Patents by Inventor Fredi Dubach

Fredi Dubach 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: 5538339
    Abstract: A drawer construction set includes two metal drawer frames, each having a rear end thereof a flange extending inwardly. The flange has an upwardly open slot and a lower slot. A metal drawer rear wall has at opposite ends thereof respective bent webs, each having an upper hook and a lower positioning lug. The hooks of the rear wall are fittable into the upwardly open upper slots of the drawer frames to suspend the rear wall therefrom. The positioning lugs of the rear wall then are fittable into the lower slots of the drawer frames, to prevent vertical displacement of the rear wall relative thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich R ock, Fredi Dubach
  • Patent number: 5536083
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for drawers, having a carcass-side bearing rail (3) and a drawer-side pull-out rail (6) at each side of the drawer. Load-transmitting rollers (4, 16, 17) are mounted on the rails (3, 6). The rails (3, 6) have running webs for the rollers (4, 16, 17) and the rollers (4, 16, 17) of the bearing rails (3) and of the pull-out rails (6) are offset perpendicular with respect to the pull-out direction of the pull-out rails (6) such that the pull-out rails (6) are guided in two tracks. At least one bracket (13, 30) is mounted at the rear end of the pull-out rail (6) the bracket (13, 30, 31) having a horizontal web (33) abbuting the running web (22) of the pull-out rail (6) or a support block (12) of plastics being inserted between the horizontal web (23) of the bracket (13) and the running web (22) of the pull-out rail (6). There are mounted on the bracket (13, 31) two rollers (16, 17) which are arranged one above the other and which receive between them the running web (18) of the bearing rail (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Klaus Brustle, Helmut Hollenstein, Erich Rock, Fredi Dubach
  • Patent number: 5395169
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for a drawer includes a support rail to be mounted on a side of a furniture body or carcass and a pull-out rail to be mounted on the side of the drawer. Guide members such as rollers transmit the load of the drawer and are mounted on the rails. The rollers of the support rail and of the pull-out rail are offset perpendicular to the direction of pulling out the pull-out rail relative to the support rail. The pull-out rail thus is guided on two tracks. The pull-out rail has at least one horizontal tab which projects below a running web of the support rail and forms a lift protection preventing the pull-out rail from being lifted off the support rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Fredi Dubach
  • Patent number: 5356207
    Abstract: A device for braking a drawer slidable within a body by a pull-out rail on the drawer, a support rail on the body and rollers running therebetween. The device includes a brake rail is secured to one of the body or the drawer. Two brake shoes are mounted to be movable along the brake rail in the direction of movement of the drawer. The shoes are activated by a stop on other of the drawer or the body. The shoes are connected to the brake rail by a spring. The stop moves the brake shoes against the action of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Fredi Dubach
  • Patent number: 5344227
    Abstract: An extension guide assembly for use on a side of a drawer to guide movement of the drawer into and out of a furniture body includes a support rail to be attached to the furniture body, an extension rail to be attached to the drawer, and a central rail between the extension rail and the support rail. The central rail has a U-shaped transverse profile opening downwardly, and carriages are positioned within the profile of the central rail and support rolling bodies transferring the load of the drawer from the central rail to the support rail. Guide members or runners are disposed on top of the central rail between the central rail and the extension rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Fredi Dubach
  • Patent number: 5292198
    Abstract: A pull-out guide fitting for a drawer includes a drawer-side pull-out rail and a furniture carcass-side support rail, and possibly a middle rail disposed between the pull-out rail and the support rail. The support rail is mounted by support structure or coupling members on a support bracket that in turn is mounted on a carcass side panel. At the rear of the support bracket is a hook under which the support rail is insertable. The support rail is held in the inserted position by a locking lever that is supported on or in the support rail. The locking lever is acted upon by a spring to pivot to a locked position abutting against a detent edge of the support bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Fredi Dubach
  • Patent number: 5208943
    Abstract: A hinge includes a hinge arm mountable on a wall of a furniture unit and at least one hinge pot mounted on a furniture door and rotatably connected to the hinge arm. The hinge pot has a recess into which an inner coupling member may be inserted and in which the latter is releasably anchorable by means of a locking member acted upon by a spring. Provided in one part of either the hinge pot or the coupling member is at least one shoulder which is received with form fit in a recess of the other part. The coupling member may be inserted into the hinge pot in a direction perpendicular or approximately perpendicular to the plane of the door. The locking member, which is mounted tiltably on the coupling member, presses against a nose of a hinge pot wall delimiting the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Fredi Dubach, Erich Rock
  • Patent number: 5201096
    Abstract: A hinge, in particular a folding door hinge, includes a hinge arm which may be mounted by means of a base plate on a furniture unit part. The hinge arm may be adjusted in two dimensions on the base plate and is connected via at least one joint pin to a hinge pot. An end of the hinge arm facing the joint pin is angled and mounted on such end is a linearly displaceable extension member that carries the joint pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Fredi Dubach, Erich Rock
  • Patent number: 5156457
    Abstract: A lamp for a folding display including a front horizontal bar and a rear horizontal bar articulatedly connected with each other like scissors and onto which the lamp is stably positioned by its own weight in use yet is easily detached, the lamp including a lamp base including a plate having an upper side and a lower side which oppose each other, the upper side having defined therein, transversely across the entire width thereof, at least one receptacle channel which is freely accessible from above and which has dimensions effective for engaging at least a portion of a rear horizontal bar of a folding display in use, and the lower side having defined therein, transversely across the entire width thereof, at least one receptacle channel which is freely accessible from below and which has dimensions effective for engaging at least a portions of a front horizontal bar of a folding display in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: Expo Products Trading Sulser & Cie.
