Patent ID: 8584319

Claim:
A hinge comprising: one or more first hinge segments comprising a first surface having supported thereon: a plurality of spatially separated first lugs each having a first slot formed therein; and a plurality of spatially separated first rods and, each of said first slots being defined by two first slot walls and having a first directional vector which bisects an angle formed by the first slot walls; one or more second hinge segments comprising a second surface having supported thereon: a plurality of spatially separated second lugs, each second lug having a second slot formed therein; and a plurality of spatially separated second rods, each of said second slots being defined by two second slot walls and having a corresponding second directional vector which bisects an angle formed by the second slot walls; the first hinge segments and the second hinge segments positionable between a first configuration and a second configuration wherein the first configuration is of partial engagement of the first hinge segment with the second hinge segment wherein each of the first slots is aligned and engaged with each of the second rods and wherein the first directional vectors and the second directional vectors project in a common plane; and the second configuration is of full engagement of the first hinge segment and the second hinge segment wherein each of the first slots is rotatably engaged and each of the first directional vectors project in a different direction than each of the second directional vectors, whereby disengagement of the first hinge segment is prevented.