Patent ID: 8006345

Claim:
A hinge for joining a first rod to a second rod, the hinge comprising: a first hollow tubular shaft haying an opening for the first rod; said first rod frictionally engaged inside said opening without a fastener: said first hollow tubular shaft having a pair of first opposing dog ears at an opposite end from the opening; said dog ears having a hole to receive a hinge pin; a second hollow tubular shaft having an opening for the second rod; said second rod sized larger than said second hollow tubular shaft so as to frictionally engage an outside thereof without a fastener: said second hollow tubular shaft having a pair of inner opposing dog ears which fit adjacent the first opposing dog ears and have aligned holes to receive the hinge pin; said first hollow tubular shaft having a shoulder which abuts the second hollow tubular shaft at a fully opened position; wherein the first and second rods abut one another substantially parallel to each other and touching each other in a fully closed position; wherein the tubular members are made of formed sheet metal; wherein said dog ears extend in only one direction radially away from said hinge pin; and said shoulder further comprising a curved end of the first hollow tubular shaft being co-planar with the first hollow tubular shaft.