US Patent Issued to Cosmetal Fab on July 14 for "Self-close and slow-close hinge" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,360, issued on July 14, was assigned to Cosmetal Fab LLC (Honey Brook, Pa.).

"Self-close and slow-close hinge" was invented by Ivan Fisher (Honey Brook, Pa.), Jeff Davis (Womelsdorf, Pa.) and Mason Rhine (Womelsdorf, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge includes a hinge body, a self-close mechanism disposed within the hinge body, and a slow-close mechanism disposed within the hinge body. The hinge body has a first portion rotatable with respect to a second portion between an open position and a closed position. The self-close mechanism applies a closing force on the first portion from an opened angle of rotation between the fir...