| CPC G02C 5/2209 (2013.01) [E05D 7/1061 (2013.01); G02C 2200/08 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |
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1. A hinge comprising:
a male connector including a pin having a plurality of lobes extending outwardly therefrom and an arm; said arm connected to said pin and extending outwardly therefrom,
a female connector including a knuckle with an interior profile; said interior profile comprising a plurality of indentations formed therein,
said knuckle including two fingers disposed in spaced relation to one another along correspondingly disposed lengths thereof,
a channel disposed between said two fingers and extending along said corresponding lengths thereof; said channel at least partially defined by said spaced relation between said two fingers,
at least one retention tooth disposed on a distal end of one of said two fingers and extending into said channel towards a distal end of the other of said two fingers,
said arm and said at least one retention tooth being correspondingly dimensioned and configured to provide an interference fit therebetween concurrent to said arm being rotated into and out of said channel,
each of said plurality of lobes movable with said pin into and out of nesting engagement with at least one indentation of said plurality of indentations to define a plurality of detent positions; each of said plurality of detent positions establishing one of a plurality of discrete orientations of said arm relative to said knuckle,
said male and female connector being operatively dimensioned and configured to be disposed between an interlocked disposition and a disengaged disposition; and
said interlocked disposition comprising said pin being disposed within said knuckle and said arm being movably disposed within said channel.
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