Patents by Inventor Gerald SPERGER

Gerald SPERGER 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: 20260123748
    Abstract: A support device is provided for supporting a drawer base against a drawer wall to be arranged transversely to the drawer base, in particular a front panel. The support device includes a support body having a first contact surface for contacting the drawer base and a second contact surface for allowing contact between the support body with the drawer wall. The support body has a through-opening for inserting a fastener, preferably a screw, or a fastener for fastening the support body to the drawer wall. The support body has an interface for preferably detachably fastening a support rail, and the drawer base can come into contact with the support rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2026
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Inventors: Gerald Sperger, Benjamin Von Der Wellen
  • Publication number: 20260108060
    Abstract: A drawer sidewall includes a connecting device for connecting a front panel to a drawer sidewall. The connecting device includes a base body fitted into the drawer sidewall and a fitting portion configured to be fixed to the front panel. The base body of the connecting device includes a holding device for holding the fitting portion, and the base body of the connecting device is firmly connected to the drawer sidewall in a first area of the base body. The drawer sidewall includes a stabilizing device configured to stabilize a relative position of the base body relative to the drawer sidewall at least in a direction extending parallel to the longitudinal direction of the drawer sidewall. The stabilizing device is arranged in a second area of the base body spaced apart from the first area of the base body in a height direction of the drawer sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2025
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Inventors: Gerald SPERGER, Harald HOFHERR, Michael RAFFEINER, Claudio GMEINER
  • Publication number: 20250380804
    Abstract: An assembly includes a drawer base and a drawer back panel and/or a drawer front panel. The drawer base is hinge-connected to the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel for transferring the assembly from a transport position into a use position. The drawer base is hinge-connected to the drawer back panel and/or to the drawer front panel by a film hinge or adhesive hinge, in particular a flexible foil and/or a film made of a hot-melt adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2025
    Publication date: December 18, 2025
    Inventors: Claudio GMEINER, Gerald Sperger, Michael Raffeiner, Franz-Josef Susewind
  • Publication number: 20250366613
    Abstract: An assembly includes a drawer base and a drawer back panel and/or a drawer front panel. The drawer base is hinge-connected to the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel for transferring the assembly from a transport position into a use position, and the drawer base comprises at least two drawer base segments hinge-connected together to transfer the assembly from the transport position into the use position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Inventors: Claudio GMEINER, Gerald SPERGER, Michael RAFFEINER, Franz-Josef SUSEWIND
  • Patent number: 12440027
    Abstract: In a method of mounting a front panel on a drawer side wall for a drawer, the drawer side wall has a connecting device for connecting a front panel to the drawer side wall, an end face facing the front panel to be connected, and a marking device for marking a position for a drill hole in the front panel, and the marking device projects beyond the end face of the drawer side wall. The method includes: marking a position for a drill hole on the front panel by the one marking device of the drawer side wall, making a drill hole in the front panel at the marked position, and mounting a front panel holding device on the front panel via the drilled hole. The front panel is then connected to the drawer side wall by connecting the front panel holding device to the connecting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Gerald Sperger, Claudio Gmeiner, Benjamin Von Der Wellen, Michael Raffeiner
  • Publication number: 20250143458
    Abstract: The invention relates to a side panel in the form of a container side wall, in particular a drawer side wall, including a rear wall holder and/or a front wall holder and a preferably one-piece, bent sheet profile in the form of a panel hat for receiving the rear wall holder and/or the front wall holder. The rear wall holder and/or the front wall holder is arranged at least partially within the sheet profile, and the sheet profile is collared to the front wall holder and/or to the rear wall holder at at least one connection point by a collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Gerald SPERGER, Claudio GMEINER, Michael RAFFEINER
  • Publication number: 20250143460
    Abstract: A lateral wall for a drawer, includes at least one rear wall mounting, by which a rear wall can be held transversely to the drawer lateral wall. The rear wall mounting has at least one clamping device by which the rear wall can be held in a clamped manner. The at least one clamping device has at least one clamping lever which can be moved between a clamping position and a release position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Gerald SPERGER, Benjamin VON DER WELLEN
  • Publication number: 20250143461
