Patent ID: 6286918
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: E05D,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
In combination:a cabinet of frameless construction including a cabinet wall and a cabinet door, 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, an elongated recess extending inwardly from said opening into said cabinet wall between said wall sides and an elongated slot in one of said wall sides communicating with said elongated recess, said elongated slot having a vertical dimension less than the vertical dimension of said elongated recess and located at an elevation below the uppermost extent of said elongated recess and above the lowermost extent of said elongated recess;a double-ended, elongated support plate located within said elongated recess with one of the ends of the elongated support plate disposed at or closely adjacent to the opening at the wall front of the cabinet wall and the other end located a predetermined distance inwardly of said opening, said elongated support plate defining an elongated aperture in communication within the elongated slot in one of the wall sides and for distributing forces over a predetermined area of said cabinet wall;a hinge including pivotally interconnected first and second hinge members, said first hinge member being attached to said door; andmechanical fastener means extending into said recess and through the elongated slot defined by s aid cabinet wall and through the elongated aperture of said elongated support plate for releasably securing said second hinge member to said cabinet wall at a selected location on said cabinet wall, said mechanical fastener means including a bolt extending through said second hinge member and through said elongated slot and a securement member threadedly engaged with said bolt and disposed in said elongated recess, said mechanical fastener means being slidably movable relative to said elongated support plate in said elongated aperture when said bolt and said securement member are loosened, and said bolt and securement member when tightened urging said second hinge member and said elongated support plate toward one another to clampingly engage therebetween a portion of said cabinet wall.