Patents Assigned to Julius Blum GmbH
  • Patent number: 11391076
    Abstract: A rail for guiding a carriage of a furniture door, in which the rail has at least one mounting part. The at least one mounting part can be fastened to a furniture part, which is formed by a side wall of a piece of furniture, and can be releasably connected to a guide part. The guide part has at least one guide for the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Rupp, Ingo Gasser, Franz Kohlweiss
  • Patent number: 11384577
    Abstract: A furniture fitting includes a first fitting portion to be fixed to a furniture carcass, and a second fitting portion to be fixed to a movable furniture part and hingedly or releasably connected to the first fitting portion. The first fitting portion includes a mounting body for fixing to the furniture carcass, and a carrier configured to adjust a position of the carrier relative to the mounting body. An actuating arm is pivotally arranged on the carrier, and a spring device applies a force to the actuating arm. An adjustment device with three operating elements is provided, and a position of the carrier relative to the mounting body can be adjusted by the operating elements. The mounting body includes a fastening side for fixing the mounting body to a furniture panel. Each of the operating elements is configured to be actuated from the front side of the mounting body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: André Hammerer, Irmela Mara Geller, Thomas Folie, Matthias Reissig
  • Patent number: 11324316
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a first pull-out guide and a driver for a drive device for moving a movable furniture part in relation to a furniture body. The driver includes a driver projection to be actively connected to the drive device, a first fastening device with a part arranged on the driver, and a part arranged on the first pull-out guide. One part of the first fastening device is a pin, and one part is a pin-receiving element corresponding to the pin. The pin is positioned obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the first pull-out guide. The driver includes a part of a second fastening device for optional fastening of the driver to a second pull-out guide substantially laterally reversed in relation to the first pull-out guide. The part of the first fastening device is laterally reversed in relation to the part of the second fastening device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Pascal Janser
  • Patent number: 11306527
    Abstract: A furniture fitting includes a first fitting portion to be fixed to a furniture panel, and a second fitting portion to be fixed to a movably-mounted furniture part, the second fitting portion being pivotally connected to the first fitting portion. The first fitting portion includes a mounting portion having a fastening device for mounting the mounting portion to the furniture panel, and the first fitting portion includes a coupling portion hingedly connected to the second fitting portion. The coupling portion is releasably connected to the mounting portion, and the mounting portion includes a housing. The coupling portion, when connected with the mounting portion, is received within the housing. The coupling portion is releasably connected to the mounting portion by a locking device, the locking device including a movably-mounted locking element for releasably locking the coupling portion, and the locking element is pressurized by a force storage member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Folie, Stefan Duer
  • Patent number: 11304523
    Abstract: A front panel includes a decorative plate and a frame for receiving the decorative plate. The decorative plate is received at least partially within the frame in a mounted condition, and the frame includes a locking portion for releasably locking the front panel to a drawer sidewall. A holding device is arranged on an end portion of the decorative plate for receiving the end portion of the decorative plate. The holding device is configured so as to be: (i) separate from the decorative plate and the frame; and (ii) releasably connected to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Markus Kampl
  • Patent number: 11304521
    Abstract: An arrangement of a pull-out guide can be fastened to a piece of furniture, and the pull-out guide has a first rail, a second rail that is movably mounted on the first rail, and a rail synchronization device. The rail synchronization device includes a toothed rack connected to the first rail, a toothed wheel meshing with the toothed rack, and a bearing block connected to the second rail. The toothed wheel is rotatably mounted in the bearing block, and a driver for a drawer drive device is connected to the toothed rack of the rail synchronization device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Tobias Hornikel
  • Patent number: 11304522
    Abstract: A drawer pull-out guide includes a first guide rail, a second guide rail displaceably supported relative to the first guide rail, and a running carriage which is displaceably supported between the first guide rail and the second guide rail. The running carriage includes at least three rolling bodies, each having a cylindrical form and being rotatable about a horizontally extending axis in a mounted position of the drawer pull-out guide. The at least three rolling bodies, in the mounted position of the drawer pull-out guide, are arranged in at least three running planes lying above one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Meusburger, Elvis Music, Emanuel Netzer, Ingo Gasser
  • Patent number: 11306522
    Abstract: A furniture fitting includes at least one rotatably mounted screw for fixing the furniture fitting to a furniture part. The furniture fitting further includes at least one drive element separate from the screw, and the drive element is movement-coupled to the screw and has a tool receiving device. The at least one screw is configured to be driven by rotating the tool receiving device with the aid of a tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Holzapfel, Philip Schluge
  • Patent number: 11272784
    Abstract: A drawer pull-out guide includes at least two guide rails displaceably supported relative to one another, and at least one running carriage having load-transmitting rolling bodies. The running carriage is displaceably supported between the at least two guide rails, and the guide rails, upon a movement of the at least one running carriage, adopt a predefined relative position to one another, provided that no malposition of the guide rails to one another is present. A compensation device compensates for a malposition of the guide rails. The compensation device includes an actuating device to be actuated by one of the guide rails, and the actuating device compensates for the malposition upon an actuation. A switching device is provided for switching the actuating device of the compensation device out of engagement with the guide rail if the predefined relative position of the guide rails to another is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Meusburger, Lukas Kolhaupt, Mathias Leierer
  • Patent number: 11274482
    Abstract: A guide system includes a first and second guide rail for guiding furniture parts. The second guide rail, in the mounted position, extends transversely relative to the first guide rail. A guiding device is connected to the first furniture part, and is movable relative to the first and second guide rails and has a fitting portion for fastening to the first furniture part. A carrier is displaceable relative to the second guide rail and is connected to a second fitting portion for fastening to the second furniture part. A first drive device moves the guiding device, starting from the second guide rail, at least over a region in a direction towards the first guide rail. The guide system has a second drive device for moving the guiding device, starting from the first guide rail, into a position in which the first and second fitting portion are aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Rupp, Christian Hauer, Hermann Haemmerle, Ingo Gasser, Franz Kohlweiss
