Patents by Inventor Andreas Käthler

Andreas Käthler 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: 10064487
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for furniture parts that can be moved in relation to each other includes at least two pull-out rails, each having at least one running surface, between which at least one first rolling element and at least one second rolling element are arranged. The rolling elements may be rotatably retained in at least one rolling-element cage. The at least one first rolling element and the at least one second rolling element of the rolling-element cage have an identical nominal diameter. The pull-out guide is distinguished in that at least one of the running surfaces has a free-running segment in which the at least one first rolling element is positioned in a retracted state of the pull-out guide, the running surfaces having a greater distance from each other inside the free-running segment than outside the free-running segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: PAUL HETTICH GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Käthler, Steffen Jaekel, Thomas Franke, Janine Mertens, Reinhard Büscher
  • Publication number: 20170150816
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for furniture parts that can be moved in relation to each other includes at least two pull-out rails, each having at least one running surface, between which at least one first rolling element and at least one second rolling element are arranged. The rolling elements may be rotatably retained in at least one rolling-element cage. The at least one first rolling element and the at least one second rolling element of the rolling-element cage have an identical nominal diameter. The pull-out guide is distinguished in that at least one of the running surfaces has a free-running segment in which the at least one first rolling element is positioned in a retracted state of the pull-out guide, the running surfaces having a greater distance from each other inside the free-running segment than outside the free-running segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas KÄTHLER, Steffen JAEKEL, Thomas FRANKE, Janine MERTENS, Reinhard BÜSCHER
  • Publication number: 20120133259
    Abstract: A drawer configured to be extended from and retracted into a furniture body. The drawer includes a bottom part; a front panel; two lateral frames; and a back wall connected via a corner joint to an end region formed with one of the lateral frames. Each corner joint including a first connecting part and a second connecting part pivotably connected to the first connecting part. The second connecting part includes detent means for connecting the second connecting part to either the first connecting part or the back wall. The first connecting part is connected to an adapter associated with the end region formed by the back wall with one of the lateral frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: PAUL HETTICH GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Guido Babucke-Runte, Andreas Käthler, Andreas Stuffel, Helmut Meyer, Bernd Meyer, Dennis Michelswirth