US 11,898,390 B2
Double jointed door hinge
Paul Craig Branch, Layton, UT (US); Clarissa Mae Stuart, Layton, UT (US); Neil Ben Watson, Layton, UT (US); and Kenneth William Taylor, Roy, UT (US)
Assigned to LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC., Clearfield, UT (US)
Filed by Lifetime Products, Inc., Clearfield, UT (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/836,073.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/830,160, filed on Apr. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0318406 A1, Oct. 8, 2020
Int. Cl. E05D 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC E05D 3/12 (2013.01) [E05Y 2900/132 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a first hinge element;
a second hinge element; and
a first link and a second link, the first link and the second link configured to connect the first hinge element to the second hinge element so that the second hinge element is spaced apart from the first element, and wherein when so connected, the first hinge element extends through the first link and through the second link, and the second hinge element does not extend through the first link or through the second link,
wherein the second hinge element comprises a first complementary structure and the second link comprises a second complementary structure, and the first complementary structure and the second complementary structure are configured to engage each other so as to prevent rotation of the second hinge element about an axis defined by the second hinge element.