Patents by Inventor Alfred Albiez

Alfred Albiez has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5181772
    Abstract: In a furniture element, in particular a drawer, in which at least two long flat structural elements form a corner with their long ends and are secured to each other by connectors that form a push connection with at least one structural element, in order to simplify assembly and make it possible to use prefabricated structural elements, the structural element that is intended for the push connection as a profile element is provided with an insertion guide for a supporting element of the connector element formed from profile projections that are moulded onto at least one flat side and that run the length of the element, and that when this element is in the inserted position it can be fixed in the insertion guide so as to ensure a form or force fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignee: Alfit Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Alfred Albiez
  • Patent number: 5172971
    Abstract: A drawer is limited on its sides by metal side walls provided at their top with guide rails and at the bottom with a carrying flange for supporting a bottom plate of the drawer. The carrying flange is formed with stamped-out, flat retaining lugs bent up to extend from below into openings of the bottom plate, which drawer also comprises a rear wall mounted between the side walls. In order to permit a reliable, simple and optionally automatic mounting of the bottom plate, the retaining lugs extend transversely to the longitudinal direction of the flange and into the openings to hold the bottom plate against longitudinal and transverse displacements. A hook-shaped holding-down member is stamped out from the forward end portion of the carrying flange and extends into a recess provided in the front end face of the bottom plate, and the rear wall of the drawer is secured to the side walls and is arranged to hold down the bottom plate at its rear end portion, which extends under the rear wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1992
    Assignee: Alfit Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Alfred Albiez
  • Patent number: 5161869
    Abstract: The drawer comprises metal side walls, which define the drawer on its sides and are provided each at its bottom with an angled carrying flange for supporting a bottom plate of the drawer, wherein retaining elements which have been lanced from the carrying flanges extend into receiving recesses of the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: Alfit Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Alfred Albiez
  • Patent number: 4995683
    Abstract: In a drawer which is provided with guide means consisting of drawer rails and corpus rails, the side walls consist of side members (2), which are provided with the drawer rails (5). A front plate (1) of the drawer is secured by retaining angle members (19, 20), which have legs (19), which extend parallel to the side members and are adjustable in height by means of eccentrics (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1991
    Assignee: Alfit Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Alfred Albiez