    Inventor: Fredi Dubach
  • Patent number: 4956956
    Abstract: A connector for connecting two structural elements in an endwise manner includes a pair of fitment members to be mounted on respective of the structural elements, a tie anchor and associated clamping structure for applying a pulling force to the fitment members in a first direction to clamp the fitment members together, and adjusting structure for adjusting the relative positions of the fitment members in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1990
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Friedrich Maier, Fredi Dubach, Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4910916
    Abstract: A sliding door fitting includes at least two superjacently arranged guide rails each having a pivot member which is displaceable thereon and at which a door is mounted. Each pivot member includes a running plate which is provided on one side with rollers in the manner of a running carriage. A mounting plate for a hinge is mounted on the other side of the running plate, the hinge thus being movable along the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Fredi Dubach, Erich Rock
  • Patent number: 4765679
    Abstract: A chair has a seat connected to the seat support (1) by means of a front guide rod (11). The seat includes front and rear seat portion (8) hinged to each other. The rear seat portion (8) is secured to the seat support (1) by means of a rigidly connected downwardly extending element to which one end of a second guide rod (16) is hinged by a bearing (17). The other end of the second guide rod is connected by another bearing (15) to a section (14) of the back rest support (3). The back rest support is hinged at the seat support (1). A force storage member (13) is connected by joints to both the seat support (1) and to the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Assignee: Drabert Sohne GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Max Lanuzzi, Fredi Dubach
  • Patent number: 4761033
    Abstract: A chair with a seat support (7) has a seat plate (11) which is supported to the seat support (7) by means of a rear and a front guide rod. The chair has a back rest support (14a) that is pivot-hinged to the seat support (7). The seat support (7) is connected to a rigid, back rest angle support (1) by means of a front and a back parallelogram guide rod (3). The angle support is fixed to the bottom part of the chair (2). The parallelogram guide joints (3) are also connected to each other by means of a parallel guide rod (4). A first force storage member (5) is situated between the seat support (7) and the back rest angle support (1) and a second force storage member (15) is located between the back rest support (14a) and the seat support (7). The force necessary for the slope of the back rest is independent of the weight of the user. A user with higher weight must expend a higher amount of force for the slope of the back rest to move backward than a user with a lower weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1988
    Assignee: Drabert Sohne GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Max Lanuzzi, Fredi Dubach
  • Patent number: 4553483
    Abstract: A worktable, especially an office table, which includes two side legs, at least one support bar which connects these legs, and a table-top. Also provided are rigidly interconnected support, connecting and fastening structures which permit different height positions and inclinations of the table-top with the aid of simple tools. The connecting, support, and fastening structures save space, and give the table the necessary stability and freedom from vibration. For this purpose, the fastening plates have holes which are equally spaced from, and are rotationally symmetrical to, the middle point of the plate. The bars have at least two fastening and support surfaces for the table-top and are eccentrically connected with the fastening plates in such a manner that in different rotary positions of the two plates, the fastening and support surfaces of the bars are located at different levels or height positions. The table legs have threaded holes arranged to correspond with the fastening holes of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1985
    Assignee: Planmobel Eggersmann GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Arno Votteler, Max Lanuzzi, Fredi Dubach, Herbert Schreiner
  • Patent number: 4479030
    Abstract: A free standing supply column for supplying energy and for delivering communications to and away from implements or working devices, especially in offices. The column has a base support or base plate, and radial, horizontally swingable supporting arms installed on the column for the implements or devices. The supporting arms have a horizontal section and a vertical section. Several vertical pipe sections are arranged in a circle about the column middle axis in or around the upper part of the column. On these pipe sections the vertical sections of the swingable supporting arms with supply lines are held in such a way as to be individually adjustable in height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1984
    Assignee: Planmobel Eggersmann GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Arno Votteler, Max Danuzzi, Fredi Dubach, Herbert Schreiner
  • Patent number: D309990
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Assignee: Drabert Sohne GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Hans von Klier, Fredi Dubach