Patents Assigned to Glatz AG
  • Publication number: 20230389666
    Abstract: A standing parasol has a parasol mast (2) and an actuating device (4) arranged thereon, which actuating device cooperates with a connecting organ (6) for moving a parasol part. The actuating device comprises a hand crank device (8) with an associated crank handle (10) which is rotatable about a substantially horizontal crank axis of rotation (A) and is coupled to the connecting organ (6), wherein the crank handle (10) is formed in two parts with an inner handle portion (12) which is arranged substantially transversely to the crank axis of rotation (A), and with an outer handle portion (14) which is pivotable with respect to the inner handle portion (12) between a substantially coaxial resting position and an angled functional position about a handle pivot axis (G). In the functional position, the hand crank device (8) can be brought into rotational engagement with the connecting organ (6), whereas in the resting position, the hand crank device (8) is rotationally disengaged from the connecting organ (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Glatz AG
    Inventor: Ernst KAUFMANN
  • Publication number: 20230389665
    Abstract: A standing parasol has a parasol crown (2), on which a plurality of canopy struts (4) for an overlying canopy (6) are arranged in an articulated manner radiating about a parasol crown axis (A) and which are supported and connected by means of associated supporting struts (8) via a respective hinge (10). Each hinge (10) comprises a hinge ball (12) connected to the canopy strut (4) which is received in an associated hinge socket (14) terminally arranged on the support strut (8). The hinge socket (14) comprises a socket slot (16) which allows pivoting of the support strut (8) in a predetermined pivoting angle range in an associated pivoting plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Glatz AG
    Inventor: Ernst KAUFMANN
  • Publication number: 20210337944
    Abstract: In a locking system for a rotating foot of a mast, particularly of a mast for a free arm standing parasol, the mast is rotatable about an axis of rotation (A) defined by the rotating foot and comprises a surrounded mast region. The locking system comprises an operating lever for releasing or locking of the rotating foot which is arranged on the mast at a comfort height (H) of 0.5 to 1.5 m above the rotating foot, wherein the operating lever is movable between a folded-out position and a downwardly folded-in position and thereby cooperates via a lifting bar with stationary engaging elements of the rotating foot, wherein the lifting bar is raised in the release position and lowered in the locking position. To improve operability and operational security, the lifting bar is arranged at a distance from the axis of rotation (A) and externally of the surrounded mast region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Glatz AG
    Inventor: Robert Ulrich SIEGENTHALER
  • Publication number: 20200397103
    Abstract: A free arm standing parasol comprises a mast, on which an arm with its end of the arm facing towards mast is guided extendably and retractably via a mast slide and is thereby held by a supporting element between the arm and mast while the end of the arm facing away from the mast carries a parasol part with a crown, the parasol part comprising main struts which are radially hinged to the crown and associated supporting struts which are hinged to a corresponding main strut and a parasol slider. The parasol part is connected, via actuating organs, to a drive unit at the mast, a first actuating organ being connected to the mast slide via first deflection rollers for moving the mast slide up and down across a first functional distance, and a second actuating organ being coupled to the actuating organ via an action coupling and being connected to the parasol slider via second deflection rollers for moving the parasol slider across a second functional distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Glatz AG
    Inventors: Gustav Adolf Glatz, Ernst Kaufmann
  • Patent number: 10563420
    Abstract: A movable standing base for parasols, display boards, flagpoles and the like comprises a weight part having, firmly attached at the bottom side thereof, at least three, preferably four steering rollers, and it further comprises attachment elements for a parasol, for a display board, for a flagpole or for any other objects to be set up, and a plurality of preferably four lowerable blocking feet. In order to improve ease of handling without loss of stability, the blocking feet are connected to each other in the edge region of the weight part by two bridge girders arranged opposite to each other and a middle yoke and are anchored to the weight part in a substantially parallelogram shaped lowerable manner by two pivot levers. A tensioning lever is disposed resting on the middle yoke, and a pressure element leads to a blocking pedal at the upper side of the standing base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Glatz AG
    Inventor: Robert Ulrich Siegenthaler
  • Publication number: 20190063103
    Abstract: A movable standing base for parasols, display boards, flagpoles and the like comprises a weight part having, firmly attached at the bottom side thereof, at least three, preferably four steering rollers, and it further comprises attachment elements for a parasol, for a display board, for a flagpole or for any other objects to be set up, and a plurality of preferably four lowerable blocking feet. In order to improve ease of handling without loss of stability, the blocking feet are connected to each other in the edge region of the weight part by two bridge girders arranged opposite to each other and a middle yoke and are anchored to the weight part in a substantially parallelogram shaped lowerable manner by two pivot levers. A tensioning lever is disposed resting on the middle yoke, and a pressure element leads to a blocking pedal at the upper side of the standing base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Glatz AG
    Inventor: Robert Ulrich Siegenthaler
  • Publication number: 20160289997
