Patent ID: 7055216

Claim:
A magnetic hinge defining a hinge axis, comprising: (A) a first hinge plate of non-magnetic material; (B) a first magnet disposed in said first plate for movement therewith; (C) a second hinge plate of non-magnetic material; and (D) a second magnet disposed in said second plate for movement therewith; said first and second plates being generally juxtaposed and independently pivotable about the hinge axis in respective parallel planes transverse to the hinge axis between: (i) a closed orientation wherein said first and second plates are essentially superposed, and (ii) an open orientation wherein said first and second plates are essentially not superposed; said first and second magnets being essentially superposed and in the same magnetic orientation; said first plate defining a first abutment structure projecting from a surface thereof towards said second plate, and said second plate defining a cooperating first stop structure projecting from a surface thereof towards said first plate; when said first and second plates are adjacent and in said closed orientation, said first abutment structure impeding relative pivoting of said first plate in a first direction about the hinge axis by lateral abutment thereof with said cooperating first stop structure of said second plate.