Patent ID: 7635171

Claim:
A tip out hinge for use within a cabinet comprising: a base plate having a planar upper portion proximate a raised middle portion, and a planar lower portion that is co-planar with the planar upper portion; wherein the raised middle portion has a side defining a hole sized to receive on end of a torsion spring, the plate being configured to be securable to the frame of a cabinet; a first pin connected to the planar upper portion of the base plate, wherein the pin has a raised portion projecting away from the planar upper portion of the base plate; first and second movable pivot bars, each bar having a first end rotatably secured to the base plate, the first pivot bar being rotatably connected to an outer end of the raised portion of the first pin; a bracket secured to a second end of each of the first and second rotatable pivot bars; and a torsion spring having a coil, the coil being coiled around the raised portion of the first pin between the planar upper portion of the base plate and the first movable pivot bar, the torsion spring having a second end spaced from the coil and secured by the hole defined in the side of the raised middle portion of the base plate to supply a substantially linear closing force, the spring having an arm portion coupling the spring second end to the coil, the arm portion of the spring being located between the planar upper portion of the base plate and the first movable pivot bar when the hinge is in a closed position.