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Neil Marko, great-grandson of the inventor of the SOSSŪ Invisible Hinge, displays the 100-year heritage of the company. In his right hand is the latest model of the concealed door hinge, and in the left is a model from the early 1900s. Marko is president and owner of Universal Industrial Products, the Ohio company that produces SOSSŪ hinges.
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Neil Marko holds antique versions of the SOSSŪ Invisible Hinge with an array of present generation models displayed on the board in the foreground. SOSSŪ hinges are used today in commercial and residential structures and in computers and medical equipment.
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Joe Soss, inventor of the SOSSŪ Invisible Hinge, filled an entire volume with hinge designs for a wide range of applications. Samples of these early hinges and modern versions that succeeded them surround the book.
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Old and new hinges are displayed over an original copy of the 1903 patent for the SOSSŪ Invisible Hinge, Joe Soss, a Romanian immigrant, conceived the idea for the hinge after stumbling over a cargo hatch during an ocean voyage.
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