Patents by Inventor Hermann Rothfuss

Hermann Rothfuss 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).

  • Patent number: 4601523
    Abstract: A drawer for an article of furniture includes a front sheeting, a back portion and two parallel side portions extended between the front sheeting and the back portion. Both side portions are formed identically and may be interchanged. Each side portion has a rear end recess, which receives the end of the back portion, and a front end recess which receives a fastener for connecting each side portion to the front sheeting. The front end recesses and the fasteners positioned therein are enclosed with caps formed to provide an access to the fasteners and at the same time closing the latter from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1986
    Assignee: BBP-Kunststoffwerk Marbach Baier GmbH und Co. KG
    Inventors: Erich Wenzlick, Hermann Rothfuss
  • Patent number: 4579402
    Abstract: In a drawer formed of plastics and including a bottom, a front wall and a rear wall each double-wall side wall includes an inner wall and an outer wall spaced from the inner wall to include therebetween a hollow space shaped as inverted U. This hollow space is enclosed at the bottom end thereof with a ledge member. The ledge member includes an upper horizontal arm which extends from the inner wall to the outer wall of each side wall, and a vertical arm integral with the upper arm and provided with clamping tongues engageable in respective recesses formed in an extension of the inner wall. The drawer is further provided with engagement elements for fastening a front facing to the front wall of the drawer. Each engagement element includes a clamping lug and a bolt rotated to translate the axial movement of the bolt into the transverse movement of the lug towards the front wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1986
    Assignee: BBP-Kunststoffwerk Marbach Baier GmbH und Co. KG
    Inventors: Erich Wenzlick, Hermann Rothfuss
  • Patent number: 4230382
    Abstract: A plastic drawer for furniture which comprises, for the fastening of a frontal facing, in its front wall several openings which are arranged at intervals in the longitudinal direction for the passage of fasteners held on the frontal facing, characterized in that the drawer front wall (12) is preferably double-walled and comprises an inner wall (17) and an outer wall (18) extending at a distance therefrom and in that the openings (19) are arranged only in the outer wall (18) and in that the fastners are designed as rapid locking elements (21;121) which are fastened to the facing (16) and engage in the openings (19) from the exterior of the drawer (10) and engage behind the openings (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1980
    Assignee: BBP Kunststoffwerk Marbach Baier & Co.
    Inventors: Erich Wenzlick, Hermann Rothfuss