Patents Assigned to Steelcase Werndl AG
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Patent number: 9364080Abstract: A furniture accessory includes a bracket having first and second retaining elements, a basket having first and second fastening elements that fasten the basket to the bracket by the retaining elements, wherein the basket is swivelable about a first and second axes, a slider movably mounted on the bracket for locking the first and second fastening elements with the first and second retaining elements, wherein the slider locks the first and second fastening elements with the first and second retaining elements, the slider locks the second fastening element with the second retaining element when in a first release position such that the basket may be swivelled about the second swivel axis, and wherein the slider locks the first fastening element with the first retaining element when in a second release position such that the basket may be swivelled about the first swivel axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2012Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Steelcase Werndl AGInventor: Josef Rutz
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Publication number: 20150282612Abstract: A furniture accessory includes a bracket having first and second retaining elements, a basket having first and second fastening elements that fasten the basket to the bracket by the retaining elements, wherein the basket is swivelable about a first and second axes, a slider movably mounted on the bracket for locking the first and second fastening elements with the first and second retaining elements, wherein the slider locks the first and second fastening elements with the first and second retaining elements, the slider locks the second fastening element with the second retaining element when in a first release position such that the basket may be swivelled about the second swivel axis, and wherein the slider locks the first fastening element with the first retaining element when in a second release position such that the basket may be swivelled about the first swivel axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2012Publication date: October 8, 2015Applicant: Steelcase Werndl AGInventor: Josef Rutz
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Publication number: 20140367538Abstract: A furniture piece in the form of a table comprises a table frame with two table leg structures, which are connected to one another by at least one connecting brace. Fastening brackets for fastening the connecting brace are provided on the table leg structures. The table frame has a vibration-damping device that operates between the connecting brace and at least one fastening bracket in order to damp lateral vibrations of the furniture piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2011Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: Steelcase Werndl AGInventors: Georg Widholzer, Josef Widholzer
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Publication number: 20140210327Abstract: The present invention provides an improved hardware system for guiding a closure flap (200) of a furniture piece. The hardware system according to the invention comprises a damping unit (120, 122) that is embedded in an end region (100) of a hardware body (100) in the hardware body (100) or substantially parallel to an end region of a guide slot (110) in a side wall of the furniture piece. A guide pin (210a) arranged in a side region of the closure flap (200) can be brought into contact with the damping unit (120, 122) and a weight tome of the closure flap exercised via the guide pin (210a) can be applied to the damping unit (120, 122) across a damping distance when the closure flap (200) is transferred into an end position, and in, doing so exercises a counter-force on the guide pin (210a), said force being lower than the weight-force exercised by the guide pin (210a) on the damping unit (120, 122).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: STEELCASE WERNDL AGInventor: Robert Schimansky
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Patent number: 8424413Abstract: An adjustment mechanism for adjustable pieces of furniture is provided with a coupling including a transmission and sub-coupling structure, where the transmission and sub-coupling structure is constructed in such a way that at least one secondary transmission is always adjusted whether one primary transmission is actuated or whether the another primary transmission is actuated. At least two catch decouplers are provided in such a way that when the at least one primary transmission is adjusted, and disengaged by an adjustment of an associated actuator, the transmission and sub-coupling structure is always also entrained and adjusted, while one of the catch decouplers cooperates with the transmission and sub-coupling structure in such a way that the adjusting or pivoting transmission and sub-coupling structure leaves a second secondary transmission and/or the second actuator unchanged in position.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2010Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Steelcase Werndl AGInventor: Josef Rutz
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Patent number: 8381467Abstract: An item of wall-like standing furniture, in particular in the form of a partition wall, is distinguished, inter alia, by the following features: —a hole (37, 39) is made in a central body section (21), in each case from the outside in the axial direction of the respective insertion limb (23), wherein the two holes (37, 39) intersect in a crossing section (40), —an intermediate anchoring element (43) can be or is inserted, by way of its insertion body (43), into at least one of the two holes (37, 39), the intermediate anchoring element (43) has a threaded hole (45) which rent transverse to the axial direction of the insertion body (43a), the intermediate anchoring element (43) can be or is positioned in the at least one hole (37, 39) such that the threaded hole (45) in the insertion body (43a) is aligned with the respectively other hole (39, 37) in the central body section (21).Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2009Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Steelcase Werndl AGInventor: Jürgen Preiss
