Patents by Inventor Carlo Cattaneo

Carlo Cattaneo 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: 12364334
    Abstract: A shelf-supporting device configured to create a reversible connection of a shelf with an opposite shoulder of a piece of furniture includes a shelf bracket having a main body, which has a shaped profile and a solid section at its front area, with a pin protruding from the front area so that forces can be transferred from the pin to an area of the main body in having greater resistance to the loads carried by the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
  • Publication number: 20250188971
    Abstract: A compact support and fixing device for furniture shelves includes a casing containing a pin compressing a spring between positions of maximum extraction and maximum retraction inside the casing, and a cam for controlling the movement of the pin. The casing has a hollow body with an end wall having a through hole to receive a free terminal end of the pin and another end having an opening to receive a closing plug. The pin has a first end portion of smaller diameter, an intermediate section having a flat surface with a recess receiving an eccentric lobed element of the cam acting on a through opening of the recess, thus determining the movement of the pin between maximum extraction and maximum retraction by rotation of the cam. Retaining elements for retaining the cam inside the hollow body of the casing in an operating position, after insertion, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
  • Publication number: 20250185806
    Abstract: A compact support and fixing device for furniture shelves includes a casing containing a pin compressing a spring between positions of maximum extraction and maximum retraction inside the casing, and a cam for controlling the movement of the pin. The casing has a first and a second half-shell connected with each other, the first half-shell a wall with a through hole at one end for receiving a free terminal end of the pin. The pin has a first end portion of smaller diameter, an intermediate section receiving the cam, and a second end portion of reduced diameter, with a wall for centering and abutting the spring. The intermediate section has a flat surface with a recess receiving an eccentric lobed element of the cam, which engages a through opening in the recess, thus determining the movement of the pin between maximum extraction and maximum retraction by rotation of the cam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
  • Patent number: 12221989
    Abstract: A joint for use in a piece of furniture or other furnishing item with a shoulder and a shelf, stably interconnected by the joint perpendicularly to each other, is maneuvered with an actuation and blocking system. The joint includes a pin with a fixing element, which becomes at least partially inserted in holes defined in the shoulder and the shelf, the pin having a side hole for receiving a shaped stem that extends from the actuation and blocking group of the joint. The actuation and blocking group has a 90° transmission between a maneuvering point, which is accessible from the front of the furniture, and the shaped stem, which is inserted in the side hole of the pin. Reciprocal retention elements, provided between the pin and the actuation and blocking group, withhold the pin in the hole of the shelf housing the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
  • Publication number: 20240295233
    Abstract: An actuation and blocking system of a joint for use in a piece of furniture or other furnishing item for perpendicularly interconnecting a shoulder with a shelf, base or top includes a pin with a fixing element to the shoulder and the shelf, base or top and adapted to be at least partially inserted in a hole of the shoulder and of the shelf, base or top. The pin has a side hole for receiving a shaped stem, which extends from an actuation and blocking group of the joint positioned on the shelf, base or top parallel to the floor or the ceiling, which are close to the furniture or other furnishing item when assembled, the actuation and blocking group providing for a 90° transmission between a maneuvering point, accessible from the front or side of the furniture, and the shaped stem, inserted in the side hole of the pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
  • Patent number: 12012983
    Abstract: An actuation and blocking system of a joint for use in a piece of furniture or other furnishing item for perpendicularly interconnecting a shoulder with a shelf, base or top includes a pin with a fixing element to the shoulder and the shelf, base or top and adapted to be at least partially inserted in a hole of the shoulder and of the shelf, base or top. The pin has a side hole for receiving a shaped stem, which extends from an actuation and blocking group of the joint positioned on the shelf, base or top parallel to the floor or the ceiling, which are close to the furniture or other furnishing item when assembled, the actuation and blocking group providing for a 90° transmission between a maneuvering point, accessible from the front or side of the furniture, and the shaped stem, inserted in the side hole of the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
  • Patent number: 11965534
    Abstract: A barrel for a barrel joint for parts of furniture and furnishing items includes a hollow cylindrical body containing a blocking element and having at least one hole on one of its side surfaces for the passage of a tip of a tool that actuates the blocking element, the hollow cylindrical body also having at least another hole for receiving a pin of the barrel joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
  • Patent number: 11877657
    Abstract: A shelf-supporting device for the reversible connection of a shelf with shoulders of a piece of furniture includes a main body having a movable engagement system, to which a pin is connected. The movable engagement system slides with respect to the main body between a first non-operating position, in which the pin does not protrude from the shelf, and a second operating position, in which the pin protrudes outwardly from a transverse edge of the shelf. The movable engagement system has two distinct parts, coupled together, and the connection between the slide and the pin may be an interference coupling, a shape coupling, or another type of coupling. This shelf-supporting device makes it possible to miniaturize the pin by drastically reducing its diameter, thus improving the aesthetic impact of the housing hole in the shoulders, and may be made modular by using pins of different diameters and materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
  • Publication number: 20240016291
    Abstract: A shelf-supporting device suitable for creating a reversible connection of a shelf with an opposite shoulder of a piece of furniture includes a shelf bracket having a main body with a solid section in its front area, from a front surface of which a connection pin protrudes, and a profile shaped so that at least a portion of the upper surface of the main body does not come into contact with the upper internal wall of the seat, in which the main body is housed, and which is defined within the shelf when the shelf-supporting device is assembled into the shelf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
  • Publication number: 20230404262
    Abstract: A shelf-supporting device configured to create a reversible connection of a shelf with an opposite shoulder of a piece of furniture includes a shelf bracket having a main body with a shaped profile that includes, on its outer surface, one or more projecting elements extending toward the outside of the main body so as to optimize the load distribution in an area of the shelf of maximum thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
