Patents Assigned to IKEA Supply AG
  • Patent number: 11236546
    Abstract: The invention refers to a pull cord arrangement for a roller blind or a venetian blind, comprising a winding element (4) arranged to be connected to a blind (6) such that the blind (6) is released or wound in response to a rotational movement of the winding element (4) about a rotational axis; a connecting element (28) coupled to the winding element (4) to rotate together with the winding element (4); and a pull cord (50) engaging the connecting element (28) so as to control the rotation of the connecting element (28) and thus the winding element (4) as the pull cord (50) is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: IKEA Supply AG
    Inventor: Bo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11229286
    Abstract: A sliding system for a drawer is provided. The sliding system includes at least two parts being moveable relative each other and adapted for together forming a connection between the drawer and an associated cabinet, wherein one of said at least two parts includes at least one sliding surface being coated with a lacquer including a resin, wherein said lacquer in turn is at least partly coated with a lipophilic composition coating to provide a slide layer with a lowered friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: IKEA Supply AG
    Inventor: Benny Andersson
  • Publication number: 20220007843
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an interlocking means for connecting a first panel, second panel and a leg of a piece of furniture with each other, wherein the interlocking means comprises an elongated element and a brace element. The elongated element comprises a portion configured to be attached to a first surface of the first panel and a first surface of the second panel and either a securing means configured to receive an interconnection element protruding from the leg or an interconnection element configured to match a securing means formed in the leg. The brace element comprises a portion configured to be attached to a second surface of the first panel and a second surface of the second panel and a through opening configured to receive the interconnection element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: IKEA SUPPLY AG
    Inventor: Markus GIVER
  • Publication number: 20210396007
    Abstract: A room divider system comprising at least one panel having a first sheet and a second sheet spaced apart by means of at least one lath, wherein said system further comprises a connector forming a rigid structure for associated equipment, said connector being configured to be at least partially inserted in a cavity formed between said first and second sheets, wherein the connector is arranged to be attached to the at least one lath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: IKEA Supply AG
    Inventors: Benny ANDERSSON, Mats LUNDQVIST
  • Publication number: 20210386203
    Abstract: The invention provides a seat clip (1) for attaching a seat to a frame of a chair, comprising an upper portion (2) arranged to be attached to the seat (6), a lower portion (3) comprising a latching element (5) arranged to be reversibly attached to the frame (7) by positive locking, and an intermediate portion (4) connecting the upper portion (2) to the lower portion (3) and being flexible, such that the seat clip can be deformed when pressure is applied to the intermediate portion (4) and/or the lower portion (3) in order to attach the latching element (5) to the frame (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: IKEA SUPPLY AG
    Inventors: Peter MANSSON, Thomas HOLMA
  • Patent number: 11198258
    Abstract: A device for joining material by anchoring an insert comprising a first material in a structure comprising a second material is provided. The first material is solid and comprises thermoplastic properties and the second material is solid and is penetrable by the first material when in a liquefied state. The device comprises a vibration device being configured to transmit vibrations to said insert to cause at least partial liquefaction thereof and being arranged to move, relative to said structure, along an insertion direction (ID) to insert said insert at least partly into said structure, a contact sensor being connected to the vibration device and being adapted to move together with the vibration device along the insertion direction (ID), the contact sensor having a sensor body being adapted to detect contact with said structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignees: IKEA Supply AG, WoodWelding SA
    Inventors: Håkan Käll, Muthumariappan Sankaran, Mario Lehmann, Laurent Torriani
  • Patent number: 11187020
    Abstract: A sliding screen system for a sliding screen includes a linear slide bar and at least one sliding member. The linear slide bar has a slide surface coated with a lacquer including a resin. The lacquer is in turn at least partly coated with a lipophilic composition coating. The lipophilic composition coating provides a slide layer on the slide bar with low friction. The sliding system is arranged to support a sliding screen, such as a sliding door or a sliding curtain, connected to the sliding member to allow for linear movement of the sliding screen along the longitudinal axis of the linear slide bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: IKEA Supply AG