    Abstract: In a method of mounting a front panel on a drawer side wall for a drawer, the drawer side wall has a connecting device for connecting a front panel to the drawer side wall, an end face facing the front panel to be connected, and a marking device for marking a position for a drill hole in the front panel, and the marking device projects beyond the end face of the drawer side wall. The method includes: marking a position for a drill hole on the front panel by the one marking device of the drawer side wall, making a drill hole in the front panel at the marked position, and mounting a front panel holding device on the front panel via the drilled hole. The front panel is then connected to the drawer side wall by connecting the front panel holding device to the connecting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Gerald SPERGER, Claudio Gmeiner, Benjamin Von Der Wellen, Michael Raffeiner
  • Patent number: 11197546
    Abstract: A securing device includes a furniture fitting configured to be premounted on a front panel; a catch device associated with the drawer and configured to receive the furniture fitting and automatically pull the furniture fitting; a locking device configured to prevent the furniture fitting from unintentionally becoming detached from the securing device; and a coupling device for coupling movement of the locking device to movement of the catch device. The coupling device includes an adjusting body and an adjusting contour in or on which the adjusting body is or can be arranged. The adjusting body is arranged on the catch device, and the adjusting contour on the locking device, or vice versa, and the adjusting contour is configured such that the movement of the locking device is initially uncoupled from the movement of the catch device during insertion of the furniture fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Meusburger, Gerald Sperger, Markus Irgang
  • Patent number: 10966523
    Abstract: A connecting pin for fastening a first furniture part to a second furniture part, includes a fastening portion for fastening the connecting pin to the first furniture part, and a holding portion for connecting the connecting pin to the second furniture part. The holding portion of the connecting pin includes a connecting portion facing the fastening portion, the connecting portion being a protrusion or a recess for connecting the second furniture part to the connecting pin in a form-locking manner. A head portion is spaced from the connecting portion along a longitudinal direction of the connecting pin by a neck portion. In a condition in which the connecting pin is fixed to the first furniture part via the fastening portion, at least two different second furniture parts can be alternatively connected to the connecting pin by the connecting portion in a form-locking manner and/or by the head portion in a force-locking manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Kampl, Markus Irgang, Gerald Sperger, Guenter Schwarzmann
  • Publication number: 20200260868
    Abstract: A securing device includes a furniture fitting premounted on the front panel; a catch device associated with the drawer for receiving the furniture fitting as it is inserted and pulling it automatically towards the drawer; a locking device that prevents the furniture fitting from unintentionally becoming detached from the securing device; and a coupling device for coupling the movement of the locking device to the movement of the catch device. The coupling device includes an adjusting body and an adjusting contour in or on which the adjusting body is or can be arranged. The adjusting body is arranged on the catch device, and the adjusting contour on the locking device, or vice versa, and the adjusting contour is designed such that the movement of the locking device is only temporarily coupled to the movement of the catch device during the insertion of the furniture fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Marc MEUSBURGER, Gerald SPERGER, Markus IRGANG
  • Publication number: 20190343279
    Abstract: A connecting pin for fastening a first furniture part to a second furniture part, includes a fastening portion for fastening the connecting pin to the first furniture part, and a holding portion for connecting the connecting pin to the second furniture part. The holding portion of the connecting pin includes a connecting portion facing the fastening portion, the connecting portion being a protrusion or a recess for connecting the second furniture part to the connecting pin in a form-locking manner. A head portion is spaced in a longitudinal direction of the connecting pin by a neck portion. In a condition in which the connecting pin is fixed to the first furniture part via the fastening portion, at least two different second furniture parts can be alternatively connected to the connecting pin by the connecting portion in a form-locking manner and/or by the head portion in a force-locking manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Markus KAMPL, Markus IRGANG, Gerald SPERGER, Guenter SCHWARZMANN
  • Patent number: D887259
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Guenter Schwarzmann, Markus Irgang, Gerald Sperger
  • Patent number: D887825
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Guenter Schwarzmann, Markus Irgang, Gerald Sperger
  • Patent number: D900591
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Guenter Schwarzmann, Markus Irgang, Gerald Sperger
  • Patent number: D901220
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Schwarzmann, Markus Irgang, Gerald Sperger
  • Patent number: D901221
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Schwarzmann, Markus Irgang, Gerald Sperger
  • Patent number: D903476
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Schwarzmann, Markus Irgang, Gerald Sperger
  • Patent number: D906092
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Schwarzmann, Markus Irgang, Gerald Sperger
  • Patent number: D915876
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Guenter Schwarzmann, Markus Irgang, Gerald Sperger