Patents by Inventor Giancarlo Formenti

Giancarlo Formenti 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).

  • Snap-action hinge for furniture doors
    Patent number: 6125508
    Abstract: A snap-action hinge for the opening and closing of a furniture door includes: a cup part designed to be embedded in a recess of the door, a hinge arm designed to be fixed to the furniture unit with and having one end connected to the cup part by a hinge pin, a rigid component supported by the hinge arm in such a way as to lie parallel to the hinge pin at a defined limited distance from it measuring away from the abovementioned end, and spring means housed in the cup part and acting with a pressing action on the rigid component to allow snap-action closing of the hinge. The rigid component is advantageously made of a wear-resistant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Formenti & Giovenzana S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Formenti