Patent ID: 6314616
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: E05D,E05F,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
In combination:a face frame cabinet including a cabinet wall and a frame member attached to said cabinet wall and projecting therefrom over a portion of the interior of said cabinet, said frame member having a frame member front, a frame member back and a frame member side disposed between said frame member front and said frame member back, said frame member side having a T-shaped opening formed therein having a vertical opening segment and an intersecting horizontal opening segment, said vertical opening segment communicating with a recess in said frame member located between said frame member front and frame member back and said horizontal opening segment communicating with a slot formed in said frame member back, said slot having a vertical dimension less than the vertical dimension of said recess;a hinge including a first hinge member attached to a cabinet door and a second hinge member pivotally connected to said first hinge member;a mounting bracket including a first bracket plate attached to said second hinge member and projecting therefrom and a second bracket plate attached to said first bracket plate and extending substantially orthogonal thereto, said second bracket plate having a plate opening formed therein, said first bracket plate disposed parallel and adjacent to said frame member side and covering said T-shaped opening and said second bracket plate disposed parallel and adjacent to said frame member back and at least partially covering said slot; andfastener means fastening said mounting bracket and said hinge to said frame member, said fastener means comprising a bolt extending through said plate opening and into said slot and a fastener member disposed in said recess and threadedly engaged with said bolt, a portion of said frame member defining said slot clampingly engaged between said second bracket plate and said fastener member.