Patents by Inventor DETLEF KESSLER

DETLEF KESSLER 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).

  • Furniture frame, particularly a chair or a table frame, and chair or table furniture containing such a furniture frame
    Patent number: 9254041
    Abstract: A furniture frame contains a support column, a furniture leg to support the support column, a foot ring, and a fastening device affixing the foot ring to the support column. The fastening device contains a first threaded bushing being non-rotatably connected to the support column and has an external thread, and a second threaded bushing being non-rotatably connected to the foot ring and has an internal thread. The internal thread engages with the external thread. The second threaded bushing is rotatable about the first threaded bushing by at least one revolution such that the second threaded bushing can be axially moved relative to the first threaded bushing. The fastening device has as a locking element which prevents a relative movement between the first and the second threaded bushing in a first operating position and enables relative movement between the first and the second threaded bushing in a second operating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: VS Vereinigte Spezialmoebelfabriken GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventor: Detlef Kessler
  • FURNITURE FRAME, PARTICULARLY A CHAIR OR A TABLE FRAME, AND CHAIR OR TABLE FURNITURE CONTAINING SUCH A FURNITURE FRAME
    Publication number: 20150238014
    Abstract: A furniture frame contains a support column, a furniture leg to support the support column, a foot ring, and a fastening device affixing the foot ring to the support column. The fastening device contains a first threaded bushing being non-rotatably connected to the support column and has an external thread, and a second threaded bushing being non-rotatably connected to the foot ring and has an internal thread. The internal thread engages with the external thread. The second threaded bushing is rotatable about the first threaded bushing by at least one revolution such that the second threaded bushing can be axially moved relative to the first threaded bushing. The fastening device has as a locking element which prevents a relative movement between the first and the second threaded bushing in a first operating position and enables relative movement between the first and the second threaded bushing in a second operating position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventor: DETLEF KESSLER