Patent ID: 8387212

Claim:
A device for fastening a hinge to an extruded profile member having a longitudinally extending channel having an opening and opposed longitudinally extending undercut portions on opposing sides of said opening opposite a bottom surface of said channel, said device comprising: a sliding block having opposing upper and lower surfaces and opposing longitudinally extending lateral surfaces, said upper surface of said sliding block having a pair of webs pivotably connected with a hinge arm along a pivot axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of said sliding block, said sliding block being positionable within said channel such that said webs extend outwardly through said opening, one of said lateral surfaces of said sliding block defining a snap tooth longitudinally extending along a lateral edge of said lower surface of said sliding block, the other of said lateral surfaces of said sliding block defining an undergrabbing prong longitudinally extending along an opposing lateral edge of said lower surface of said sliding block, a pair of cutouts formed within said lower surface of said sliding block including a pair of unilaterally open grooves opening into said undergrabbing prong and symmetrically arranged on opposite sides of said webs along said longitudinal axis; a resilient element arranged in each of said cutouts, each resilient element protruding from said undergrabbing prong to resiliently engage a lateral surface of said channel of said profile member such that said snap tooth and said undergrabbing prong are each biased against a respective one of said undercut portions of said profile member during sliding of said sliding block within said channel; and a fixing element threadably engaging a hole in said sliding block and engagable with said bottom surface of said channel to fix said snap tooth and said undergrabbing prong against said respective undercut portions.