  • Patent number: 11253067
    Abstract: A drive device for a movable furniture part includes a support, an ejection device movable relative to the support to eject the movable furniture part, a locking device for locking the ejection device, and a trigger mechanism for moving the locking device out of the locking position. The trigger mechanism is activatable by overcompression of the movable furniture part into an overcompression position behind the closing position, and the movable furniture part is movable by the ejection device in the opening direction when the unlocking position is reached. A transmission device separate from the movable furniture part transmits the position of the movable furniture part to the trigger mechanism. A coupling device acts or is arranged between the transmission device and the trigger mechanism, and the coupling device can be moved from an uncoupling position into a coupling position. The transmission device can be movably coupled to the trigger mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Julius Blum GMBH
    Inventor: Daniel Wohlgenannt
  • Patent number: 11246411
    Abstract: A drawer side wall has an outer wall which has an exterior viewing surface and a rear side facing away from the exterior viewing surface, and has a cover which has a fastener, by which the cover can be fastened to the rear side of the outer wall. A rear side of a viewing section of the cover is configured to bear against the outer wall, and two separate recesses are spaced apart from each other on the rear side of the outer wall. The fastener includes two separate elastic clamping lugs, each of which is configured to engage in an associated recess in order to fasten the cover in position to the drawer side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Markus Kampl
  • Patent number: 11234516
    Abstract: A drawer pull-out guide including a first guide rail and a second guide rail displaceably supported relative to one another in a longitudinal direction of the guide rails between a closed position and an open position. A guide body is supported between the guide rails, and the guide rails are guidable relative to one another in a lateral direction in a mounted position of the drawer pull-out guide by the guide body. At least one of the guide rails includes a protrusion bearing against the guide body in the open position of the guide rails, so that at least in that region, in which the guide body and the protrusion bear against each other, the guide rails are arranged without clearance relative to one another in the lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Marc Meusburger
  • Patent number: 11219312
    Abstract: A rail bar for a drawer includes an end to be connected to a wall element, in particular a front panel or a rear wall, of a drawer, and a length adjustment element which is movable relative to the rail bar in the longitudinal direction of the rail bar in order to cover a gap occurring between the end of the rail bar and the wall element in a connected state of the rail bar to the wall element. A spring element is supported on a stationary part of the rail bar and pushes the length adjustment element towards a maximum position, in which the length adjustment element lengthens the rail bar to a maximum extent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Markus Kampl
  • Patent number: 11213125
    Abstract: A drawer side wall includes a fastening device forming a self-contained functional unit, such that a furniture fitting can be removably fastened by the fastening device independently of a multi-function component. At least two properties selected from the following group are implemented: (i) the multi-function component has at least two support contours on which the cover profile is supported, (ii) the multi-function component has a joining device pointing in a direction of the front panel, (iii) the cover profile has an opening to be covered by a cover part, (iv) the fastening device has an adjustment device for adjusting the position of the front panel relative to the drawer side wall and/or a device for locking and/or releasing the front panel, (v) the fastening device has a component movable relative to the drawer side wall, and (vi) the cover profile has an interface for connecting an attachment element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Irgang, Guenter Schwarzmann
  • Patent number: 11202505
    Abstract: A drawer arrangement includes a drawer sidewall having a locking device including a locking lever pre-stressed by a spring, and a wall element to be transversely connected to the drawer sidewall. The wall element, in a connected condition with the drawer sidewall, includes a fastening surface facing towards the drawer sidewall, and a bearing surface facing away from the fastening surface. A furniture fitting separate from the wall element connects the wall element to the drawer sidewall, and the furniture fitting is to be releasably locked to the locking lever of the locking device of the drawer sidewall. The furniture fitting, when the wall element is connected with the drawer sidewall, bears at least partially against the bearing surface of the wall element so that the wall element is held on the drawer sidewall by the locking of the furniture fitting with the locking device of the drawer sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Markus Kampl
  • Patent number: 11197546
    Abstract: A securing device includes a furniture fitting configured to be premounted on a front panel; a catch device associated with the drawer and configured to receive the furniture fitting and automatically pull the furniture fitting; a locking device configured to prevent the furniture fitting from unintentionally becoming detached from the securing device; and a coupling device for coupling movement of the locking device to movement of the catch device. The coupling device includes an adjusting body and an adjusting contour in or on which the adjusting body is or can be arranged. The adjusting body is arranged on the catch device, and the adjusting contour on the locking device, or vice versa, and the adjusting contour is configured such that the movement of the locking device is initially uncoupled from the movement of the catch device during insertion of the furniture fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Meusburger, Gerald Sperger, Markus Irgang
  • Patent number: 11147374
    Abstract: A drawer pull-out guide includes a first guide rail, a second guide rail displaceably supported relative to one another, and a running carriage having load-transmitting rolling bodies displaceably arranged between the first guide rail and the second guide rail. The running carriage includes at least two rolling bodies rotatable about a rotational axis, and the at least two rolling bodies—in a view onto a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the guide rails—are arranged so as to be laterally offset to one another. Each of the at least two rolling bodies has a cylindrical form and is rotationally supported about a horizontally extending rotational axis in a mounted position of the drawer pull-out guide, the rotational axes of the at least two rolling bodies are arranged in the same running plane, and the at least two rolling bodies have the same diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Marc Meusburger
  • Patent number: D938212
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Holzapfel
  • Patent number: D944040
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Holzapfel