IP Library Granted Patent US 12,441,521
Granted Patent B2
US 12,441,521 · App. 18/665,207 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Automatic locking hinge mechanism

Inventors: Hodei Landa Fernandez de la Bastida (Álava, ES); Thibaut Deluca-Verley (Kenosha, WI)
Assignee: SNA EUROPE INDUSTRIES IBERIA, S. A.
B65D43/162B65D2251/105B65D2543/00101
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Patent No.
US 12,441,521
App. No.
18/665,207
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hinge with automatic locking includes at least one rotation attachment, linked to the upper lid, capable of rotating around the stem, linked to the lower lid. Between each rotation attachment, there is, in the upper lid, at least one locking attachment facing the retaining attachment of the lower lid in the closed position of the lids, capable of rotating with the upper lid to a locking position with the lids open.

Claims (4)

1. A hinge with automatic locking, comprising:

at least one rotation attachment, being linked to an upper lid and being configured to be rotatable around a stem, the stem being linked to a lower lid; and

at least one locking attachment for the at least one rotation attachment, facing a retaining attachment of the lower lid in a closed position of the upper lid and the lower lid, and being configured to be rotatable with the upper lid to a locking position with the upper lid and the lower lid in an opened position,

wherein the retaining attachment is comprised of an angled end and a chamfered end so as to allow free rotation of the at least one locking attachment to the locking position, wherein a locking recess of the at least one locking attachment is configured so as to house the chamfered end, and wherein a retaining recess is configured so as to partially house the at least one locking attachment.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2024
From: LANDA FERNANDEZ DE LA BASTIDA, HODEI; DELUCA-VERLEY, THIBAUT
To: SNA EUROPE INDUSTRIES IBERIA, S.A.
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Priority Claims (1)
ES ES202330891U · May 24, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240391654A1 · Nov 28, 2024
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