    Inventor: Benny Andersson
  • Patent number: 11160389
    Abstract: A seating furniture support arrangement (6) for a seat or a backrest, suitable, e.g., for a sofa, comprises a first (8) and a second (10; 12) load-carrying longitudinal beam, each being mountable to a seating furniture frame comprising one or more parts; an elastic sheet (16; 14); and a mechanism for stretching the elastic sheet (16; 14) between the first longitudinal beam (8) and the second longitudinal beam (10; 12). The mechanism comprises a first longitudinal beam (8) pivotable on the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: IKEA SUPPLY AG
    Inventor: Sebastian Svensson
  • Publication number: 20210309825
    Abstract: A method for recycling polyester from a polyester textile. The method comprises the steps of: providing said polyester textile soaked in a mixture comprising a solvent and a catalyst, providing and maintaining a temperature of said mixture comprising said polyester textile within a range of 80-240° C. during depolymerization of polyester in said polyester textile and wherein, in said step of providing said polyester textile soaked in said mixture, said catalyst of said mixture comprises calcium hydroxide. A catalyst may be used for depolymerization of polyester in a polyester textile, wherein the catalyst comprises calcium hydroxide. Natural fibers may be recovered from a textile comprising polyester and natural fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: IKEA Supply AG
    Inventor: Zengwei GUO
  • Publication number: 20210261748
    Abstract: A method for recovering natural fibers from a textile comprising polyester and natural fibers. The method comprises the steps of: providing said textile soaked in a mixture comprising a solvent and a catalyst, providing and maintaining a temperature of said mixture comprising said textile within a range of 80-240° C. during depolymerization of polyester in said textile; and recovering natural fibers after said depolymerization, wherein, in said step of providing said textile soaked in said mixture, said catalyst of said mixture comprises calcium oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: IKEA Supply AG
    Inventor: Zengwei GUO
  • Patent number: 11096479
    Abstract: A furniture system is disclosed comprising a guiding bracket (1), a first furniture part (8) and a second furniture part (13). The first furniture part (8) is movable in view of the second furniture part (13) along a sliding direction (SD). The guiding bracket (1) comprises a through-going passage (3) forming part of a guide and having an extension coinciding with the sliding direction (SD), and an attachment protrusion (11) having an extension in a direction transverse the sliding direction (SD). The second furniture part (13) comprises a recess (12) arranged to lockingly receive the attachment protrusion (11) of the guiding bracket (1). The first furniture part (8) comprises a rail (7) arranged to extend through the through-going passage (3) of the guiding bracket (1) and to be slidable along said through-going passage (3) thereby allowing the first furniture part (8) to be movable in view of the second furniture part (13) along the sliding direction (SD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: IKEA Supply AG
    Inventors: Peter Mansson, Benny Andersson
  • Patent number: 11089871
    Abstract: The invention refers to a furniture panel assembly (200, 200? 200?, 200??) comprising a furniture panel (300, 300? 300?, 300??) and a wheelhouse cassette (100, 100?, 100?, 100??). The furniture panel (300, 300? 300?, 300??) has a slot (23) extending in a plane in parallel with and at least partly between the major surfaces of the furniture panel (300, 300? 300?, 300??) and the wheelhouse cassette (100, 100?, 100?, 100??) is positioned in the slot (23). The wheelhouse cassette (100, 100?, 100?, 100??) comprises a wheelhouse (1; 1?; 1?; 1??) and a wheel (2) adapted to be inserted into and retainably engage the wheelhouse (1; 1?; 1?; 1??).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: IKEA Supply AG
    Inventor: Matias Pakarinen
  • Publication number: 20210211791
    Abstract: A wall-mounted shelf attachable to a vertical surface (14), the wall-mounted shelf (1) including a shelf body (1?) including a flat top shelf surface (10a) and a loudspeaker (2) including at least one loudspeaker element (12) and being arranged below the top shelf surface (10a). The wall-mounted shelf (1) further includes mounting means (3), wherein the mounting means (3) include a bracket (3) attachable to the vertical surface (14) and having connection means (5) for connecting the bracket (3) to the shelf body (1?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: IKEA Supply AG
    Inventors: Andreas FREDRIKSSON, Mikael WARNHAMMAR, David ZEBERG
  • Publication number: 20210169235
    Abstract: A seating furniture support arrangement (6) for a seat or a backrest, suitable, e.g., for a sofa, comprises a first (8) and a second (10; 12) load-carrying longitudinal beam, each being mountable to a seating furniture frame comprising one or more parts; an elastic sheet (16; 14); and a mechanism for stretching the elastic sheet (16; 14) between the first longitudinal beam (8) and the second longitudinal beam (10; 12). The mechanism comprises a first longitudinal beam (8) pivotable on the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: IKEA Supply AG
