Hinge construction

Claim 1

A HINGE COMPRISING THE ASSEMBLY OF A FIRST MEMBER HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED SUPERIMPOSED COAXIALLY APERTURED HINGE LEAVES FORMED OF RESILIENT MATERIAL JOINED TOGETHER ADJACENT ONE OF THEIR ENDS, A RAISED ABUTMENT INTEGRAL WITH SAID FIRST MEMBER AND DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID HINGE LEAVES, A SECOND MEMBER EMBODYING A HINGE EAR HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSING OUTWARDLY DIRECTED SUBSTANTIALLY COAXIAL LUGS ONE FITTED INTO EACH OF THE APERATURES OF SAID HINGE LEAVES FOR ROTATION THEREIN AND A STOP PORTION ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID ABUTMENT TO LIMIT THE EXTENT OF ROTATION OF SAID HINGE EAR, SAID HINGE EAR FURTHER HAVING A THICKENED AREA ADJACENT THE PORTION THEREOF ADAPTED TO FIT IN BETWEEN THE INNER SIDES OF SAID HINGE LEAVES WHICH AREA IS OF A DIMENSION SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THAT OF THE NORMAL SPACING BETWEEN SAID HINGE LEAVES TO PROVIDE SAID HINGE EAR WITH A FRICTIONAL FIT BETWEEN SAID HINGE LEAVES WHEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS ARE ASSEMBLED, MEANS IN THE FORM OF GUIDE SLOTS ONE ON EACH OF THE INNER FACING SIDES OF SAID HINGE LEAVES FOR FACILITATING MAKING THE ASSEMBLY OF SAID HINGE LEAVES AND HINGE EAR, SAID SLOTS HAVING CLIFF-LIKE SIDE WALLS AND BEING SO DIMENSIONED AND ARRANGED AS TO EACH RECEIVE SAID LUGS OF SAID HINGE EAR ADJACENT THE OUTER EDGES OF SAID HINGE LEAVES AND TO GUIDE SAID LUGS INTO SAID APERTURES IN SAID HINGE LEAVES WHEN MAKING SAID ASSEMBLY BY FORCING THE HINGE EAR IN BETWEEN SAID HINGE LEAVES AND SAID ABUTMENT BETWEEN SAID HINGE LEAVES BEING BIFURCATED BY A SLOT TO INCREASE THE RESILIENCY OF SAID HINGE LEAVES.