Patent ID: 7150071
Filing Date: 2006-12-19
Classification: E05D,E05F,E05Y,F24C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A receptacle for mounting a hinge assembly to an appliance, said receptacle comprising: a support member defining a recess between first and second sidewalls, wherein said first and second sidewalls comprise respective elongated slots located on opposite sides of said recess and aligned with each other; a pivoting member nested in said recess between said first and second sidewalls of said support member and pivotally connected to said support member by a first hinge mounting structure that spans the recess of the support member, said pivoting member adapted for movement relative to said support member pivotally on an arc about said first hinge mounting structure between a first position and a second position; a second hinge mounting structure that is inserted through and slidably located in said elongated slots of said support member and the spans the recess of the support member, said second hinge mounting structure also connected to the pivoting member for movement therewith relative to said support member pivotally about said first hinge mounting structure, wherein said first and second hinge mounting structures are adapted to be releasably engaged by a claw of an associated hinge assembly for releasable connection of the associated hinge assembly to said receptacle; and, a spring that normally biases said pivoting member and said second hinge mounting structure into said first position and that resiliently accommodates movement of said pivoting member and the second hinge mounting structure pivotally on said arc about said first hinge mounting structure to said second position under break-away forces.