Pivot mechanism for television receiver cabinet

Claim 1

A pivot mechanism for rotatably attaching a first member having a top surface, a bottom surface at a first predetermined distance from said top surface, and a first aperture passing therethrough, to a second member having a top surface, a bottom surface at a second predetermined distance therefrom and a second aperture passing therethrough, comprising a socket having a hollow cylindrical socket body defining a socket aperture received in said first aperture and having a length at least equal to said first predetermined distance, deformable socket retaining means formed at a first extremity thereof and extending over part of said bottom surface of said first member for preventing withdrawal of said socket from said first member in an upward direction and a socket flange formed at a second extremity thereof and extending over said top surface of said first member for preventing movement of said socket in a downward direction, said flange having a ramped surface; and a generally cylindrical pivot pin passing through said second aperture and said socket aperture, and rotatable relative to said firt member, and having a flange at one end thereof extending over said top surface of said second member, a pivot ramped surface for bearing against said socket ramped surface during rotation of said second member relative to said first member, and deformable pivot retaining means at the other end thereof for limiting travel of said pivot pin in the upward direction, said retaining means normally having a retaining diameter exceeding the diameter of said socket aperture, and extending below said deformable socket retaining means, said pivot pin retaining means being inwardly deformable to a dimension less than said diameter of said socket aperture.