Patent ID: 7240974

Claim:
A combination of a folding lid and a cabinet to which the folding lid is attached so as to open upwardly and be set between an open position and a closed position, comprising: a first lid element ( 9 ) which can be fixed at an upper cabinet shelf ( 2 ) of the cabinet so as to be pivotable around a horizontally arranged first axis ( 10 ); a second lid element ( 11 ) which is connected to the first lid element ( 9 ) so as to be pivotable around a second axis ( 12 ) extending parallel to the first axis ( 10 ); and a lid stay ( 14 ) with a setting arm ( 13 ) which is fixed to a side wall ( 3 ) of the cabinet so as to be pivotable around a third axis ( 15 ) extending parallel to the first axis ( 10 ) and which is connected to the second lid element ( 11 ) so as to be pivotable around a fourth axis ( 16 ) extending parallel to the first axis ( 10 ), wherein the setting arm ( 13 ) comprises a spring-loaded setting contour ( 32 ) which is formed as a curve around the third axis ( 15 ), wherein the radial distance between the setting contour ( 32 ) and the third axis ( 15 ) decreases at least partially, starting from a first pivot position of the setting arm ( 13 ), which corresponds to the closed position of the folding lid ( 8 ), via an angular path of the setting arm ( 13 ) to a second pivot position which corresponds to the open position of the folding lid ( 8 ), wherein the torque generated by the setting contour for every pivot position over said angular path corresponds to the counter torque generated by the force of the weight of the folding lid ( 8 ) as a whole, so that the setting arm ( 13 ) is torque-loaded towards the open position along at least a part of the pivot range from the closed position to the open position of the folding lid ( 8 ), and wherein the magnitude of the torque in each pivot position of the folding lid ( 8 ), between and including the first and second pivot positions, is such that the folding lid ( 8 ) is held in place.