Patent ID: 7480962

Claim:
A slide hinge comprising: a hinge body; a tubular fixed member, an intermediate member that is inserted and fixed to the tubular fixed member at a predetermined attachment position, a vertical slit which is formed in the peripheral wall of the tubular fixed member and which extends across the peripheral wall in a direction along an axis of the tubular fixed member from one end surface of the peripheral wall towards the other end surface of the peripheral wall; and a lateral slit which is formed in the peripheral wall of the tubular fixed member and which extends in a circumferential direction of the tubular fixed member and is disposed adjacent the vertical slit, wherein one of the tubular fixed member and the intermediate member is rotatably coupled to an end of the hinge body via two links, a displacement portion is provided in a peripheral wall of the tubular fixed member, an end portion of the displacement portion extending in the circumferential direction is displaceable in a radial direction of the tubular fixed member, a wedge protrusion is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the displacement portion, and a pressing portion is provided on the intermediate member, the pressing portion configured to displace the end portion of the displacement portion in the direction towards an outside of the tubular fixed member when the intermediate member is inserted to the attachment position as a result of the pressing portion abutting with an inner peripheral surface of the displacement portion; and wherein the displacement portion is a portion defined by the one end surface of the periphery wall, the vertical slit and the lateral slit.