Patent ID: 7676887
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: E05D,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An adjustable door hinge comprising: a first hinge member, said first hinge member adapted for engagement to a door jam; an elongated second hinge member, said second hinge member having a rearwall, said rearwall having a perimeter edge; said second hinge member having a sidewall extending substantially perpendicular to said rear wall along said perimeter edge; said second hinge member having an internal cavity defined by the area between said rearwall and said sidewall; a cover plate adapted for engagement to said second hinge member; said second hinge member adapted for, recessed engagement to the sidewall of a door; a support member, said support member having a first end and having a second end; means for rotatable engagement of said first hinge member to said first end of said support member; means for translatable engagement in two substantially perpendicular directions, of said second end of said support member, within said cavity; said second end of said support member translatable along a first axis running substantially parallel to said rear wall; said second end of said support member translatable along a second axis, toward and away from said rearwall, along an axis 1 substantially normal to said first axis; first means of adjustment of said second end to translate said second end of said support member to adjustably fixed positions along said first axis, between a starting position and an end position; said first means of adjustment comprising: a first adjustment pin having a first end in fixed engagement with said support member; a second adjustment pin having a first end in fixed engagement with said second hinge member; wherein the said first and second adjustment pins are axially aligned along the same axis; a sleeve, said sleeve having a geared exterior wall and having a threaded axial passage running therethrough; an adjustment screw rotationally mounted in said internal cavity having a center axis perpendicular to said axial passage and having a head portion adapted for tooled engagement through an aperture in said cover plate; said adjustment screw having a geared exterior in an engagement with said geared exterior wall of said sleeve; and said respective second ends of said first adjustment pin and said second adjustment pin, in a threaded engagement with said axial passage such that a rotation of said adjustment screw causes said first and second adjustment pins to move toward or away from each other to translate said support member along said first axis; second means of adjustment of said second end to translate said second end of said support member to adjustably fixed points along said second axis, between a starting point and an end point; and both said first means of adjustment and said second means of adjustment adapted for tooled engagement on respective engagement ends, said respective engagement ends both accessible through respective first and second apertures in said cover plate, whereby said door may be adjusted for fit within said jam along two axises with both said first and second means of adjustment, visible to said user when viewing said coverplate.