US 12,264,520 B2
Anti-ligature hinge
Danilo Favero Gomes, Germantown, TN (US); and Betty Kay Ward, Memphis, TN (US)
Assigned to ASSA ABLOY Accessories and Door Controls Group, Inc., Monroe, NC (US)
Filed by ASSA ABLOY Accessories and Door Controls Group, Inc., Monroe, NC (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/125,964.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/328,865, filed on Apr. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0323715 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. E05D 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC E05D 11/0054 (2013.01) [E05D 2011/0072 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/424 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An anti-ligature hinge comprising:
a first leaf;
a second leaf operatively coupled to the first leaf; and
an anti-ligature cap comprising:
a body;
a leaf projection operatively coupled to the body, wherein the leaf projection is configured to extend between the first leaf and the second leaf in a closed hinge position, wherein the leaf projection is configured to be non-movably operatively coupled to the first leaf or the second leaf through a leaf projection connector; and
a knuckle projection operatively coupled to the body or a knuckle recess formed by the body; wherein the knuckle projection or the knuckle recess is configured to be operatively coupled to the first leaf or the second leaf.