Vehicle door hinge

Claim 1

A HINGE FOR SWINGABLY MOUNTING A CLOSURE FOR MOVEMENT ON A VEHICLE BODY BETWEEN A CLOSED, AN INTERMEDIATE AND AN OPENED POSITION, SAID HINGE COMPRISING A FIRST BRACKET MOUNTED ON SAID VEHICLE BODY AND A SECOND BRACKET MOUNTED ON SAID CLOSURE, LINK MEANS COUPLING SAID BRACKETS TOGETHER, SAID LINK MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF ELONGATED LINKS AND A CONTROL LINK, EACH OF SAID LINKS BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT ONE END TO SAID FIRST BRACKET AND AT ITS OTHER END TO SAID SECOND BRACKET, SAID SECOND BRACKET HAVING A PLANAR BASE ATTACHED TO SAID CLOSURE, THE LONGITUDINAL AXES OF SAID ELONGATED LINKS IN CLOSED POSITION OF SAID CLOSURE LYING IN SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELATION TO THE PLANE OF SAID BASE, THE PIVOTAL CONNECTION OF SAID ELONGATED LINKS TO SAID FIRST BRACKET AND THE PIVOTAL CONNECTION OF SAID CONTROL LINK TO SAID SECOND BRACKET HAVING A COMMON PIVOT AXIS, SAID ELONGATED LINKS AND SAID CONTROL LINK BEING RELATIVELY SWINGABLE ABOUT SAID COMMON PIVOT AXIS DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID CLOSURE FROM SAID CLOSED TO SAID INTERMEDIATE POSITION WHILE BEING MAINTAINED IN RELATIVELY STATIONARY RELATIONSHIP TO SAID SECOND AND FIRST BRACKETS, RESPECTIVELY, SAID ELONGATED LINKS CONTINUING TO SWING ABOUT SAID COMMON PIVOT AXIS AS SAID CLOSURE IS SWUNG FROM SAID INTERMEDIATE TO SAID OPENED POSITION, AND MEANS OPERATIVE TO DRIVE SAID CONTROL LINK AT SAID INTERMEDIATE POSITION IN A DIRECTION