A housing for a laboratory device, having floor, ceiling, rear, side, and front walls, which together form an operating chamber, wherein the front wall is movable upward and downward between a lowered closed position and a raised open position in a linear and simultaneously pivoting manner and, in the open position of the front wall, the operating chamber is open on the front side of the housing. The top wall section having top and bottom wall sections connected about a first pivot axis and transitions in an arc shape to a plate-shaped connection section extending at an angle to the top wall section, or is connected thereto in an angularly rigid manner, and a connection section is hinged in a pivoting manner to the ceiling on the edge thereof distant from the top wall section parallel to the first pivot axis, at a distance from the front wall.

A housing for a laboratory device, having floor, ceiling, rear, side, and front walls, which together form an operating chamber, wherein the front wall is movable upward and downward between a lowered closed position and a raised open position in a linear and simultaneously pivoting manner and, in the open position of the front wall, the operating chamber is open on the front side of the housing. The top wall section having top and bottom wall sections connected about a first pivot axis and transitions in an arc shape to a plate-shaped connection section extending at an angle to the top wall section, or is connected thereto in an angularly rigid manner, and a connection section is hinged in a pivoting manner to the ceiling on the edge thereof distant from the top wall section parallel to the first pivot axis, at a distance from the front wall.

Apparatus and associated methods relate to a modular accessorial windshield hinge for attaching to a vehicle body. The reconfigurable windshield and modular accessory mounting device includes a frame extending along a longitudinal direction configured to receive opposing members. The reconfigurable windshield and modular accessory mounting device includes a hinge having a first member pivotally coupled to a second member, the first member and second member each configured to couple to and support respective portions of a folding windshield. The reconfigurable windshield and modular accessory mounting device includes a mounting member fixedly coupled to at least of the first and second member wherein the mounting member is configured to releasably couple one or more modular accessories to the windshield. Various embodiments may advantageously couple modular accessories to operable windshield frames. The modular accessorial windshield hinge advantageously includes an operational mode. The modular accessorial windshield hinge advantageously includes a stowage mode.