  • Publication number: 20230380595
    Abstract: A shelf-supporting device configured to create a reversible connection of a shelf with an opposite shoulder of a piece of furniture includes a shelf bracket having a main body, which has a shaped profile and a solid section at its front area, with a pin protruding from the front area so that forces can be transferred from the pin to an area of the main body in having greater resistance to the loads carried by the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
  • Patent number: 11732739
    Abstract: A barrel for a barrel joint for parts of furniture and furnishing items includes a hollow cylindrical body containing a blocking element and having at least one hole on one of its side surfaces for the passage of a tip of a tool that actuates the blocking element, the hollow cylindrical body also having at least another hole for receiving a pin of the barrel joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
  • Patent number: 11680597
    Abstract: A joint for firmly interconnecting a first panel and a second panel of furniture and other furnishing items positioned perpendicular to each other is provided with at least one fixing element coupled to the first panel and includes a plurality of interconnection and blocking components for joining and firmly blocking the two panels together, wherein, in the joint, the plurality of components lie on the same plane, which is parallel and interspaced with respect to the first panel and perpendicular with respect to the second panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
  • Patent number: 11644055
    Abstract: A compact joint for connecting a first panel to a second panel of furniture and other furnishing items, positioned perpendicular to each other, includes a plurality of interconnection and blocking components for joining and firmly blocking the two panels together. The plurality of components of interconnection and blocking components lies on the same plane, which is perpendicular to the first and second panels and which contains a coupling axis between the first and second panels that travels inside the first panel. The joint also defines an actuation axis that is perpendicular to the coupling axis and lies on a plane parallel and interspaced with respect to the first panel and perpendicular with respect to the second panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
  • Patent number: 11641941
    Abstract: A concealed tear-resistant hanging-bracket group with precise depth adjustment for assembling a wall cupboard to a wall includes a plate and a hooking element. The plate has a plurality of fixing pins for engagement to a shoulder of the wall cupboard, and the hooking element couples the hanging-bracket group to a supporting element fixed to the wall. The hanging-bracket group is adjustable in depth and height by action of horizontal and vertical movement members. The horizontal movement member includes a threaded hole formed in a protrusion in the plate and a grub screw received in the threaded hole, a rotation of the grub screw causing a depth adjustment A guiding member for a screwdriver is coupled to the plate and includes a guiding element positioned in a pass-through opening of the plate, below and adjacent to the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
  • Publication number: 20230139039
    Abstract: A tool for controlling a controlled element of a height adjustable foot of a furnishing item and the like includes an engagement portion and a handle coupled to the engagement portion and having two arms shaped to embrace an outer edge of the height-adjustable foot and keep the engagement portion associated laterally with the adjustable foot. The engagement portion is arranged between the two arms and includes a toothed section that extends over a rounded area of the surface between the two arms of the handle so as to engage radial septa or seats defined in the controlled element and converging toward a central axis of the adjustable foot. The toothed section is shaped as an arched and rounded tooth extending toward one of its free ends in the direction from one arm to the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
  • Publication number: 20230128883
    Abstract: A tool for controlling a controlled element of a height adjustable foot of a furnishing item and the like includes an engagement portion and a handle coupled to the engagement portion and having two arms shaped to embrace an outer edge of the height-adjustable foot and keep the engagement portion associated laterally with the adjustable foot. The engagement portion is arranged between the two arms and includes a toothing with a toothed section that extends over a rounded area of the surface between the two arms of the handle so as to engage at least one toothing on the controlled element of the adjustable foot. The teeth of the toothed section and the teeth of the at least one toothing of the controlled element are asymmetrical and angled, enveloping, curved teeth that follow the circular shape of the controlled element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
  • Patent number: 11560915
    Abstract: A compact joining and leveling system for parts of furniture and furnishing items with a bottom and a shoulder includes, in combination, a front-foot unit and a rear-foot unit, wherein each front- and rear-foot unit includes a leveling group with a regulation mechanism in height that can be maneuvered with tools, wherein the leveling group of the front-and rear-foot units can be actuated from the front with respect to the piece of furniture through the space between the base and the floor, wherein the system also includes a connection group for stably interconnecting the bottom and the shoulder through a blocking element, and wherein the connection group can be actuated from the front with respect to the piece of furniture through the space between the bottom and the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
  • Publication number: 20220397143
    Abstract: A compact joint for connecting a first panel to a second panel of furniture and other furnishing items, positioned perpendicular to each other, includes a plurality of interconnection and blocking components for joining and firmly blocking the two panels together. The plurality of components of interconnection and blocking components lies on the same plane, which is perpendicular to the first and second panels and which contains a coupling axis between the first and second panels that travels inside the first panel. The joint also defines an actuation axis that is perpendicular to the coupling axis and lies on a plane parallel and interspaced with respect to the first panel and perpendicular with respect to the second panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
  • Patent number: 11503911
    Abstract: A joining system with a leveller for parts of furniture and furnishing items with a bottom (12) and shoulders (11) of the type comprising, in combination: at least one unit with a front foot (14) and at least one unit with a rear foot (15), wherein each front- and rear-foot unit (14, 15) comprises a connection group (GC) and a blocking group (GB) and a levelling group (GL) that can be maneuvered by means of tools, wherein the connection group (GC) and blocking group (GB) of the front- and rear-foot units (14, 15) can be actuated from the front with respect to the piece of furniture through the space between the bottom (12) and the floor, where as the levelling group (GL) of each front- and rear-foot unit (14, 15) can be maneuvered by means of a tool (35) that can be inserted in a small hole (34) formed in the bottom (12) above, and aligned with each front foot and rear foot (14, 15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo