Patent ID: 6842944
Filing Date: 2005-01-18
Classification: E05D,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hinge for attachment of a door to a jamb attachment face of a door jamb of a doorway, the doorway having a clearance space defined by the space between two parallel planes, each plane tangent to a corresponding front face of a door stop on either side of the doorway, the hinge comprising: a first hinge member fixably attached to the door jamb; a second hinge member fixably attached to the door; a third hinge member having a first end hingedly attached to the first hinge member at a first hinge point and a second end hingedly attached to the second hinge member at a second hinge point; wherein the second hinge point is rotatable about the first hinge point; and a means for controlling the position of the second hinge member with respect to the first hinge member; wherein the third hinge member is generally parallel and adjacent to both the first hinge member and the second hinge member when the door is in a closed position; wherein the door is positioned outside of the doorway clearance space when the door is opened 90 degrees and moveable to a position wherein the second hinge member is completely on the jamb side of the jamb attachment face.