Patent ID: 7976079
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: E05D,E05F,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A retaining element for a lid of a cabinet, the retaining element is a linkage in the form of an eccentric sliding crank drive, comprising: a support structure adapted to be mounted to said cabinet, and having a first joint and a second joint; an arm acts as a slider link of the sliding crank drive, said arm having a first end and a second end, said first end attached to said lid and said second end being connected to the first joint to pivot about a first arm axis between an open position and a closed position; a lever acts as a crank of the sliding crank drive, said lever having a first end and a second end, said second end being connected to the second joint to pivot about a first lever axis of the second joint, the first arm axis and first lever axis are in a fixed position with respect to one another; a slider element acts as a slider of the sliding crank drive, said slider element positioned within the arm to be guided and displaceable along a slider axis, said first end of said lever being connected to the slider element and is pivotable around a second lever axis, said slider axis intersects the first arm axis at a distance; a force element is supported against the first end of said arm and against the slider element, said force element force-loads against said arm and slider element wherein the retaining element retains a lid between an open and closed position.