发明名称 Panel such as a meter box cover
摘要 A panel, such as a water meter box cover or another type of meter box cover, according to which an access door is hingedly or pivotally coupled to the panel.
申请公布号 US8931662(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.01.13
申请号 US201112985009 申请日期 2011.01.05
申请人 EBBA Iron, Inc. 发明人 Bradley Earl Terence
分类号 B65D43/16;E05D7/10 主分类号 B65D43/16
代理机构 Haynes and Boone, LLP 代理人 Haynes and Boone, LLP
主权项 1. A panel to which an access door is adapted to be pivotally coupled, the panel at least partially defining a pivot axis about which the access door is adapted to pivot relative to the panel, the panel comprising: a first surface; a second surface, wherein: the second surface is axially spaced from at least a portion of the first surface, andat least a portion of the second surface is spaced from the first surface in a first direction that is generally perpendicular to the pivot axis; a third surface; a fourth surface, wherein the fourth surface is spaced from the third surface in a second direction that is generally perpendicular to each of the pivot axis and the first direction; a fifth surface, wherein: the fifth surface is axially spaced from the second surface,the fifth surface is axially spaced from the at least a portion of the first surface, andat least a portion of the fifth surface is spaced from the first surface in the first direction; a sixth surface, wherein the sixth surface is axially spaced from the fourth surface; a seventh surface, wherein the seventh surface is spaced from the sixth surface in the second direction; and an axially-extending passage defined by at least the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh surfaces, the passage being generally coaxial with the pivot axis; wherein the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh surfaces are integrally formed; wherein, when a pin element extends through the passage to thereby pivotally couple the access door to the panel: the pin element extends between the first and second surfaces so that relative movement between the access door and the panel in the first direction is resisted; andthe pin element extends between the third and fourth surfaces so that relative movement between they access door and the panel in the second direction is resisted.
地址 Eastland TX US