Patents Assigned to Grass GmbH
  • Publication number: 20160316910
    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: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: Grass GMBH
    Inventors: Felix KARU, Juergen NACHBAUR, Patrick PIRKER
  • Patent number: 9474372
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the movement of a furniture part received movably on a furniture body, including a guide mechanism which acts between the body and the part and with which the part is brought out of a closing state relative to the body, wherein the part is in a position as close as possible to a front side of the body, into an opening state of the part relative to the body, and is moved back into the closing state. In an opening process, the guide mechanism moves the part out of the closing state such that, in a first motion phase, a horizontal distance between the part and the front side of the body increases and, in a subsequent motion phase following the first motion phase, the furniture part is moved linearly onward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Grass GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Markus Herper
  • Patent number: 9284766
    Abstract: In a device for moving a furniture part, in particular a shutter, door or drawer, which is accommodated in a movable manner on a basic furniture structure, having an actuating drive, which, in a drive mode, is connected to the movable furniture part and drives the movable furniture part, and having a sensor means, which is connected to the actuating drive and is intended for activating the actuating drive, the sensor means has a database and is designed such that, with the device installed in the use state, physical state variables to which the movable furniture part is subjected via the user, and which serve for monitoring the movement of said furniture part, can be sensed and read into the database, wherein the database has, or can have, stored in it movement profiles which are each assigned to a certain movement situation of the movable furniture part which is initiated by external action on the movable furniture part and can be described by physical state variables, and wherein, with the aid of at least o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: GRASS GMBH
    Inventor: Holger Wenzel
  • Patent number: 9149118
    Abstract: A mounting fixture for attaching at least one device for controlling the movement of a furniture part which is received on a stationary furniture part so as to be movable in a driven manner. According to the invention, a fastening mechanism is provided, with elongate profiles which extend separately from each other with a clearance in between them and to which the device for controlling the movement can be attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus Schneider
  • Patent number: 9095211
    Abstract: In a device for releasably connecting a furniture pullout part movably guided in a furniture carcass by a guide unit to the guide unit, the device including a device housing on which a control element is integrally formed and pivotably mounted via at least one solid body joint in such a way that the connection between the furniture pullout part and the guide unit can be released on actuation of the control element, at a distance from the solid body joint, supporting surfaces are provided for supporting the control element while preventing a relative movement between this and the device housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: GRASS GMBH
    Inventors: Jurgen Amann, Gunter Grabher
  • Publication number: 20150002008
    Abstract: A carcass rail for a guiding device, by way of which a movable furniture part during opening and/or closing is guidable on a furniture carcass of an item of furniture. The carcass rail has a cross sectional profile including several even profile portions extending along a longitudinal axis of the carcass rail, wherein at least two of the profile portions are connected by means of a bending edge which extends along the longitudinal axis. A side profile portion of the cross sectional profile is mounted on a side wall portion in the furniture carcass. At least one free-standing mounting strap for connecting to the side wall portion of the furniture carcass is connected integrally and continuously to the side profile portion and extends over a portion of the longitudinal axis of the carcass rail. In addition, a method for producing the carcass rail is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH
    Inventors: Georg DOMENIG, Manfred PEER, Cheng JIANG
  • Publication number: 20140210330
    Abstract: In a device for releasably connecting a furniture pullout part movably guided in a furniture carcass by means of a guide unit to the guide unit, the device including a device housing on which a control element is integrally formed and pivotably mounted via at least one solid body joint in such a way that the connection between the furniture pullout part and the guide unit can be released on actuation of the control element, at a distance from the solid body joint, supporting means are provided for supporting the control element while preventing a relative movement between this and the device housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Jurgen Amann, Gunter Grabher
  • Publication number: 20140185968
    Abstract: A device for setting a movable furniture part received in a basic furniture structure by means of a guiding unit, with which the furniture part is movably guided in the basic furniture structure, the guiding unit including a movement rail, which is attached to the furniture part and is mounted displaceably with respect to a basic-structure rail, the device including a setting unit that is attached to a front-side end portion of the movement rail, which sets a stop position of the movement rail during closing movements with respect to the basic-structure rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH
    Inventor: Peter LANGGUTH
  • Publication number: 20140184123
    Abstract: In a device for moving a furniture part, in particular a shutter, door or drawer, which is accommodated in a movable manner on a basic furniture structure, having an actuating drive, which, in a drive mode, is connected to the movable furniture part and drives the movable furniture part, and having a sensor means, which is connected to the actuating drive and is intended for activating the actuating drive, the sensor means has a database and is designed such that, with the device installed in the use state, physical state variables to which the movable furniture part is subjected via the user, and which serve for monitoring the movement of said furniture part, can be sensed and read into the database, wherein the database has, or can have, stored in it movement profiles which are each assigned to a certain movement situation of the movable furniture part which is initiated by external action on the movable furniture part and can be described by physical state variables, and wherein, with the aid of at least o
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH
    Inventor: Holger Wenzel
  • Patent number: 8727460
    Abstract: A device for a piece of furniture that has a furniture part accommodated in a movable manner on a basic furniture structure, for the device defining a stop position of the furniture part, an including an adjustment unit having an adjustable stop part, which bounds a furniture-part closing movement executed during normal operation, wherein the stop part is deflected resiliently out of a starting position, and wherein the stop position is determined by the extent of deflection in a fixed deflecting position of the stop part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Günter Grabher
