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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2015
Delta Faucet Company, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Gerald R. Hayes, Lebanon, IN (US);
Jeffrey D. Ferris, Carmel, IN (US);
Jörg Krzewina, Westerstede Howiek, DE;
Andree Buxnowitz, Emden, DE;
Dieter zur Horst, Wiefelstede, DE;
Delta Faucet Company, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A shower door enclosure has fixed and pivotable hinge halves which can be preinstalled to fixed and pivotable panels, respectively. One or both of the hinge halves can be adjusted at the installation site without hinge disassembly. In particular, each hinge half may be mounted to its respective panel via a fastener passing through the panel and into a floating bushing. The floating bushing is received in a seat formed in the body of the hinge half. The bushing and seat are shaped to prevent continuous rotation of the bushing within the seat, allowing the fastener to be tightened against the panel without requiring external access to the bushing. Upon assembly of the door panel to the adjacent fixed panel via the respective hinge halves, the bushings may be allowed to 'float' laterally and vertically within the hinge bodies while the panels are adjusted to a proper orientation, and the fasteners may then be tightened to fix the panels in place.