Wood – Anyone please tell me what kind hinge (name of the hinge) used in this product

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Anyone please tell me what kind hinge (name of the hinge) used in this product ?
Name of the product is SNAP JACK from LIVING WITH JACK company.

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Hinges

what kind hinge (name of the hinge) used in this product?

That looks like simple pin (perhaps steel) in a drilled hole and a couple of spacers (perhaps plastic). I don't know of a specific name for this simple arrangement. Nor for the compound hinge formed by the arrangement of three simple hinges to form a folding brace.


Addenda ...

labelled detail of hinge mechanism

In the Snap-Jack furniture

All the fittings, and hinges are stainless steel, and the magnets and keepers are nickel plated, the hinge spacers are plastic

So the hinges are basically exactly as I said above. The magnets are not part of the hinge itself.


Latches

I think [...] a rare earth magnet [...] was used as a hinge

In the Snap-Jack furniture, magnets are not part of the hinge - magnets are used to hold the furniture parts in the fully-closed and fully-open positions. Magnets are also used to help hold the chairs and tables into the wall-mount in the stored position.

Magnetic safety latches

These magnets are not part of the hinges.


Part names

All these parts are available separately from most hardware stores.

  • steel rod
  • steel or plastic washers (maybe spacers too)
  • disk magnets (screw mounted or epoxy into recess)
  • keepers (or use a steel washer and a short wood-screw)

I would use a drill-press with a table rotated 90° to drill the holes for the pins.