    Inventor: Sebastian SVENSSON
  • Patent number: 11021589
    Abstract: A method for recycling polyester from a polyester textile comprises the steps of: providing said polyester textile soaked in a mixture comprising a solvent and a catalyst, providing and maintaining a temperature of said mixture comprising said polyester textile within a range of 80-240° C. during depolymerization of polyester in said polyester textile and wherein, in said step of providing said polyester textile soaked in said mixture, said catalyst of said mixture comprises calcium oxide. A catalyst may be used for depolymerization of polyester in a polyester textile, wherein the catalyst comprises calcium oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: IKEA Supply AG
    Inventor: Zengwei Guo
  • Publication number: 20210068553
    Abstract: A pocket spring mattress (1) comprising a plurality of double layer spring units (7) arranged in rows and columns to form a rectangular shaped mattress is provided. Each double layer spring unit (7) comprises a first pocket spring unit (2a) arranged axially onto a second pocket spring unit (2b), and each spring unit (2a, 2b) comprises a number of springs (3a-b, 4a-b) and a fabric pocket (6?) enclosing the springs (3a-b, 4a-b). The springs (3a-b, 4a-b) comprises reference springs (3a-b) having a first spring constant and frame springs (4a-b) having a second spring constant being greater than the first spring constant, and frame springs (4a-b) are arranged in at least one of the first and second pocket spring units (2a, 2b) of at least one outermost row or column of the double layered spring units (7) in a configuration such that the edge of the mattress (1) is reinforced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: IKEA Supply AG
    Inventor: Jocim NYGREN
  • Patent number: 10934775
    Abstract: The invention refers to a Locking device (200) for a pre-tensioning arrangement of a roller blind (2) or a venetian blind, comprising a sleeve (5) and a plug element (4) adapted to be inserted into the sleeve (5), a locking member (7) and a pin (6). The pin is adapted to be operated between a locking position and a releasing position. When set to the locking position the plug element (4) is prevented from being rotated in view of the sleeve (5). When set to the releasing position the plug element (4) is allowed to be rotated in view of the sleeve (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: IKEA Supply AG
    Inventor: Bo Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210037971
    Abstract: A drawer slide is arranged for guiding a drawer (2, 4, 6) in an essentially linear movement as the drawer (2, 4, 6) is pulled out from a cabinet (8) to a static extended position (S). The drawer slide comprises at least one drawer biasing member arranged to bias the drawer (2) in a direction towards the cabinet (8) upon pulling the drawer (2, 4, 6) further away from the cabinet (8) beyond the static extended position (S) to a biased non-static extended position (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: IKEA Supply AG
    Inventor: Benny ANDERSSON
  • Patent number: 10865822
    Abstract: A bent corner furniture connecting piece (18) comprises a central bent corner section (89) having a first connecting arrangement (93), and a second connecting arrangement (97). The connecting piece (18) comprises a wooden frame (36) comprising a first and a second curved end section piece (26, 28). First and second connecting pieces (30, 32) connect the first and second curved end section pieces (26, 28). The first connecting piece (30) is provided with the first connecting arrangement (93) for connection to a first furniture piece, and the second connecting piece (32) is provided with the second connecting arrangement (97) for connection to a second furniture piece. A bent outer surface layer (64) is arranged on a convex part (74) of said frame (36), and a bent inner surface layer (66) is arranged on a concave part (82) of said frame (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: IKEA Supply AG
    Inventors: Fredrik Andersson, Lars Paul Andersson
  • Publication number: 20200370584
    Abstract: A piece of furniture includes: a first and a second resilient section (100A, 100B) mutually displaced from each other forming a gap (G) there between; a cross-member (200) configured to connect with the first section and the second section thereby bridging the gap; and a first and a second joint arrangement (300A, 300B) configured to attach the cross-member to the first and second section, respectively; wherein each of the first and second joint arrangements comprises a pair of: a male part (320) formed by a dowel (321) extending in a longitudinal direction and having a free end (322) facing away from a surface (101A, 101B) of the respective section or away from the surface of the cross-member; and a female part (330) formed by a recess (331) in the surface of the cross-member or in the surface of the respective section, the recess having a recess extent with an insertion portion (332), an intermediate portion (333), and a locking portion (335); wherein as the respective dowel passes a section biasing port
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: IKEA Supply AG
    Inventors: Goran SJOSTEDT, Anders ERIKSSON