Patents by Inventor Gerrit STAUFENBERG

Gerrit STAUFENBERG 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: 20230408180
    Abstract: A household appliance has a body, which has an opening that can be closed by a front panel and a storage container that can be moved out of the body through the opening and raised. At least one pivot arm is disposed on the body and at least one slotted guide is connected to or formed on the front panel. The storage container is coupled to a free end of the pivot arm and being guided in the slotted guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel REHAGE, Steffen TENHUMBERG, Gerrit STAUFENBERG, Johannes TIWISINA
  • Publication number: 20230408179
    Abstract: A domestic appliance includes a carcass and a sliding element extendible using a drive assembly situated in or on the carcass. A liftable storage container can be moved out of the carcass by the sliding element. The domestic appliance also includes a push-chain assembly having at least one push chain that is driven by the drive assembly. The at least one push chain is fixed to the storage container by a free end and extends between the drive assembly and the storage container through a return guide situated on the sliding element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel REHAGE, Steffen TENHUMBERG, Gerrit STAUFENBERG, Johannes TIWISINA
  • Publication number: 20230340981
    Abstract: A quadrangular furniture element, in particular a shelf with at least one bearing plane, has a base, a cover panel, and at least one profiled element which is secured between the base and the cover panel. A translation-rotation fitting is arranged on the base lower face facing away from the cover panel and/or on the cover panel upper face facing away from the base, the translation-rotation fitting being usable for moving the furniture element from a starting position into an open end position and back into the starting position in a combined translation-rotation movement, wherein at least one receiving element for fixing the at least one profiled element is arranged in an edge region of the base and the cover panel. A piece of furniture can have at least one such furniture element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Soeren BEUMLER, Timo SZLAPKA, Gerrit STAUFENBERG, Juergen RUHE
  • Patent number: 11470964
    Abstract: A piece of furniture or domestic appliance includes a body, a drawer element slidably arranged in the body and having two side walls. Respective pull-out guides are arranged between the side panels and side walls of the body. Each of the pull-out guides has at least one body rail fastenable to a side wall of the body and one running rail fastenable to the side panel. The piece of furniture or domestic appliance also includes at least one functional unit, which is coupled to one of the pull-out guides. A functional unit is detachably arranged in at least one of the side walls at distance from the pull-out guide, which functional unit, in a predefined position of the drawer element relative to the body, is operatively connected to a counter-element stationarily mounted on the body or on the body rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: PAUL HETTICH GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Timo Szlapka, Sebastian Bastkowski, Thorsten Hötger, Gerrit Staufenberg, Ulrich Ratsch, Stefan Klaus
  • Publication number: 20210000256
    Abstract: A piece of furniture or domestic appliance includes a body, a drawer element slidably arranged in the body and having two side walls. Respective pull-out guides are arranged between the side panels and side walls of the body. Each of the pull-out guides has at least one body rail fastenable to a side wall of the body and one running rail fastenable to the side panel. The piece of furniture or domestic appliance also includes at least one functional unit, which is coupled to one of the pull-out guides. A functional unit is detachably arranged in at least one of the side walls at distance from the pull-out guide, which functional unit, in a predefined position of the drawer element relative to the body, is operatively connected to a counter-element stationarily mounted on the body or on the body rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Timo SZLAPKA, Sebastian BASTKOWSKI, Thorsten HÖTGER, Gerrit STAUFENBERG, Ulrich RATSCH
  • Patent number: 10729242
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drawer comprising two side panels, a bottom, a back wall and a front panel, wherein at least one side panel has a thin-walled case, which is supported by an inner core, wherein the inner core has at least two shaped parts, which are interlockingly held against each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: PAUL HETTICH GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Gerrit Staufenberg, Sören Beumler, Stefan Mertins, Timo Szlapka
  • Publication number: 20190357678
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drawer comprising two side panels, a bottom, a back wall and a front panel, wherein at least one side panel has a thin-walled case, which is supported by an inner core, wherein the inner core has at least two shaped parts, which are interlockingly held against each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Gerrit STAUFENBERG, Sören BEUMLER, Stefan MERTINS, Timo SZLAPKA