Patent ID: 7080428

Claim:
A hinge device having means to detach one hinge member from another comprising: a fender mounting plate having a pivot pin secured thereto; a hood mounting plate having a pivot pin engaging slot; an elongated pawl having a latch plate engaging end, the pawl slideably secured to the hood mounting plate; and a latch plate rotatably secured to the hood mounting plate in a spaced relationship with the elongated pawl, the latch plate comprising: a pawl engaging slot shaped to engage the pawl latch plate engaging end; a pivot pin engaging slot shaped to engage the pivot pin; and a pawl unlock surface that contacts the latch plate engaging end of the elongated pawl when the elongated pawl is not engaged with the pawl engaging slot; whereby a user can detach one hinge member from another by withdrawing the pawl, translating one hinge member in relation to the other, thereby rotating the latch plate, which disengages the latch plate and hood mounting plate from the pivot pin and separates the hinge members.