective hinge halves, the bushings may be allowed to “float” laterally and vertically within the hinge bodies while the panels are adjusted to a proper orientation, and the fasteners may then be tightened to fix the panels in place.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170058584A1 ADJUSTABLE HINGE ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2017-03-02
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