    Abstract: In a protection roof, particularly a sun and weather protection roof, it s aimed to ensure that the roof when not in use can be packed together in a compact manner within the outline of the opened roof by effecting a closing movement, whereby the fabric sheet can be folded with parallel folding lines, and to furthermore allow actuating the hinge also when the roof is in a folded state. To this end, it is proposed that the support rod (22) is disposed rotatably and slidably, but also lockably, within a mount (20) comprising a hinge on the standing rod (4). Moreover, the tensioning struts (26, 26a) are articulately attached pairwise with one end thereof to a slide (28) and carry the flexible protecting surface (32) at their outer end. Supporting struts (24, 24a) are articulately attached to a central portion of the tensioning struts (26, 26a) and to the ends (22a) of the support rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: GLATZ AG
    Inventors: GUSTAV ADOLF GLATZ, ERNST KAUFMANN
  • Publication number: 20160262507
    Abstract: A sun and weather protection device having fewer individual parts, a stronger clamping force and an operation which is as easy as possible and requiring only a single operating element (e.g. a clamping screw) for all adjustment directions, it is proposed to adopt a hinge combination comprising two hinge halves with rotating disks and integrated gripper clamps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: GLATZ AG
    Inventors: GUSTAV ADOLF GLATZ, ERNST KAUFMANN
  • Patent number: 9060576
    Abstract: In order to improve a free-standing parasol, particularly a large parasol, in which canopy rods of a canopy are supported through supporting struts on an accommodating collar (8) of a slider (2), which, with the canopy open, can be latched to a parasol pole (4) through a releasable pawl (26) and a catch (30), wherein the pawl (26) is arranged on a tilting lever (12), it is proposed that the tilting lever (12) be surrounded by a housing (20) that comprises bearings (22) for the hinge pin (40). The tilting lever (12) itself has an operating button (13). The housing (20) comprises an aperture (21), through which the the operating button is made accessible. The hinge pin (40) of the tilting lever (12) is oriented transversely to the longitudinal axis (42) of the parasol pole (4) and the hinge pin (40) is closer to the longitudinal axis (42) of the parasol pole (4) than the pawl (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Glatz AG
    Inventor: Robert Siegenthaler
  • Publication number: 20140332043
    Abstract: In order to provide a large parasol (2) with an improved binding system wherein the large parasol in its dosed state can be wrapped with preferably one or with several tying straps (1) in a spiral-like manner (3, 3) and wherein in the opened state of the parasol (2) a standby state of the one or several tying straps (1) is provided in such manner that the tying straps each are fixed with an end thereof to an upper attachment point (A, A?) at a canopy strut (5, 5?) of the parasol (2) and are releasably attached to a lower attachment point (B, B?) at the said canopy strut (5) so that also short statured persons are able to bind the parasol conveniently and correctly and that no wind damage occurs, it is proposed that between the upper and the lower attachment point (A, A?; B, B?) there is provided on one of the canopy struts (5, 5?) a further, middle attachment point (C, C?). The latter is configured as a damping means for the spirally wrapped tying straps (1) is in the dosed state of the parasol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: GLATZ AG
    Inventor: Gustav Adolf Glatz
  • Patent number: 8684017
    Abstract: So that a drive (38, 50, 52) can be formed in the case of a standing parasol (2) having a mast (12) and a collapsible parasol canopy with canopy and support struts (4, 6), in which the canopy struts (4) and the support struts (6) are respectively connected to an upper or a lower articulation ring (8, 10), and in which the upper articulation ring (8) is connected to a telescopic tube (22) which is guided in the mast (12) and can be raised and lowered and the telescopic tube (22) for raising and lowering is connected to a circulating member (34), it is proposed that the circulating member (34) may be actuated by way of an upper deflection roller (36) and a drive gear (50) that is arranged on the mast (12), and that the upper deflection roller (36) is arranged on a deflection support by means of a deflection roller bearing (28), the deflection support being secured to the mast and projecting into the telescopic tube (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Glatz AG
    Inventors: Gustav Adolf Glatz, Claudio Roberto
  • Patent number: 8640720
    Abstract: In a large parasol with a textile fabric roof with adjustable canopy strut ends for the attachment of the canopy fabric, in order to avoid the attaching seams of the canopy fabric from being openly exposed to the UV radiation and to prevent the connection to the fabric roof from becoming displaced or twisted inadvertently either in the open state or in the closed and relaxed state of the parasol, welt bulges are attached to the parasol roof edge along the seams of the parasol roof parts, the extensions comprising welt grooves, the welt bulges engaging in the welt grooves of the extensions and the welt bulges being held at the outer end of the extensions by means of a screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Glatz AG
    Inventor: Claudio Roberto
  • Patent number: 7980261
    Abstract: The invention originates with a mast on the upper end of which a locking and tiltable jib support is arranged. A jib is guided in the jib support such that said jib can be slid and fastened and carries a roof construction on the outer end thereof, wherein said roof construction can be extended like a canopy, fan, or frame. To make the extension and retraction of the jib easier, it is proposed that the jib support be designed with at least four guide and locking rollers, of which at least two engage in a left-handed track and two in a right-handed track of the jib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Glatz AG
    Inventor: Adolf Gustav Glatz
  • Patent number: D644832
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Glatz AG
    Inventor: Peter K. Patzak
  • Patent number: D668445
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Glatz AG
    Inventor: Peter K. Patzak
  • Patent number: D668446
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Glatz AG
    Inventor: Peter K. Patzak
  • Patent number: D716541
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Glatz AG
    Inventor: Peter K Patzak
  • Patent number: D740016
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Glatz AG
    Inventor: Claudio Roberto
  • Patent number: D760486
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Glatz AG
    Inventor: Peter K Patzak
  • Patent number: D868449
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Glatz AG
    Inventor: Robert Siegenthaler