Roy Schestowitz wrote:
Fun with Google Patent Search: Why does the maker of Windows hold a patent on
a door hinge?
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| The patent was granted in 1998 and received a dribble of publicity
| in 1999, but I'm hard pressed to find any meaningful explanation for
| a door hinge being in the control of the company that made Windows famous.
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http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/9721
Microsoft Windows Door Hinge? No, it turns out
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/109806.asp
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That's the word today from Network World's Paul McNamara, who tried out
the new Google Patent Search last week and discovered, much to his
surprise, that Microsoft had been assigned a patent in 1998 for a "butt
hinge with integrally formed butt straps."
Before your mind goes places you don't want it to go, a butt hinge is a
"hinge composed of two plates attached to abutting surfaces of a door
and door jamb and joined by a pin," according to this definition.
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