Patents by Inventor Eckhard Meier

Eckhard Meier 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).

  • Publication number: 20180140166
    Abstract: A pull-out guide has a first inner rail, a first outer rail mounted on the first inner rail a second inner rail secured on the first outer rail, and a second outer rail mounted on the second inner rail and on which a rack can be fastened. The first inner rail, the first outer rail, the second inner rail and the second outer rail are arranged vertically one above the other. The outer rails are designed in the form of hollow profiles with an accommodating region, which is partially open in the direction of the side wall and of the respective inner rail and is intended for accommodating the respective inner rail. The outer surfaces of the inner rails and the inner surfaces of the outer rails are in the form of run-off surfaces for preventing washing fluid which is used during operation of the washing appliance from being deposited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Eckhard MEIER, Daniel REHAGE, Matthias TOCKE, Michael LEHMKUHL
  • Patent number: 8851591
    Abstract: A fastening arrangement for fixing a guide rail of a pull-out guide to a side grid of an oven. The side grid includes a rod having end sections bent at an angle and each end section is fixed to a post of the side grid and the guide rail being fixed to the rod. The fastening arrangement includes fastening means for fixing the guide rail to the rod and the fastening means is formed integrally with the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG.
    Inventors: Eckhard Meier, Daniel Rehage, Daniel Reidt
  • Publication number: 20120063708
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fastening arrangement for fixing a guide rail (8) of a pull-out guide (6) to a side grate (1), in particular for a backing oven, wherein the side grate (1) comprises at least one horizontal rod (4) having end sections (5) that are bent at an angle and that are each fixed to a post (2, 3), and the guide rail (8) is fixed to the rod (4), wherein fastening means for fixing the guide rail (8) to the rod (4) are integrally formed with the guide rail (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Eckhard Meier, Daniel Rehage, Daniel Reidt
  • Patent number: 5775788
    Abstract: A track assembly includes a guide rail secured to a piece of furniture, a runner secured to a drawer and formed with end stops that run against stationary stops to limit the movement of the runner, an inner slide rail interconnecting the runner and the guide rail to one another to effect a linear travel of the runner relative to the guide rail. Positioned between the slide rail and the runner and the guide rail are cages for retaining balls therein. Each cage is provided in its end zones with supplemental elastic stops which cooperate with end stops so that stationary stops are first impacted by the elastic stops to align possibly tilted drawers before being impacted by the end stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Paul Hettich GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Wilfried Sasse, Peter Kuppen, Eckhard Meier, Gunter Kolkhorst, Thomas Kohlmeier, Frank Noske