US 11,906,170 B2
Magnetic positioning hinge for horizontal door assembly
Kevin Paul Combs, Louisville, KY (US); and Trevor Jordan Carver, Alexandria, KY (US)
Assigned to WINSTON INDUSTRIES, LLC, Louisville, KY (US)
Filed by WINSTON INDUSTRIES, LLC, Louisville, KY (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/862,522.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/840,122, filed on Apr. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0363070 A1, Nov. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. F24C 15/02 (2006.01); E05D 3/02 (2006.01); E05D 11/10 (2006.01)
CPC F24C 15/023 (2013.01) [E05D 3/02 (2013.01); E05D 11/1028 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/418 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/46 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/682 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/674 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/132 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/308 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An oven having a magnetic positioning hinge for a horizontal door assembly, comprising:
an oven including a left side, a right side, a top, a bottom panel, a front panel and back panel and at least one pivoting front door, having means for opening, said front door including a pair of spaced apart aligned horizontal magnetic positioning hinges affixed to said front panel above said front door for supporting said at least one front door,
and
each one of said pair of horizontal magnetic positioning hinges comprising a pair of pivoting hinge plates including a top plate and a bottom plate joined by a pin, said top plate attaching to said front panel of said oven and having a a wedge shaped housing including a magnet disposed therein, and said bottom plate including a magnetic metal or magnetic material attaching to said of door frame alignable with said wedge of said top plate, whereby pivoting said front door upward contacting said wedge releasably retains said front door in an upward position at a selected angle.