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Patent number: 8291830Abstract: An improved folding table is distinguished by the following features: a locking means is provided, by means of which the table top (5) can be locked in the work or use position thereof and in the storage position thereof, the locking means can be unlocked by means of a disengagement means (15), as well as the hand-actuatable disengagement means (15a), a further foot-actuatable or shoe-actuatable disengagement means (15b) is provided, and the at least one further foot-actuatable or shoe-actuatable disengagement means (15b) is provided on the underside of the table on the table half which is lower than the pivot axis of the table top (5) and/or is lower than the hand-actuatable disengagement means (15a) when the table top (5) is pivoted into the storage position.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Steelcase Werndl AGInventor: Josef Rutz
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Patent number: 8272336Abstract: A locking mechanism, in particular for locking a table top in the work position thereof and for releasing the table top in order to pivot it for example into an approximately vertically extending storage position, is distinguished in that the locking mechanism comprises between the fully locked position and the fully released position at least one intermediate position, in which the table top is pivotable only through a restricted angular range in a manner delimited by stops.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2010Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Steelcase Werndl AGInventor: Josef Rutz
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Patent number: 8061279Abstract: An improved item of furniture, especially a table with a cable channel, is characterized by the following features: on a mounting device there are base bodies lying offset from one another and positioned in the longitudinal direction of the cable channel. On each of the base bodies there is a support rail, each pivotable around a rotating axis, between a cabling position hanging down and a support position facing it and extending at least for the most part parallel to the cable channel, in the operating position the cable channel is raised up so far that the rotating axis lies underneath the cable channel. An abutment, lying offset from the rotating axis, is constructed on the support rails, wherein the cable channel in the dropped cabling position directly or indirectly rests on the abutment in a lower lying plane relative to the raised operating position.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2007Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Steelcase Werndl AGInventor: Jürgen Preiss
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Patent number: 7726615Abstract: Disclosed is an improved shelf system which is characterized by the following features: an anchoring pot is provided which can be inserted in a fixed and captive manner into a corresponding bore of a shelf bottom, said bore facing the shelf bottom support; a slot opening and a screw path for a locking screw, which is offset relative thereto and runs diagonally, are provided in the anchoring pot; a portion of an anchoring section that is part of the shelf bottom support can be inserted into the slot; and the locking screw can be twisted in such a way that the shelf bottom support is directly or indirectly fixed at least in a non-positive and preferably a positive fashion.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2006Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Steelcase Werndl AGInventor: Josef Rutz
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Patent number: 7537409Abstract: An improved locking device is essentially characterized by the following features: at least two recessed sections extend radially outwards from the central axis and are arranged at regular angular intervals from one another, a setting member or rotary member is provided in the inside of the pot-like or housing-like fixed element; the rotary member comprises an actuation portion with a locking element which is axially offset in the direction of the base; the locking element has a structure provided with locking arms which project radially outwards, so that the thus designed locking element can be axially inserted through the recess.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2004Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: Steelcase Werndl AGInventor: Frank Huhnerbein
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Publication number: 20080156950Abstract: Disclosed is an improved shelf system which is characterized by the following features: an anchoring pot is provided which can be inserted in a fixed and captive manner into a corresponding bore of a shelf bottom, said bore facing the shelf bottom support; a slot opening and a screw path for a locking screw, which is offset relative thereto and runs diagonally, are provided in the anchoring pot; a portion of an anchoring section that is part of the shelf bottom support can be inserted into the slot; and the locking screw can be twisted in such a way that the shelf bottom support is directly or indirectly fixed at least in a non-positive and preferably a positive fashion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2006Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: STEELCASE WERNDL AGInventor: Josef Rutz
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Patent number: D711327Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2013Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Steelcase Werndl AGInventors: Karl-Heinz Mueller, John Small
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Patent number: D719386Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2013Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Steelcase Werndl AGInventors: Karl-Heinz Mueller, John Small
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Patent number: D721244Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2013Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: Steelcase Werndl AGInventors: Karl Mueller, John Small
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Patent number: D722802Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Steelcase Werndl AGInventors: Karl-Heinz Mueller, John Small
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Patent number: D723848Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Steelcase Werndl AGInventors: Karl-Heinz Mueller, John Small
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Patent number: D723849Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Steelcase Werndl AGInventors: Karl-Heinz Mueller, John Small
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Patent number: D723850Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Steelcase Werndl AGInventors: Karl-Heinz Mueller, John Small