US 11,859,426 B2
Hinge assembly
Nameer Shaaban, Kohler, WI (US); Sandeep Vishwasrao Pawar, Pune (IN); and Yogesh Pansare, Pune (IN)
Assigned to KOHLER CO., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed by Kohler Co.
Filed on Sep. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/478,585.
Claims priority of application No. 202011043601 (IN), filed on Oct. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0106820 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. E05D 5/02 (2006.01); E05D 7/04 (2006.01); E05D 3/02 (2006.01); E05F 5/00 (2017.01)
CPC E05D 7/04 (2013.01) [E05D 3/02 (2013.01); E05D 2007/0469 (2013.01); E05F 5/00 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/11 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/114 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/132 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hinge comprising:
a first plate;
a second plate rotatably coupled to the first plate at a joint;
a third plate disposed substantially parallel to the second plate; and
a slider piece disposed between the second plate and the third plate, the slider piece having a first slot disposed therein;
wherein the second plate is coupled to the third plate via at least one fastener, wherein the at least one fastener is configured to slide within the first slot of the slider piece; and
wherein the third plate comprises a second slot disposed therethrough, wherein the second slot is configured to receive a portion of the slider piece.