Patents Assigned to Grass GmbH
  • Publication number: 20250043820
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the movement of two guide units having a first and second ejection units, including a synchronization device having a connection element which connects together and synchronizes the first and second ejection units. Each ejection unit has an adapter member that provides a receiving portion having a receiving volume in which the end portion of the connection element can be accommodated. The receiving volume is surrounded over a partial circumference by a fixed wall of the adapter member, and over a remaining circumferential portion with respect to the partial circumference a closure portion of the adapter member is provided. The closure portion is pivotably articulated to the adapter member and can be pivoted from an open position reversibly into a secured closure position of the closure portion, wherein in the closure position of the closure portion the remaining circumferential portion is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas NUßBAUMER, Melanie METZLER, Tim LUCAS, Luca MICHIELI
  • Publication number: 20250012124
    Abstract: A hinge assembly including a drive device and a hinge having a hinge arm for moving a pivoting element of an appliance or piece of furniture. The pivoting element is mounted movably on a body of the appliance or furniture by means of the hinge. One side of the hinge is attached to the body and another side of the hinge is attached to the pivoting element. The drive device has a drive motor unit with an end section coupled to the hinge arm. First and second flange components arrange the drive motor unit on the pivoting element. The drive motor unit is arranged on the pivoting element by the first and second flange components. The first and second flange components each have an attachment section for fastening the respective flange component and each have a coupling section for coupling the drive motor unit to the respective flange component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH
    Inventor: Markus HERPER
  • Publication number: 20240410211
    Abstract: A hinge having a fastening element attachable to a body and connected via pivot arms to a pivotable mounting element. The mounting element can be attached to a movable furniture part. The hinge has a damper which damps a closing movement of the furniture part. The damper has at one end a hook element and an immovable holding element arranged on the fastening element. The holding element has a cut-out. During closing movement of the hinge, the hook element on the damper comes into engagement with the cut-out on the holding element, whereby damping takes place. During the opening movement of the hinge and starting from the closed state of the hinge, the hook element is in engagement with the cut-out on the holding element, whereby the damper can be transferred into a use state for a damped closing movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Markus ALBRECHT
  • Patent number: 12150550
    Abstract: A device for guiding a movable furniture part received movably on a furniture carcass, including a carcass rail and a drawer rail, wherein the movably mounted drawer rail is moved in an opening and closing direction relative to the carcass rail. The carcass and drawer rails each have at least one flat running surface, wherein the running surface of the drawer rail is continuously uniformly flat. During relative movement between the drawer and carcass rails, load-transmitting rolling elements move along the running surface of the carcass and drawer rails. The running surface extends in a longitudinal extent and a transverse extent, wherein the longitudinal extent is perpendicular to the transverse extent, and the longitudinal extent of the running surface is oriented in the opening and closing direction of the drawer rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Juergen Nachbaur
  • Patent number: 11992123
    Abstract: A device for guiding a movable furniture part on a furniture carcass. The device includes a carcass rail arranged on the furniture carcass and a movable rail movable in the opening and closing direction relative to the carcass rail. The carcass rail and the movable rail each have a flat running web and load-transmitting rolling elements are each arranged between a running web of the carcass rail and a running web of the movable rail. During relative movement between the rails, the rolling elements move along the running webs. The running webs are uninterrupted, and the rolling elements between the rails are configured such that, in the mounted state, the running web of the movable rail is always oriented obliquely relative to the running web of the carcass rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Markus Albrecht
  • Patent number: 11896127
    Abstract: A metal furniture-drawer rear wall having a rectangular large surface-area element, an upper-side element and an attachment element. The large surface-area element has two broad side surfaces spaced apart and opposite one another, two long side surfaces spaced apart and opposite one another, and two narrow side surfaces spaced apart and opposite one another. The upper-side element is provided adjacent a long side surface, the attachment element is provided adjacent a narrow side surface, and the upper-side element and the attachment element extend in the direction of a surface normal to a broad side surface so that the furniture-drawer rear wall extends by less than 20 mm in this direction. The attachment element has an assembly mechanism in order to be connected directly to a furniture fitting by means of a connecting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Grabher, Patrick Pirker
  • Patent number: 11702874
    Abstract: A hinge having a hinge cup, an articulation mechanism and a hinge arm, wherein the hinge cup is connected to the hinge arm in a pivotable manner via the articulation mechanism. The articulation mechanism includes first and second articulated levers attached to the hinge cup and to the hinge arm. The first articulated lever has a first end connected to the hinge cup in a pivotable manner via a first bearing element and has a second end connected to the hinge arm in a pivotable manner via a second bearing element. The second articulated lever has a first end connected to the hinge cup in a pivotable manner via a fourth bearing element and has a second element connected to the hinge arm in a pivotable manner via a third bearing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Gabriele Schneider, Boris Krüdener, Markus Herper
  • Publication number: 20230148751
    Abstract: A device for guiding a movable furniture part on a furniture carcass. The device includes a carcass rail arranged on the furniture carcass and a movable rail movable in the opening and closing direction relative to the carcass rail. The carcass rail and the movable rail each have a flat running web and load-transmitting rolling elements are each arranged between a running web of the carcass rail and a running web of the movable rail. During relative movement between the rails, the rolling elements move along the running webs. The running webs are uninterrupted, and the rolling elements between the rails are configured such that, in the mounted state, the running web of the movable rail is always oriented obliquely relative to the running web of the carcass rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Markus ALBRECHT
