Patents Assigned to Grass GmbH
  • Patent number: 9901173
    Abstract: A frame for a drawer having a frame body which comprises a cavity for receiving a drawer guiding system, wherein the frame body includes an inner base part and an outer covering element which covers the base part, and wherein the inner base part comprises receiving means for the drawer guiding system as well as a support for a bottom part of a drawer bottom. According to the invention, the covering element covers the base part fully or almost fully at least over the length thereof, wherein a top horizontal portion of the covering element is supported on the base part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Grabher, Juergen Amann, Patrick Pirker
  • Patent number: 9890574
    Abstract: A device for influencing the movement of a first furniture part relative to a second furniture part of a piece of furniture, having a damper for damping the relative movement between the first and the second furniture parts. The damper is made up of a single damping component that includes a container with a housing in which is accommodated a damping fluid which is enclosed by the housing, wherein a portion of the housing is formed from an elastically deformable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Grass GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Boris Kruedener
  • Patent number: 9885205
    Abstract: A damping device for the damping of the opening movement of a movable furniture part comprises: a fixed base unit with a furniture body of a piece of furniture; a movable base unit having the movable furniture part; and a damping unit comprising a first and a second damping component which are movable relative to one another when performing a damping function, of which the first damping component is arranged on the one base unit and as it approaches the movable base unit an impact takes place in the final position of said base unit between the second damping component and the other base unit, thereby triggering the damping function the first damping component is movably mounted on the allocated base unit such that on impact it can be displaced from a standby position into a working position supported by a stop in which the damping function can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: GRASS GMBH
    Inventor: Jörg Janzen
  • Patent number: 9861195
    Abstract: A setting device for a latching arrangement for setting a movable furniture part which is received in a furniture body, the setting device comprising a receptacle, a spring member and an operating lever, it being possible for the setting device to be mounted on a holding member of the latching arrangement such that it can be pivoted via the receptacle, and a latching element being configured on the spring member. The invention is distinguished by the fact that the shape of the spring member, and therefore the position of the latching element, can be varied by means of the operating lever, without interaction with a further element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Tim Lucas, Gabriel Auer
  • Patent number: 9833070
    Abstract: A drawer front connection unit for a drawer wall element of a drawer. The drawer wall element and a marginal portion of a drawer bottom are insertable to form a drawer side wall adjoining the drawer bottom. The drawer wall element comprises a wall profile part and a bottom-receiving profile part. A support surface is provided on the bottom-receiving profile part, for providing underside support to the drawer bottom. The wall profile part comprises a chamber portion having inner and outer wall sheet portions, which, lying opposite each other, are spaced apart by a width of the drawer wall element and connected by a bent section. The drawer front connection unit fits into the chamber portion of the drawer wall element and extends over a height of the chamber portion. The drawer front connection unit has front-fastening elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Felix Karu, Juergen Nachbaur, Patrick Pirker
  • Patent number: 9808083
    Abstract: A device for releasably connecting a furniture pull-out to a guidance unit that movably guides the furniture pull-out in a furniture body comprises: a base part; an adjuster arranged on the base part and comprising a plurality of components movable in relation to one another, the adjuster enabling a position of the furniture pull-out to be set in at least one spatial direction relative to the guidance unit; and a stop mechanism to delimit the travel of the adjuster, the stop mechanism including a springy-elastic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Tim Lucas
  • Patent number: 9803411
    Abstract: A device for moving a movable furniture part, the device including a force accumulator such that when the device is fitted to an item of furniture, the movable furniture part in the case of an opening procedure by action of the force accumulator is capable of being put in an opening position by way of an ejector. A coupling installation is included, which in the case of a charging procedure of the force accumulator is effective between the ejector and the force accumulator. The ejector is designed in such a manner that the latter in the region of the end of the path thereof in the case of the opening procedure couples to the coupling installation. For a following closing procedure of the movable furniture part and a charging procedure of the force accumulator associated therewith, the coupling between the ejector and the force accumulator is in a clearance-free manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Guenter Grabher
  • Publication number: 20170303686
    Abstract: A device for mounting a rear wall on a movable furniture component of a piece of furniture, in particular on a drawer, with the movable furniture component including a rear wall and a drawer sidewall unit. The device is characterized in that the device is for arrangement between a rear wall holder extending on the drawer sidewall unit in a plane of the rear wall and the rear wall, and the device has an engagement mechanism for engagement in the rear wall holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus SCHNEIDER
  • Patent number: 9771975
    Abstract: In the case of a device for the detachable connection of a furniture pull-out movably guided in a furniture body via a guide unit with the guide unit having at least one adapter element detachably connectable with a running rail of the guide unit and having fastening elements for fixing the adapter element to a component of the furniture pull-out, the fastening elements comprise a catch for the detachable fastening of the adapter element to an assigned component of the furniture pull-out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Emanuel Mohr, Stephan Mittwoch, Felix Karu
  • Patent number: 9750345
    Abstract: A drawer wall element for a drawer. An edge portion of a drawer base can be installed thereon, forming a drawer side wall. The drawer wall element comprises a profiled wall part and a profiled base-receiving part. A support surface is present on the profiled base-receiving part. The profiled wall part comprises a chamber portion having inner and outer wall sheet metal portions, spaced from one another in an opposing manner across a width of the drawer wall element and connected by a bent section. A bearing portion is angled upwards towards the support surface. A web portion is provided on the profiled base-receiving part above and spaced from the support surface. At least one freely resilient tab protrudes past the support surface or the side of the web portion facing the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Felix Karu, Juergen Nachbaur
  • Publication number: 20170181545
