Patent ID: 6430778
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: E05D,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
Apparatus for hingedly connecting a cabinet door to a cabinet wall of a frameless cabinet, said cabinet wall including spaced wall sides and a wall front extending between said spaced wall sides, said cabinet wall defining an opening at said wall front and an elongated recess extending inwardly from said opening into said cabinet wall between said wall sides, said apparatus comprising, in combination:a first hinge member for attachment to a cabinet door; a second hinge member pivotally connected to said first hinge member; a double-ended, elongated support plate attached to said second hinge member at one of the ends of said elongated support plate for positioning through an opening in the wall front of a cabinet wall of a frameless cabinet into an elongated recess extending inwardly from the opening and between the wall sides of the cabinet wall, said elongated support plate having a support plate top and a support plate bottom and for distributing forces over a predetermined area of a cabinet wall; and at least one projection attached to said elongated support plate for frictionally engaging the cabinet wall when said elongated support plate is in the elongated recess of the cabinet wall to attach said second hinge member to the cabinet wall, said at least one projection comprising an elongated rib projecting from a side of said elongated support plate for positioning in an elongated slot formed in the cabinet wall communicating with the elongated recess, said elongated rib having a rib top and a rib bottom.