Hinge

Claim 1

IN A STRUCTURE COMPRISING A DOOR AND A DOOR SUPPORT, A HINGE PIVOTALLY MOUNTING THE DOOR ON THE SUPPORT, THE HINGE HAVING A FIXED HINGE PART SECURED TO THE SUPPORT AND A MOVING HINGE PART SECURED TO THE DOOR, A HINGE PIN MOUNTED IN THE FIXED HINGE PART AND PREVENTED FROM MOVING LATERALLY IN TRANSLATION RELATIVE TO THE SAID FIXED HINGE PART, MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTING THE MOVING HINGE PART ON THE FIXED HINGE PART, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A SLIDEWAY PROVIDED ON THE MOVING HINGE PART, THE HINGE PIN BEING MOUNTED IN THE SLIDEWAY TO SLIDE LATERALLY IN A RADIAL PLANE OF THE PIN SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE GENERAL PLANE OF THE DOOR, THE HINGE PIN BEING PIVOTABLE RELATIVE TO ONE OF SAID HINGE PARTS, AND RESILIENTLY YIELDABLE MEANS MOUNTED ON THE MOVING HINGE PART AND EXERTING A YIELDABLE PRESSURE ON THE HINGE PIN SO AS TO BIAS THE MOVING HINGE PART TOWARD THE FIXED HINGE PART IN SAID RADIAL PLANE IN THE POSITION OF THE MOVING HINGE PART CORRESPONDING TO THE CLOSED POSITION OF THE DOOR WHEREBY THE DOOR IS RESILIENTLY BIASED TOWARD THE SUPPORT IN THE CLOSED POSITION OF THE DOOR AND HAS NO TENDENCY TO TILT IN THE GENERAL PLANE OF THE DOOR RELATIVE TO THE PIVOT AXIS OF THE HINGE PIN.