ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,736, issued on July 28.
"Self-aligning tension door hinge" was invented by William O Jenkins Jr. (Brandon, Miss.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Self-Aligning Tension Door Hinge is disclosed comprised of two specifically designed hinge pins that bind the top and bottom hinge plates while protruding into the sleeved arms of said hinge plates and thereby securing the adjacent hinge plates (in a non-binding manner) that allows for free rotation of the movable hinge plates. Paramount to the present invention is a sleeve insert made of any material that will accomplish a compression binding of the two or more movable hinge plates to acco...