    Abstract: A piece of furniture with a sensor device is proposed. According to the invention, the sensor device comprises an electrode arrangement which is arranged on a furniture section of the piece of furniture in such a way that, by using the electrode arrangement, changes in an electric field in a surrounding region, which is located at one side of the piece of furniture, can be detected with or without touching the electrode arrangement or the piece of furniture, and that the sensor device comprises a detection unit by means of which a position of a body in the surrounding region of the piece of furniture can be determined by means of a detected change in the electric field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Ronald LIEBSCH
  • Publication number: 20170172302
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sensor for a part of a piece of furniture is described, in which method a layer, necessary for the actual sensor function, of the sensor is printed onto the part of the piece of furniture. Furthermore, a corresponding sensor, a part of the piece of furniture, a switching device and a piece of furniture are presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Boris KRUEDENER, Markus HERPER
  • Publication number: 20170172299
    Abstract: A device for adjusting a position of a furniture part on an item of furniture such that a closed position of the furniture part is predeterminable. The device includes an adjustment element for rotating a positioning default mechanism, and an abutment portion which interacts with an adjustment contour of the adjustment element. The adjustment contour extends as a spiral, by way of which a region of the adjustment contour and the abutment portion interact in such a manner that a stop of the device is slidable into a position, so that the closed position of the furniture part is predeterminable. The adjustment contour comprises a multi-edge portion with several surface portions which are aligned at an angle with respect to one another. The adjustment contour interacts with a counter portion on the abutment portion in such a manner that several predetermined rotational positions of the adjustment element are configurable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20170164737
    Abstract: An ejector assembly for a movable furniture part, for example a drawer, composed of two ejector units that are interconnected by a synchronizing bar. The ejector units are provided for ejecting the movable furniture part in an opening direction of an item of furniture in relation to a furniture base unit of the item of furniture. The synchronizing bar synchronizes a switching function of the ejector units. At least one ejector unit is designed in such a manner that the synchronizing bar on a receptacle of the first ejector unit is slidable so far inward that said synchronizina bar may be introduced into a receptacle of an opposite second ejector unit. A positioning member for positioning the synchronizing bar in a functional position between the ejector units is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Markus ALBRECHT, Stefan BAUR
  • Patent number: 9655449
    Abstract: A wall construction element of a drawer is proposed, wherein the wall construction element has a frame body, having a base part which provides a cavity for receiving a drawer guide system, and having a casing element for casing the base part, wherein in a covering portion of the frame body a material layer of the casing element covers a material layer of the base part. According to the invention, a support part which upwardly projects in the fashion of a column is present on the frame body, wherein for attaching the support part in an end-side end region of the frame body a tongue-like flat portion of the support part is secured between the base part and the casing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Grabher, Juergen Amann, Patrick Pirker
  • Patent number: 9648950
    Abstract: A device for moving a movable furniture part, the device including a force accumulator such that by way of the device which is fitted to an item of furniture the movable furniture part in the case of an opening procedure under the action of the force accumulator is capable of being put in the opening direction, wherein in the case of a movement of the movable furniture part in the closing direction a charging procedure of the force accumulator is performed, and wherein the force accumulator by way of a coupling installation couples to an ejector so as to eject the movable furniture part. The coupling installation includes a lever assembly designed in such a manner that a force for the charging procedure of the force accumulator, which is introduced at the ejector, by means of the lever assembly is transmitted in a geared manner to the force accumulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Markus Albrecht
  • Patent number: 9648951
    Abstract: A device for moving a movable furniture part, the device including a force accumulator such that by way of the fitted device the furniture part under the action of the force accumulator is capable of being put in the opening direction, and wherein the device has a locking assembly for locking a tensioned position of the force accumulator, in which the force accumulator is charged for the opening movement of the furniture part, wherein the tensioned position is unlockable. A locking member of the locking assembly, and a movable lever of the device, which is coupled to the force accumulator, are present in an interacting manner such that in the locked tensioned position of the force accumulator, the locking member assumes a locking position, and the lever assumes a standby position in which cancelling of the standby position of the lever is blocked by the locking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Albrecht, Tino Fellner, Filip Rihtarec
  • Publication number: 20170112278
    Abstract: A setting device for a latching arrangement for setting a movable furniture part which is received in a furniture body, the setting device comprising a receptacle, a spring member and an operating lever, it being possible for the setting device to be mounted on a holding member of the latching arrangement such that it can be pivoted via the receptacle, and a latching element being configured on the spring member. The invention is distinguished by the fact that the shape of the spring member, and therefore the position of the latching element, can be varied by means of the operating lever, without interaction with a further element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Tim LUCAS, Gabriel AUER
  • Patent number: 9629461
    Abstract: A device for influencing the movement of a furniture part movably accommodated on a basic furniture structure via a guide unit, the device including a basic component which is assigned to the guide unit and on which a pushing-out device and a retraction device are present so that, in a mounted state of the device, the furniture part can be pushed out from a closure position on the basic furniture structure in a first direction of movement under an action of the pushing-out device, and the furniture part can be retracted from an open position on the basic furniture structure in a second direction of movement under an action of the retraction device, and a charging mechanism for charging the force accumulator, the pushing-out force accumulator is charged by a movement of the housing component of the pushing-out device relative to the basic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Remo Egger
  • Publication number: 20170096849
    Abstract: A hinge, for a movable furniture part, in particular, a door or flap, that is fastened to a body of an item of furniture, wherein the hinge has a first attachment element, which is connected pivotably to a second attachment element via a joint mechanism, wherein the joint mechanism comprises at least one articulated lever, which is mounted pivotably on the first attachment element via a first bearing element. The hinge is characterized in that the articulated lever is arranged in a rotationally fixed manner on the first bearing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Boris KRUEDENER, Markus HERPER, Sebastian LAUTENSCHLAEGER