Door positioning hinge
CA 2196648 C · Owner: Bolinas, Andres A. · Inventors: Hall, Thomas Edwin; Bolinas, Andres A.; Handley, Lynn Ann
Overview
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A door positioning hinge supports two closure members and, also allows the closure members to be rotated to open or to close. The door positioning hinge can be adapted to allow free-swinging of the closure members or alternatively to hold the closure members in various detent positions. In addition the, particular amount of force can be selected where desired which operates to hold the closure members in the respective detent positions. The operation of the door positioning hinge accommodates use with both vertically swinging or horizontally swinging closure members.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed February 3, 1997 and granted October 17, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 3, 2017.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by February 3, 2019.
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