Patents by Inventor Gerhard Wilhelm Lautenschläger

Gerhard Wilhelm Lautenschläger 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: 7562416
    Abstract: The invention relates to a damping device for parts of furniture which are joined together by means of hinges and which can be pivoted in relation to each other. The housing contains a damping fluid in the cavity thereof and a resistance element which can be displaced relative to the damping fluid and connected to an actuating element protruding from the housing. During at least one part of the pivoting movement of both pieces of furniture, said actuating element is drivingly connected to the second piece of furniture and transfers the movement distributed to the second piece of furniture to the resistance element. The damping device is arranged in the region of at least one of the hinges which pivotally couples both pieces of furniture, and whereby either the damping housing and/or the actuating element engages with one of the mounting element of the corresponding hinges, at least during the damping process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Inventors: Gerhard Wilhelm Lautenschläger, Harald Helmut Ulrich, Markus Herper
  • Patent number: 7389564
    Abstract: A furniture fitting including frame sections which are preferably extruded and are intended to enclose furniture parts in the form of plates or panels, wherein the flame sections have an open groove extending in the longitudinal direction receive and retain a retaining part of the fitting. The groove is narrowed by two shoulders which are parallel to one another with end faces facing one another, wherein the retaining part has a flange portion which can be supported on the free upper face of the shoulders and in which there is provided at least one bore for rotatably retaining the shank, which engages in the groove, of a clamping element which selectively fixes the retaining part on the frame section or releases it for disassembly or longitudinal displacement in the longitudinal direction of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Mepla-Werke Lautenschlager GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventor: Gerhard Wilhelm Lautenschläger
  • Patent number: 7275284
    Abstract: The invention relates to a damping device for parts of furniture which are joined together by means of hinges and which can be pivoted in relation to each other. The housing contains a damping fluid in the cavity thereof and a resistance element which can be displaced relative to the dumping fluid and connected to an actuating element protruding from the housing. During at least one part of the pivoting movement of both pieces of furniture, said actuating element is drivingly connected to the second piece of furniture and transfers the movement distributed to the second piece of furniture to the resistance element. The damping device is arranged in the region of at least one of the hinges which pivotally couples both pieces of furniture, and whereby either the damping housing and/or the actuating element engages with one of the mounting element of the corresponding hinges, at least during the damping process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Mepla-Werke Lautenschlager GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gerhard Wilhelm Lautenschläger, Harald Helmut Ulrich, Markus Herper
  • Patent number: 6971142
    Abstract: Mounting plate (10) which can be fixed on the supporting wall of the carcass of a piece of furniture for adjustably retaining the bracket of a furniture hinge, wherein the said mounting plate has a flat base plate (12) with wing projections (22), which project from opposing long edges and in each of which at least one through hole (28) for a fixing screw is provided, and an elongate bracket retaining part (16) projecting from the base plate (12) between the wing projections (22). The base plate (12) is provided in its underside facing the carcass supporting wall with a flat recess of large surface area in which a planar adjusting plate with a thickness substantially equal to the internal depth of the recess is adjustably disposed so as to be movable in at least one co-ordinate direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Mepla-Werke Lautenschlager GmbH & Co.KG.
    Inventor: Gerhard Wilhelm Lautenschläger
  • Patent number: 6904645
    Abstract: Furniture hinge (10) for pivotally mounting a door leaf (12) to a cupboard body whose door-side front is narrowed by a frame that projects inwardly at a right angle to the side walls. The hinge has a hinge arm (24) made of sheet metal and provided with a mounting plate (28) on the side facing the cupboard body. The mounting plate (28) can be releaseably secured in superposition with a fastening plate (34) disposed on the free end face (18) of a frame element (16) of the frame that faces away from the side wall. At least one slot-like elongated through opening (30; 36) is provided in the mounting plate (28) and in the fastening plate (34), through which opening the shank of a fastening screw (32) can be screwed into the frame element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Mepla-Werke Lautenschlager GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gerhard Wilhelm Lautenschläger
  • Publication number: 20040205935
    Abstract: The invention relates to a damping device for parts of furniture which are joined together by means of hinges and which can be pivoted in relation to each other. The housing contains a damping fluid in the cavity thereof and a resistance element which can be displaced relative to the damping fluid and connected to an actuating element protruding from the housing. During at least one part of the pivoting movement of both pieces of furniture, said actuating element is drivingly connected to the second piece of furniture and transfers the movement distributed to the second piece of furniture to the resistance element. The damping device is arranged in the region of at least one of the hinges which pivotally couples both pieces of furniture, and whereby either the damping housing and/or the actuating element engages with one of the stop element of the corresponding hinges, at least during the damping process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Gerhard Wilhelm Lautenschlaeger, Harald Helmut Ulrich, Markus Herper
  • Patent number: 6675440
    Abstract: A mounting plate (10) for furniture hinges, composed of a lower mounting plate part (30), which can be fastened to the supporting wall of a piece of furniture and swiveled in its front end region, and of an upper mounting plate part (32), which can be detachably fastened in the rear end region by a snap-in connection. In its rear end region, the lower mounting plate part (30) has at least one projection (64), which protrudes upwards between side walls of the upper mounting plate part (32) and has at least one locking surface (68). At the upper mounting plate part, a swivel lock (54), with the locking surfaces of the projection or the projections (64) of the lower mounting plate part (30), is assigned to the projection (64). The swivel lock is place under tension by a spring (56) in a position forcing the locking engagement surfaces (76) into an engagement position with the locking surfaces (68).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: MEPLA-Werke Lautenschlager GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gerhard Wilhelm Lautenschläger
  • Patent number: 6286186
    Abstract: Furniture hardware device (20) which can be fastened to the wall of a piece of furniture because it has fastening means projecting from its surface facing the furniture wall, which can be introduced into bores in the wall of the furniture and can be secured against withdrawal from the bores. At least one of the fastening means is configured as a fastening stud which has at least one knife-edged projection (60) running substantially circumferentially. The fastening stud or studs can be shifted between a mounting position in which the at least one knife-edged projection is withdrawn into the interior of the associated bore, and a fastening position in which they cut into the wall of the fastening bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: MEPLA-Werke Lautenschläger GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Horst Lautenschläger, Gerhard Wilhelm Lautenschläger