US 12,441,521 B2
Automatic locking hinge mechanism
Hodei Landa Fernandez de la Bastida, Álava (ES); and Thibaut Deluca-Verley, Kenosha, WI (US)
Assigned to SNA EUROPE INDUSTRIES IBERIA, S. A., Araba/Alava (ES)
Filed by SNA EUROPE INDUSTRIES IBERIA, S. A., Álava (ES)
Filed on May 15, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/665,207.
Claims priority of application No. ES202330891U (ES), filed on May 24, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0391654 A1, Nov. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. B65D 43/16 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 43/162 (2013.01) [B65D 2251/105 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00101 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hinge with automatic locking, comprising:
at least one rotation attachment, being linked to an upper lid and being configured to be rotatable around a stem, the stem being linked to a lower lid; and
at least one locking attachment for the at least one rotation attachment, facing a retaining attachment of the lower lid in a closed position of the upper lid and the lower lid, and being configured to be rotatable with the upper lid to a locking position with the upper lid and the lower lid in an opened position,
wherein the retaining attachment is comprised of an angled end and a chamfered end so as to allow free rotation of the at least one locking attachment to the locking position, wherein a locking recess of the at least one locking attachment is configured so as to house the chamfered end, and wherein a retaining recess is configured so as to partially house the at least one locking attachment.