Patent ID: 7735197

Claim:
A hinge for circumrotatory location comprising: a base, having a soleplate with a circular first groove, a circular second groove above the circular first groove which shares a same axis with the circular first groove and has a bigger diameter than the circular first groove, a retention slot connecting a part of the edge of the circular second groove and having two retention edges, a center shaft protruding upward from the center of the circular first groove, and a stop block rotatably mounted in the retention slot and stretching into the circular second groove, the retention edges capable of stopping the stop block; a locating gasket, fitted to the circular first groove and around the center shaft, at least one pair of recesses centrosymmetrically defined in a top of the locating gasket and receiving a pair of locating spheres; a top cover, defines a center bore in a top thereof, and a circular third groove sharing a same axis with the center bore and having a bigger diameter than the center bore in a bottom thereof, the circular third groove communicating with the center bore, at least one pair of locating slots centrosymmetrically defined in the fundus of the circular third groove, a protrusion protruding downward from the bottom of the top cover and adjacent to the circular third groove, the top cover fitted together with the base and lying above the locating gasket, the center shaft passing through the center bore, the locating slots coupled with the corresponding recesses to receive the locating spheres, the protrusion rotating around the circumference of the second groove and capable of being against two sides of the stop block; and a latch, abutting against the top of the top cover and fixedly connecting to the center shaft.