Patent ID: 7661176

Claim:
A hinge assembly comprising a stationary leaf having a distal end; a barrel having a mounting hole being formed coaxially through the barrel; an inner surface; two end edges; two slots being opposite to each other and formed longitudinally in the inside surface and through the end edges of the barrel and communicating with the mounting hole; and a channel being formed longitudinally through the inner surface and the end edges of the barrel and communicating with the mounting hole; and a bushing being mounted securely in the mounting hole and having two end edges; a gudgeon being formed coaxially through the bushing; a slit being formed longitudinally through the bushing; and two securing members being formed symmetrically on the bushing by cutting and bending, protruding toward opposite directions and respectively engaging the slots of the stationary leaf; and a pivoting leaf being mounted rotatably and tightly in the gudgeon of the bushing, abutting one of the end edges of the barrel and having a proximal end; a body having a proximal end; an outside wall; and a mounting leaf being formed on and protruding from the out side wall of the body; and a pintle extending from the proximal end of the pivoting leaf and being mounted tightly but rotatably in the gudgeon.