Patent ID: 6745813
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: E05D,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
A pivot mechanism for supporting articulated panels comprising:an elongated channel having a channel center axis, a rear wall, and a pair of sidewalls extending from said rear wall, said sidewalls having a gap therebetween; a first track formed in one of said pair of sidewalls and a second track formed in the other of said pair of sidewalls; a pivot assembly having a carriage portion, said carriage portion having a carriage center axis running therethrough; a support member extending from said carriage portion said support member having a support center axis therethrough; a first axle and a second axle both extending at fixed substantially opposite angles from an offset attachment of said first and second axles to said carriage; a first wheel having a first circumference and a second wheel having a second circumference, both rotationally attached to said first axle and said second axle respectively; said first circumference and said second circumference overlapping said carriage center axis; said pivot assembly engageable with said channel with said first wheel rollingly engageable with said first track and said second wheel rollingly engageable with said second track thereby slidingly engaging said pivot assembly with said channel; and means for cooperative rotational engagement between the support member and the top of said articulated panel to be suspended by said pivot assembly when said pivot assembly is slidably engaged with said channel.