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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2004
Applicant:
Charles H. Anderson, Rochester, NH (US);
Inventor:
Charles H. Anderson, Rochester, NH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 31/00 (2006.01); A01K 39/00 (2006.01); E05D 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A self-latching hinge mechanism () and apparatus () for applications where access to a pole mounted device is required. The hinge comprises a top section () with a cantilevered tail piece () which extends beyond a pivot () connected at the top () of a lower section (). A latch consists of an encircling slide () which binds the tail piece () to the lower part of the pivot section () when in the lowered, locked position and allows the top section piece () to rotate relative to the lower section ().