Patent ID: 8245874
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
1. A mechanism connecting a door to a container bounded by a pair of lateral walls, said door providing and restricting access to a chamber of said container in respective open and closed positions so as to pivotably open towards an axial fore-and-aft direction, said door terminating in a pair of edges that extend in a lateral direction across said pair of lateral walls, said mechanism comprising at each corresponding lateral wall of said container and a corresponding edge of said door: upper and lower pivot pins disposed on the wall external to the chamber, said pins extending parallel in the lateral direction substantially perpendicular to the axial direction; proximal and distal pivot pins disposed on the corresponding edge relative to the lateral axis and extending parallel thereto, the door being openable to swing on the lateral axis and translate along the axial direction to provide in the men position an operational surface parallel to the axial and lateral axes the mechanism disposed to being entirely behind, and below said surface for the door in the open position; a rail mounting to said lateral wall of the container being aligned along the axial direction; an elbow for sliding along said direction, said elbow having vertical and axial members, said axial member translatable connecting to said rail; a first linkage arm having first, second and third joints pivotably connecting respectively to slide along said vertical member, to pivot on said lower pin of said lateral wall, and to said distal in of the edge; and a second linkage arm having fourth and fifth joints pivotably connecting respectively to said proximal pin of the edge and to the lateral wall, wherein said linkage arms are disposed to avoid lateral obstruction beyond said surface for the door in the open position.