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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2003
Wilfried Oepping, Kirchlengern, DE;
Udo Stellbrink, Kirchlengern, DE;
Wilfried Oepping, Kirchlengern, DE;
Udo Stellbrink, Kirchlengern, DE;
Hettich-ONI GmbH & Co. KG, Vlotho, DE;
Abstract
The present invention is a hinge for furniture that includes a first hinge part rotatably connected with a second hinge part via at least one hinge axis. The first hinge part has a substantially U-shaped cross-section with its legs on one end having free ends that point toward a piece of the furniture. The free ends have fastening flanges bent laterally in a plane substantially parallel to the piece of furniture. A first area of the legs being expandable at free ends of the legs creating a trapezoidal cross-section when the flanges are mounted to the piece of furniture, and the legs have a resulting cambered construction. A second area of the legs being substantially parallel, and the at least one hinge axis being located in this second area.