US 12,390,021 B2
Display case door
Praveen Chandrashekaraiah, Bangalore (IN); Shriram Kumar, Bangalore (IN); David Briggs Baugh, Palmdale, CA (US); Adrian Rodriguez, Santa Clarita, CA (US); and Dexter Maluto, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Anthony, Inc., Sylmar (CA)
Filed by Anthony, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/402,922.
Application 18/402,922 is a continuation of application No. 17/698,960, filed on Mar. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,896,147.
Claims priority of application No. 202141011736 (IN), filed on Mar. 19, 2021; and application No. 202141061813 (IN), filed on Dec. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0148165 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. A47F 3/04 (2006.01); E05F 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC A47F 3/043 (2013.01) [E05F 1/10 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/31 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display case comprising:
a frame coupled to the display case, the frame comprising a first fastener;
a door mounted to the frame, the door comprising a second fastener coupled to a surface of the door; and
a bracket pivotably coupled to the frame at a first end of the bracket by the first fastener and the door at a second end of the bracket by the second fastener, the bracket comprising:
a first pair of spring arms at the first end of the bracket, each spring arm of the first pair of spring arms comprising:
a first aperture configured to be placed about the first fastener;
a plurality of concave regions, where the plurality of concave regions together form a second aperture sized to accept the first fastener, the second aperture coupled to the first aperture, the second aperture configured to receive and accept a portion of the first fastener from the first aperture; and
a first opening coupled to the plurality of concave regions, the first opening through which the first fastener is permitted to pass, upon application of a first holding force sufficient to overcome the first pair of spring arms, and, thereby, disconnect the bracket from the frame; and
a second pair of spring arms at the second end of the bracket, the second pair of spring arms comprising:
a slot therebetween in which the second fastener of the door slides as the door is pivoted between open and closed positions; and
a first detent on at least one of the spring arms of the second pair of spring arms.