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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 1983
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1980
Horst Lautenschlager, Reinheim, DE;
Gerhard Lautenschlager, Brensbach-Wersau, DE;
Karl Lautenschlager, Jr, Reinheim, DE;
Mepla, Inc., High Point, NC (US);
Abstract
An articulated hinge for pivotally connecting a door flap to the carcass of a piece of furniture which has spaced carcass walls and a frame facing the door and extending essentially at right angles to the carcass walls and confining a free door opening, while the door flap in closed position partially overlaps the frame. The hinge has a carcass-related part connected to the edge surface of the frame offset inwardly relative to the adjacent carcass wall, and a door-related part connected to the door flap and pivotally connected to the carcass-related part via a link mechanism. The door-related part is in the form of an insert cup with a connecting part fittingly inserted into a recess in the backside of the door flap, and a link carrier part which has a portion interlocking with the connecting part. The interlocking portion is displaceable at right angles with respect to the pivot axis of the hinge parallel to the backside of the door flap by a predetermined measure and can be connected on the door flap within this predetermined measure in random relative displacement positions.