Patents by Inventor Adelchi Ferrari

Adelchi Ferrari has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8006348
    Abstract: A hinge wing includes a cup intended for being fixed in a hole of a furniture component. The wing is provided with a pair of expandable teeth arranged on opposite sides of the cup. The teeth are fixed on an eccentric lever of the wing, by rotating which the teeth are moved in an opposite direction to the direction of insertion of the cup into the respective receiving hole. The wing includes for each tooth a cam that, upon rotation of the eccentric lever, causes the respective tooth to expand against a side wall of the receiving hole of the cup to fix the cup to the furniture component. Each cam is formed with a cam element of yieldable material interposed between a side wall of the cup and the respective tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Agostino Ferrari S.p.A
    Inventor: Adelchi Ferrari
  • Publication number: 20090199362
    Abstract: A hinge wing comprises a cup intended for being fixed in a hole of a furniture component, the wing being provided with a pair of expandable teeth arranged on opposite sides of the cup, said teeth being fixed on an eccentric lever of the wing, by rotating which the teeth are moved in an opposite direction to the direction of insertion of the cup into the respective receiving hole, the wing comprising for each tooth a cam that, upon rotation of the eccentric lever, causes the respective tooth to expand against a side wall of the receiving hole of the cup to fix the cup to the furniture component. Each cam is formed with a cam element of yieldable material interposed between a side wall of the cup and the respective tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventor: Adelchi Ferrari
  • Publication number: 20090121596
    Abstract: A controlled closure system for a sliding element of a piece of furniture, comprises an elongated body provided in which is a rectilinear groove passing through the body and extended axially in the closure direction. An engagement element slides along the groove to move from a first idle position to a second closure position through the action of a spring. The engagement element comprises abutment surfaces to delimit, between them, a seat intended to accommodate a drawing projection integral with the sliding element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventor: Adelchi Ferrari