US 12,460,459 B2
Double jointed door hinge
Paul Craig Branch, Layton, UT (US); Clarissa Mae Stuart, Layton, UT (US); Neil Ben Watson, Layton, UT (US); and Kenneth William Taylor, Roy, UT (US)
Assigned to Lifetime Products, Inc., Clearfield, UT (US)
Filed by Lifetime Products, Inc., Clearfield, UT (US)
Filed on Jan. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/402,541.
Application 18/402,541 is a continuation of application No. 16/836,073, filed on Mar. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,898,390.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/830,160, filed on Apr. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0133222 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. E05D 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC E05D 3/12 (2013.01) [E05Y 2900/132 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a first structure; and
a second structure;
a double jointed hinge configured to connect the second structure and the first structure to each other, the double jointed hinge comprising:
a first hinge element that is connectible to the first structure;
a second hinge element that is connectible to the second structure; and
a first link and a second link, the first link and the second link configured to connect the first hinge element to the second hinge element, and when the apparatus is in an assembled state, and the second structure is fully closed, the first link and the second link are received within a recess cooperatively defined by the first structure and the second structure, wherein when the apparatus is in an assembled state, the first hinge element extends past a top of the second structure, and past a bottom of the second structure, and the second hinge element does not extend past the top or the bottom of the second structure.