Soft Close Bench Seat Stay

• Important Information - Please read before ordering:
  • Sold by the each but designed to be installed in "pairs"
  • Make sure to order one Left Hand model AND one Right Hand model. The stay shown in the image above is the right hand model
  • Make sure to do the weight calculation before ordering
  • All weight calculation results are based on using two stays per lid (a Left Hand and a Right Hand)

• Heavy duty soft-down lid stay for toy boxes, bench seat lids, etc.
• May be used on both overlay lids and inset installed lids (click on links below for install pages)
• This product is used with hinges (sold separately):
  • Works with butt hinges, piano hinges and concealed European style hinges
  • See install pages below for installation information on these different types of hinges
  • For a lid thickness and box wall thickness of 3/4" on an "inset" lid you can use the following:
    • Hinges: Use our SKU 701154
    • Mounting plates: Use our SKU 652296
    • Screws: Use our SKU 652360 (two screws per hinge and two screws per mounting plate)
    • Use a 3/16" (5 mm) bore distance and it will give you a 2 mm reveal or gap between the lid edge and side panel
    • The bore distance is the distance from the edge of the lid to the edge of the 35 mm hinge hole
  • For a lid thickness and box wall thickness of 3/4" on an "overlay" lid you can use the following:
    • Hinges: Use our SKU 701152
    • Mounting plates: Use our SKU 652296
    • Screws: Use our SKU 652360 (two screws per hinge and two screws per mounting plate)
    • Use a 5/16" or 8 mm bore distance to achieve a full overlay of the 3/4" thick box wall.
    • The bore distance is the distance from the edge of the lid to the edge of the 35mm hinge hole
• Available in 3 weight rated sizes:
  • Light Duty (121 to 173 inch/pound weight rating per pair)
  • Medium Duty (173 to 216 inch/pound weight rating per pair)
  • Heavy Duty (216 to 260 inch/pound weight rating per pair)
• Weight Calculation (Torque):
  • Door Height (DH) is the front-to-back (or height) measurement of the lid in inches (for example 24.5")
  • Door Weight (DW) is in measured in pounds (lbs) (for example 10.3 lbs)
  • The formula is DH x DW x 1/2 = Inch/Pounds
  • Match your result with the proper size above
  • Using our example measurements 24.5 x 10.3 x 0.5 = 126.18 Inch/Pounds
  • For 126.18 Inch/Pounds you would use a pair (one Left Hand and one Right Hand) of the Light Duty Stays

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