Patent ID: 6035489
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: E05D,Y10T

Abstract:
A hingeable and separable coupling device comprising:a first connectable member fastenable to an object;a coupling means mounted to said first connectable member which has holes through which a portion of said coupling means movably extends, said first connectable member also having side walls and a main wall, said holes extending through said side walls, said coupling means comprising a sleeve having a first end and second end and a shaft having a first end and a second end and a stub attached to said first end of said sleeve and a spring disposed within said sleeve for biasedly urging said shaft and said sleeve in opposite directions and for biasedly urging said stub and said first end of said shaft into a coupling position, said second end of said shaft extending in said second end of said sleeve, each of said stub and said first end of said shaft retractably extending through said holes in said first connectable member;a second connectable member hingeably and detachably coupled to said first connectable member by said coupling means and being fastenable to an object; andan uncoupling means mounted to said first connectable member to detach said second connectable member from said first connectable member, said uncoupling means further including a pair of flanges one of which is fixedly mounted about said sleeve and the other of which is fixedly mounted about said shaft for movement of said sleeve and said shaft therewith, said uncoupling means also including a lever for moving said flanges along with the attached sleeve and shaft toward each other upon pivoting the lever toward the first connectable member being pivotally connected to said first connectable member, said uncoupling means further having a plurality of projecting members which extend from said lever for moving said flanges along with the attached sleeve and shaft toward each other upon pivoting the lever toward the first connectable member.