Patents by Inventor Christopher Blane BOWMAN

Christopher Blane BOWMAN 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: 10314398
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for the guidance of a drawer, including a cabinet rail for attachment to a furniture cabinet, a drawer rail for attachment to a drawer, and a roller unit having rollers that roll on guide surfaces of the respective rails during movement of the rails relative to one another. The cabinet rail has a vertically extending low-profile side element that does not extend upwardly above a support surface of the drawer rail over at least 75% of its total length. A vertically upwardly protruding flag-like element extends upwardly in the vertical direction to guide a drawer during assembly to the drawer rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Grass America, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Blane Bowman, Cheng Jiang, Manfred Peer, Georg Domenig
  • Patent number: 10299585
    Abstract: Frame for a movable furniture part, in particular for a drawer, wherein the frame is single-walled and a single-walled frame element forms a side wall of the movable furniture part, wherein a guide element of an extension mechanism for the movable furniture part is arranged on the frame element by fastening means. The frame is characterized in that the fastening means engage through the frame element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Grass America, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale William Mason, Christopher Blane Bowman, Manfred Peer, Judd Whyatt
  • Patent number: 10159344
    Abstract: A pull-out drawer guide having a cabinet rail for attaching to a furniture cabinet, a drawer rail for attaching to a drawer, a roller carriage having rollers, which, during relative movement of the rails, roll on a guide face of the respective rail. The pull-out guide includes on the cabinet rail, an automatic retraction mechanism which, by means of a catch element, catches the drawer rail in a closure movement and moves it to a closed position relative to the cabinet rail. The cabinet rail has a stop element, and the drawer rail has an abutment element, wherein, at a catch position of the cabinet rail, a distance between the stop and abutment elements is smaller than a maximum length of movement of a coupling element of a force accumulator of the automatic retraction mechanism, the distance being parallel to a direction of movement of the drawer rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Grass America, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale William Mason, Christopher Blane Bowman, Cheng Jiang, Manfred Peer, Georg Domenig, Cai Gengxi
  • Publication number: 20180055224
    Abstract: A pull-out drawer guide having a cabinet rail for attaching to a furniture cabinet, a drawer rail for attaching to a drawer, a roller carriage having rollers, which, during relative movement of the rails, roll on a guide face of the respective rail. The pull-out guide includes on the cabinet rail, an automatic retraction mechanism which, by means of a catch element, catches the drawer rail in a closure movement and moves it to a closed position relative to the cabinet rail. The cabinet rail has a stop element, and the drawer rail has an abutment element, wherein, at a catch position of the cabinet rail, a distance between the stop and abutment elements is smaller than a maximum length of movement of a coupling element of a force accumulator of the automatic retraction mechanism, the distance being parallel to a direction of movement of the drawer rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: GRASS AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Dale William MASON, Christopher Blane BOWMAN, Cheng JIANG, Manfred PEER, Georg DOMENIG, Cai GENGXI
  • Publication number: 20180020832
    Abstract: Frame for a movable furniture part, in particular for a drawer, wherein the frame is single-walled and a single-walled frame element forms a side wall of the movable furniture part, wherein a guide element of an extension mechanism for the movable furniture part is arranged on the frame element by fastening means. The frame is characterized in that the fastening means engage through the frame element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: GRASS AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Dale William MASON, Christopher Blane BOWMAN, Manfred PEER, Judd WHYATT
  • Publication number: 20170172300
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for the guidance of a drawer, including a cabinet rail for attachment to a furniture cabinet, a drawer rail for attachment to a drawer, and a roller unit having rollers that roll on guide surfaces of the respective rails during movement of the rails relative to one another. The cabinet rail has a vertically extending low-profile side element that does not extend upwardly above a support surface of the drawer rail over at least 75% of its total length. A vertically upwardly protruding flag-like element extends upwardly in the vertical direction to guide a drawer during assembly to the drawer rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: GRASS AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Blane BOWMAN, Cheng JIANG, Manfred PEER, Georg DOMENIG
  • Publication number: 20160081473
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for guiding a drawer, having a cabinet rail for attaching to a furniture cabinet, and a drawer rail for attaching to a drawer, wherein a roller carriage is provided between the rails, the rollers of which during mutually relative movement of the rails roll on a guide face of the respective rail, and which roller carriage moves along these rails. In an extended state of the drawer rail, the roller carriage is positioned at the drawer-rail side end on the cabinet rail which lies therebelow. The roller carriage has a projecting support portion for supporting the drawer rail on the cabinet rail, which support portion in a completely extended state of the drawer rail is positioned in a region which lies outside a guide face on the cabinet rail, on which the rollers of the roller carriage roll and may move to the maximum extent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Cheng JIANG, Dale William MASON, Christopher Blane BOWMAN, Georg DOMENIG