Patent ID: 7814616

Claim:
A hinge assembly, comprising: (a) first and second hinge portions adapted to pivot relative to one another around a pivot axis and each including a mounting surface to mount to another member; (b) a pivot pin rotatably retained in the first hinge portion and having opposite ends; (c) each opposite end of the pivot pin having a cross-section and an aperture through the entire cross-section; (d) a pair of receivers in the second hinge portion matingly complementary to the cross-section of the end of the pivot pin aligned along the pivot axis into which the opposite ends of the pivot pin removably fit through insertion openings in a lateral insertion direction relative the pivot axis, each receiver having one or more surfaces which prevent movement of a corresponding opposite end of the pivot pin in directions both laterally and rotationally relative the pivot axis except for the lateral insertion direction through the insertion opening; (e) a threaded fastener adapted to pass through the aperture of and releasably fasten each opposite end of the pivot pin to a mating threaded bore in one of the said surfaces of a corresponding said receiver of said second hinge portion in the lateral insertion direction to prevent movement of each opposite end of the pivot pin relative to the insertion direction; (f) so that the pivot pin is removably fastenable to the second hinge portion in the lateral insertion direction but the opposite ends of the pivot pin and the surfaces of the receivers substantially take up and deter forces which would tend to move the pivot pin laterally or rotationally relative to the pivot axis.