Patent ID: 7584525

Claim:
A hinge assembly comprising: a body member including a mounting tab and a housing; a plug disposed and being locked inside said housing such that said plug is not rotatable relative to the housing; an elastomeric sleeve being received in said plug, with the elastomeric sleeve including two, flat, first peripheral surfaces, two, arcuate second peripheral surfaces and a slit, with the elastomeric sleeve and the slit being expandable; a pintle including a mounting tab and a connecting rod, with the connecting rod disposed in said elastomeric sleeve, with the connecting rod including a cylindrical outer surface having a flat surface formed thereon; and wherein said flat surface corresponds to one of the first peripheral surfaces, said cylindrical outer surface corresponds with the second, arcuate, peripheral surfaces, and said elastomeric sleeve and slit are expanded out by the pintle when the pintle rotates.