Patent ID: 7243396

Claim:
A door hinge comprising a first element, a second element and a lever connecting the first and second elements to each other; the lever being pivoted on the second element and having a first portion attached to the first element to make the first and the second element reciprocally mobile about a horizontal axis; the second element consisting of a box-shaped body housing an elastic means for acting in conjunction with a second portion of the lever to control the reciprocal motion of the first and the second element; wherein the first element and the lever of the hinge constitute a rocker lever pivoted on the second element and in which the first element comprises a first arm which is rotatable with respect to the second element in a first plane outside the box-shaped body and parallel to a second plane in which a second arm of the rocker lever lies and about which the rocker rotates, said second arm being defined by the second portion of the lever.