Supporting mechanism for door

Abstract

Abstract PURPOSE: To provide a supporting mechanism for a door, which comprises engage fittings attached in a housing and on a forward end of an arm fixed to a door that can be opened or shut through a hinge, the engage fittings being engageable each other to secure the open position and shut position of the door, thereby the door being positively supported at its desired open or shut position. CONSTITUTION: At an forward end of an arm 16, which is fixed to a door 12 one end of which is attached to a housing 11 by a hinge 15, and in the housing 11 are arranged engage fittings 20, 21, 21' which are engageable with each other to secure the open position of the door 12. For example, on a center of an instrument panel 11 of an automobile is attached a switch board serving as the door 12 to which the arm 16 is fixed. To the forward end of the arm 16 is attached the latch fitting 20 having a stud at the bifurcated end thereof. On a bottom frame portion 14b and a front frame portion 14a of a unit case 14 in the panel 11 are arranged the anchoring fittings 21, 21' which can engage with the latch 20 when the door 12 is opened or shut. COPYRIGHT: (C)1980,JPO&Japio

Inventors

• 👤 Kenzo Shimizu
• 👤 Yukio Fukunaga

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