  • Publication number: 20230117910
    Abstract: A device for guiding a movable furniture part received movably on a furniture carcass, including a carcass rail and a drawer rail, wherein the movably mounted drawer rail is moved in an opening and closing direction relative to the carcass rail. The carcass and drawer rails each have at least one flat running surface, wherein the running surface of the drawer rail is continuously uniformly flat. During relative movement between the drawer and carcass rails, load-transmitting rolling elements move along the running surface of the carcass and drawer rails. The running surface extends in a longitudinal extent and a transverse extent, wherein the longitudinal extent is perpendicular to the transverse extent, and the longitudinal extent of the running surface is oriented in the opening and closing direction of the drawer rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Juergen NACHBAUR
  • Patent number: 11519208
    Abstract: A connector by way of which two frame elements of a frame of a furniture part can be connected, wherein the connector includes a corner-connecting mechanism for connecting respective end portions of the two frame elements in a corner region of the furniture-part frame. An attachment portion for attachment to a pivoting device is integrated on the corner-connecting mechanism, wherein the furniture part can be accommodated on a basic structure of a piece of furniture such that it can be pivoted by means of the pivoting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Boris Kruedener, Sebastian Lautenschlaeger
  • Patent number: 11452374
    Abstract: A sliding element guide system for furniture is provided, including a cabinet unit rail, central rail, sliding element rail, and at least one carriage. The cabinet unit rail, central rail, and sliding element rail are mounted to be movable in relation to one another. The system also includes two identical synchronization wheels that synchronize movements of elements of the system. The two identical synchronization wheels are rotatably mounted on a vertically oriented central rail side wall and extend horizontally therefrom via a pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Albrecht, Filip Rihtarec, Franz Reischl
  • Publication number: 20220175137
    Abstract: A metal furniture-drawer rear wall having a rectangular large surface-area element, an upper-side element and an attachment element. The large surface-area element has two broad side surfaces spaced apart and opposite one another, two long side surfaces spaced apart and opposite one another, and two narrow side surfaces spaced apart and opposite one another. The upper-side element is provided adjacent a long side surface, the attachment element is provided adjacent a narrow side surface, and the upper-side element and the attachment element extend in the direction of a surface normal to a broad side surface so that the furniture-drawer rear wall extends by less than 20 mm in this direction. The attachment element has an assembly mechanism in order to be connected directly to a furniture fitting by means of a connecting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter GRABHER, Patrick PIRKER
  • Patent number: 11344120
    Abstract: A power rail for arrangement on a pull-out guide for a movable furniture part, wherein the pull-out guide has a body rail and a drawer rail, which are supported such that they are movable relative to each other, wherein the power rail is designed such that it can be arranged on the body rail or on the drawer rail, wherein the power rail is designed, when arranged on the pull-out guide, to extend along the length of the body rail and/or along the length of the drawer rail in a direction of movement of the pull-out guide, wherein the power rail has two contact elements insulated electrically from each other, wherein the contact elements are designed to be electrically conductive, so that a current collector of a power supply unit can come into contact with one of the contact elements in order to produce an electrically conductive connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Günter Grabher
  • Publication number: 20220025686
    Abstract: A hinge having a hinge cup, an articulation mechanism and a hinge arm, wherein the hinge cup is connected to the hinge arm in a pivotable manner via the articulation mechanism. The articulation mechanism includes first and second articulated levers attached to the hinge cup and to the hinge arm. The first articulated lever has a first end connected to the hinge cup in a pivotable manner via a first bearing element and has a second end connected to the hinge arm in a pivotable manner via a second bearing element. The second articulated lever has a first end connected to the hinge cup in a pivotable manner via a fourth bearing element and has a second element connected to the hinge arm in a pivotable manner via a third bearing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Gabriele SCHNEIDER, Boris KRÜDENER, Markus HERPER
  • Patent number: 11154134
    Abstract: Sliding element guide system for furniture including a cabinet unit rail, central rail, sliding element rail, and a carriage such that the cabinet unit rail, central rail, and sliding element rail are mounted so as to be movable in relation to one another. The system also includes synchronization means including a synchronization element to synchronize movements of elements of the system. Two identical synchronization elements are present on the central rail and are rotatably disposed on the central rail. The synchronization elements are disposed so as to be mutually opposite and mutually spaced apart on both sides of the central rail. The synchronization elements are configured on mutually opposite end sides of the central rail or on mutually opposite external sides of the central rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Albrecht, Filip Rihtarec, Franz Reischl
  • Publication number: 20210321767
    Abstract: A sliding element guide system for furniture is provided, including a cabinet unit rail, central rail, sliding element rail, and at least one carriage. The cabinet unit rail, central rail, and sliding element rail are mounted to be movable in relation to one another. The system also includes two identical synchronization wheels that synchronize movements of elements of the system. The two identical synchronization wheels are rotatably mounted on a vertically oriented central rail side wall and extend horizontally therefrom via a pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Markus ALBRECHT, Filip RIHTAREC, Franz REISCHL
  • Patent number: D1058251
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Guenter Grabher
  • Patent number: D1061092
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Guenter Grabher
  • Patent number: D1070442
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Guenter Grabher
  • Patent number: D1070443
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Guenter Grabher