US 12,116,817 B2
Hinge mechanism, compartment door assembly with such a hinge mechanism, cabinet or refrigerator with such a hinge mechanism and/ or compartment door assembly and recreational vehicle
Michael Steiger, Wenden (DE); Gerold Heitze, Wilnsdorf (DE); Magnus Manderbach, Dillenburg (DE); and Sergej Krist, Neunkirchen (DE)
Assigned to Dometic Sweden AB, Solna (SE)
Filed by Dometic Sweden AB, Solna (SE)
Filed on May 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/884,698.
Claims priority of application No. 102019207919.9 (DE), filed on May 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0378165 A1, Dec. 3, 2020
Int. Cl. E05D 15/50 (2006.01); E05D 7/02 (2006.01); E05D 7/10 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC E05D 15/505 (2013.01) [E05D 7/02 (2013.01); E05D 7/1077 (2013.01); F25D 23/025 (2013.01); F25D 23/028 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/20 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/31 (2013.01); F25D 2323/022 (2013.01); F25D 2323/024 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hinge mechanism for supporting an interior compartment door pivotally to an interior compartment frame of a refrigerator, comprising:
at least two receiving sections and at least two engaging sections, wherein each of the at least two receiving sections is configured to be coupled to one of the interior compartment door or the interior compartment frame respectively, and each of the at least two engaging sections is configured to be coupled to the other of the interior compartment door or the interior compartment frame respectively,
wherein each of the at least two engaging sections is configured to be engaged with and disengaged from one of the at least two receiving sections,
wherein in an engaged state each of the at least two engaging sections is pivotable with respect to a corresponding receiving section of the at least two receiving sections about a corresponding pivoting axis;
wherein each of the at least two engaging sections has a pin portion having two flattened opposed surfaces and each of the at least two receiving sections has an h-shaped coupling portion and a receiving portion at an outward end of said h-shaped coupling portion, said receiving portion configured to receive the pin portion of the respective engaging section along a direction perpendicular with respect to said pivoting axis.