Patent ID: 7549193

Claim:
A hinge comprising: a pivot shaft, said pivot shaft having a mounting portion for mounting, a shaft body, and a collar connected between the mounting portion of said pivot shaft and said shaft body, said shaft body having at least one annular locating groove extending around the periphery thereof; a barrel capped on the shaft body of said pivot shaft and stopped against the collar of said pivot shaft, said barrel having an inside wall, a receiving open chamber surrounded by said inside wall for receiving the shaft body of said pivot shaft, and a mounting portion extended from one end thereof for mounting; and a resilient retaining split tube mounted in said receiving open chamber around the shaft body of said pivot shaft and forced by the inside wall of said barrel into friction with the periphery of the shaft body of said pivot shaft, said resilient retaining split tube having a plurality of angles respectively disposed in contact with the inside wall of said barrel, a plurality of planes respectively separated by said angles and disposed in contact with the periphery of the shaft body of said pivot shaft, a longitudinal crevice defined between two adjacent planes, and at least one retaining strip respectively protruded from said planes and engaged with the at least one annular locating groove of the shaft body of said pivot shaft to secure said pivot shaft to said retaining split tube and said barrel.