US 11,866,974 B2
Hinge
Benjamin Hall, Swanley (GB)
Assigned to Kingsway Enterprises (UK) Limited, Kent (GB)
Filed by KINGSWAY ENTERPRISES (UK) LIMITED, Swanley (GB)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/989,142.
Application 17/989,142 is a continuation of application No. 17/174,411, filed on Feb. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,566,457.
Claims priority of application No. 2002074 (GB), filed on Feb. 14, 2020; and application No. 2101829 (GB), filed on Feb. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0080352 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. E05D 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC E05D 3/02 (2013.01) [E05D 2003/025 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/132 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A continuous hinge comprising:
a first hinge portion comprising a first plurality of knuckles removably attached to a first spine,
wherein the first spine is a first planar plate and comprises:
a first planar surface located on a first side of the first planar plate and
a second surface that includes one or more first sockets located on a second side of the first planar plate that is opposite to and parallel with the first planar surface,
wherein the first plurality of knuckles comprises one or more first tails such that the first spine attaches to the first plurality of knuckles when the one or more first tails are received in the one or more first sockets; and
a second hinge portion comprising a second plurality of knuckles removably attached to a second spine,
wherein the second spine is a second planar plate comprising:
a third planar surface located on a third side of the second planar plate and
a fourth surface that includes one or more second sockets located on a fourth side of the second planar plate that is opposite to and parallel with the third planar surface,
wherein the second plurality of knuckles comprises one or more second tails such that the second spine attaches to the second plurality of knuckles when the one or more second tails are received in the one or more second sockets, and
wherein, when the continuous hinge is assembled, the second plurality of knuckles are interdigitated with and pivotally coupled to the first plurality of knuckles
such that the second spine is moveable relative to the first spine into a closed position in which the first planar surface abuts the third planar surface.