Patent ID: 8296906

Claim:
A four bar hinge for mounting a door on an enclosure, said hinge comprising: a first mounting bracket adapted to secure said hinge to said enclosure; a second mounting bracket adapted to secure said hinge to said door; a first link rotationally connected to said first mounting bracket at a first location and rotationally connected to said second mounting bracket at a second location; a second link rotationally connected to said first mounting bracket at a third location and rotationally connected to said second mounting bracket at a fourth location; a first shield fixedly connected at said second and said fourth locations; and, a second shield slidably connected to said first link and rotationally connected at said third location, wherein throughout an entire range of motion of said first mounting bracket relative to said second mounting bracket at least a portion of one of said first or second shields overlaps and contacts at least a portion of the other of said first and second shields whereby access to a volume formed between said first and second links is precluded from a first side of said volume, wherein the first and second shields are positioned within the first and second mounting brackets, wherein either said first shield comprises an edge having at least one first curvature or said second shield comprises an edge having at least one second curvature, or said first shield comprises an edge having at least one first curvature and said second shield comprises an edge having at least one second curvature.