  • Patent number: 8720010
    Abstract: A damping device for damping a relative movement of device parts of a device for pivoting and/or displacing a furniture part guided movably on a furniture body is proposed, the damping device comprising a damper housing with an inner volume and an inner part accommodated in the inner volume, the damper housing and the inner part executing a relative movement during a damping action, so that, during the relative movement, wall portions delimiting the inner volume and an at least essentially cylindrical portion of the inner part can be moved past and opposite one another. According to the invention, the wall portions have an essentially hollow-cylindrical basic shape, guide means portions projecting in regions into the hollow-cylindrical basic shape, which guide means portions are in bearing contact against the cylindrical portion of the inner part during the relative movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Kurt Forster
  • Publication number: 20140129033
    Abstract: In a furniture fitting for a movable furniture part, in particular a shutter, door or drawer, having an actuating drive, via which the movable furniture part can be driven, the furniture fitting has arranged in or on it a sensor means via which, with the furniture fitting installed in the use state, physical state variables to which the movable furniture part is subjected via the user, and which serve for monitoring the movement of said furniture part, can be sent and transmitted by signal transmission for the purpose of controlling the actuating drive in dependence on at least one of the sensed physical state variables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH
    Inventor: Holger Wenzel
  • Patent number: 8713760
    Abstract: A hinge for a movable furniture part fastened to a body of a piece of furniture is proposed, the hinge having a first fastening part which is attachable to the body and which is connected pivotably via a joint mechanism to a second fastening part attachable to the movable furniture part, the joint mechanism comprising articulated levers mounted via axes of articulation. According to the invention, a further pivotably mounted lever is present, which, during a complete as-intended pivoting movement of the hinge, is temporarily coupled to a guide portion on the hinge, the further lever acting upon a damper arrangement of the hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Grass GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Boris Krüdener, Mathias Rohner
  • Patent number: 8651253
    Abstract: Damping device for moveable furniture parts. A longitudinally displaceable piston on opposing sides forms two variable size working chambers filled with a damping medium via at least one overflow connection. A piston rod led out of the housing is connected to one side of the piston. An adjustment shaft is connected to one side of the piston opposite one of the working chambers, its free end is also led out of the housing. A throttle disc radially protrudes from the circumferential surface of the adjustment shaft. The throttle disc being disposed in a region of an end of a piston passage bore connecting the two working chambers and configuring the overflow connection abutting a front surface of the piston. Recesses in the throttle disc offset from each other circumferentially have different cross-sections. The recesses may be selectively aligned by rotating the adjustment shaft relative to the passage bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Grass GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Herper, Gabriele Schneider
  • Publication number: 20130340342
    Abstract: An apparatus for moving a furniture part in a movable manner on a furniture body, having a drive unit, a control unit, and a sensor device which interacts with the control unit, wherein the movable furniture part can be moved in an opening direction and a closing direction in a driven manner relative to the furniture body. The drive unit is coupled to the movable furniture part and drives the movable furniture part in a drive mode of the drive unit. The control unit and the sensor device are designed such that, when the apparatus is in the assembled use state, the sensor device identifies an action by an operator on the movable furniture part from the outside as an action with the purpose of moving the furniture part in a manner which can be predefined by the operator and provides a corresponding sensor signal to the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Grass GmbH
  • Publication number: 20130328468
    Abstract: An apparatus for moving a first furniture part in relation to a second furniture part, having two spaced-apart guide devices in which switching devices are provided. A closed position of the first furniture part is predefinable by way of the switching devices. Furthermore, connecting means for a coupled switching movement of the switching devices are provided between the guide devices. According to the present invention, in each case one carry-along element is provided on the guide devices and catching elements for the carry-along elements are present, wherein movements of the catching elements are coupled, wherein one carry-along element interacts with in each case with one catching element at least along one switching path of the switching device and wherein the carry-along elements are separated from the catching elements at least via a movement of the guide devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Grass GmbH
  • Publication number: 20130154463
    Abstract: The invention proposes a device for connecting wall elements of a drawer, wherein the wall elements, in the connected state, form at least part of a wall of the drawer, and wherein the drawer wall comprises a front wall, a rear wall and/or at least one side wall. According to the invention, a plate-like connecting adapter with engagement means is provided for connecting the wall elements which are to be connected, the engagement means interacting, for connecting purposes, both with an end side of a first wall element which is to be connected and with a main side of a second wall element which is to be connected, wherein the connecting adapter, in its main direction of extent, butts against the end side and the main side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH
    Inventor: Grass GmbH
  • Patent number: 8434600
    Abstract: Damping device for damping motion of movable furniture parts. A piston mounted in housing in longitudinally displaceable manner which, due lo displacement, forms two variable-size working chambers on opposite sides with damping medium. Via overflow-connection, throttled transfer of damping medium is possible between two working chambers. Piston plunger, fed selectively, is connected on one side of pislon. Via the outer end of piston plunger, the motion of the furniture part to be damped is transferred to the piston. On side of piston, an elongated adjustment shaft is connected to the piston plunger. Free end of plunger is fed in sealed manner out of front face lying opposite front face that is sealed on the piston plunger side. The end of adjustment shaft engages with a passage duct connecting two working chambers and forms a variable-sized throttle cross section in the passage duct, making adjusting motion of shaft relative to piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Grass GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Herper, Gabriele Schneider
  • Patent number: D746090
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: GRASS GmbH
    Inventor: Günter Grabher
  • Patent number: D757474
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: GRASS GmbH
    Inventor: Günter Grabher