Patent ID: 7886410

Claim:
A reversible door hinge comprising: a. a reversible base member adapted to be mounted to a left side or a right side of a vehicle body, made of a flat piece of metal defining a plane, and having a left face and a right face, wherein the reversible base member is symmetric about its plane so that the left face is a mirror image of the right face, wherein the reversible door hinge has a left orientation configuration and a right orientation configuration; b. a primary swivel member which is swivelly mounted to a first side of the base member so that the primary swivel member swivels on the plane defined by the base member, and wherein the primary swivel member has a primary swivel axis normal to the plane defined by the base member, wherein the primary swivel member is reversible for mounting on a second side of the reversible base member when the reversible door hinge is reversed in orientation; c. an arm extended from the primary swivel member and adapted to be mounted to a left-side door or a right-side door of a vehicle, wherein the arm is swivelly mounted to the primary swivel member at a secondary swivel, wherein the secondary swivel has a secondary swivel axis of rotation normal to the primary swivel axis, wherein the arm has an extended position and a retracted position, wherein the arm extends to open the door and retracts to close the door; d. a shock bracket mounted to the primary swivel member; e. wherein the shock bracket has a shock bracket axis of rotation parallel to the primary swivel axis; and f. a shock mounted between the shock bracket and the base member, wherein simultaneous coplanar motion of the primary swivel member, the base member and the shock allow the shock to move on the plane of the primary swivel member and the base member, wherein the shock has a shock base end.