Patents by Inventor Horst Lautenschlager

Horst Lautenschlager 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: 9217268
    Abstract: A furniture hinge includes a carrier arm and a door fitting having a recessed cup that is rotatably disposed at one end of the carrier arm. A fastening plate is adjustably connected to another end of the carrier arm. A mounting plate is longitudinally adjustably attached to the fastening plate and is attachable to a furniture body. Either the fastening plate or the mounting plate includes a guide wall having a guide slot where the guide wall is bent perpendicularly to a plane of the respective plate. The other of the fastening plate or the mounting plate includes a guide tongue extending into the guide slot where the guide tongue is parallel to a plane of the other respective plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschlager
  • Publication number: 20140290002
    Abstract: A damping device for furniture doors includes a damping cylinder longitudinally displaceably mounted in a recess of a damper housing including a cylinder housing and a piston rod and forming a stop for the furniture door. The cylinder housing is longitudinally displaceably mounted in the recess of the damper housing, the recess being formed as a hole, the end thereof protruding out of the damper housing forming a stop for the furniture door. The adjusting screw forms an axial counterbearing for the piston rod. The inner diameter of an internal thread receiving the adjusting screw is at least equal to the inner diameter of the hole receiving the cylinder housing. The end of the piston rod is received in a centric hole of the adjusting screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Horst LAUTENSCHLÄGER
  • Patent number: 8572811
    Abstract: A furniture hinge for a hinged lid is arranged in a horizontally swiveling manner on a body of a piece of furniture includes a fastening plate and a swivel plate that is arranged in a swiveling manner on the fastening plate by two lever arms that are arranged as parallel linkages. The hinge includes a damping device that can be fixed on the fastening plate. The damping, device includes a damping cylinder and a piston rod that can be displaced in a dampened manner inside the damping cylinder, whereby the piston rod is mechanically linked with a lever arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschlåger
  • Patent number: 8468651
    Abstract: A damping device furniture door leaves includes a damper housing with a base plate whose base area rests against and is fastened to an effective bearing area of the door opening of the furniture door leaf. The base plate includes a screw bore through which a fastening screw can be screwed into the effective bearing area. A spring projection extending from the base area of the base plate can be pushed behind the base area against spring resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschläger
  • Publication number: 20120260461
    Abstract: A furniture hinge for a hinged lid is arranged in a horizontally swiveling manner on a body of a piece of furniture includes a fastening plate and a swivel plate that is arranged in a swiveling manner on the fastening plate by two lever arms that are arranged as parallel linkages. The, hinge includes a damping device that can be fixed on the fastening plate. The damping device includes a damping cylinder and a piston rod that can be displaced in a dampened manner inside the damping cylinder, whereby the piston rod is mechanically linked with a lever arm. The fastening element includes a plane seating surface and an angled stop angle. A guide cap with a guide groove whose dimensions are adapted to a thickness of the lever arm is arranged on the piston rod on an end facing the lever arm. The guide groove runs in a plane specified by the swiveling motion of the lever arm and has a curvilinear course.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschlager
  • Patent number: 8146206
    Abstract: A furniture hinge has a door stop part, which includes an insertion cup and is attached on a furniture door, at least one pivoting arm that is connected to a furniture body being supported on the door stop part. A damping device including at least one damping cylinder engages in the door stop part. Each damping cylinder is disposed at least partially in a bore of the furniture door. The cylinder axis of the damping cylinder extends substantially perpendicularly to the door plane. The damping cylinder is moved during the pivoting thereof into the locking position of the furniture door by the pivoting arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschläger
  • Publication number: 20110094056
    Abstract: A damping device for furniture doors includes a damping cylinder longitudinally displaceably mounted in a recess of a damper housing including a cylinder housing and a piston rod and forming a stop for the furniture door. The cylinder housing is longitudinally displaceably mounted in the recess of the damper housing, the recess being formed as a hole, the end thereof protruding out of the damper housing forming a stop for the furniture door. The adjusting screw forms an axial counterbearing for the piston rod. The inner diameter of an internal thread receiving the adjusting screw is at least equal to the inner diameter of the hole receiving the cylinder housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschläger
  • Patent number: 7886408
    Abstract: An example furniture hinge includes a damping device having a linearly movable damping cylinder, which is hingably connected to a door stop element and a damping guidance element. When closing the furniture hinge, the damping guide element can be pivoted against a pivot stop on the body fastening element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Liberty Hardware Mfg. Corp.
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschläger
  • Patent number: 7814618
    Abstract: An example furniture hinge includes a saddle supporting the damping cylinder that engages a first mounting edge of the supporting arm from behind. A locking element supported movably on the saddle has a laterally protruding mounting lug, which in a locking position engages a second mounting edge of the supporting arm from behind. The second mounting edge is oriented counter to the first mounting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Liberty Hardware Mfg. Corp.
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschläger
  • Publication number: 20100192327
    Abstract: A damping device furniture door leaves includes a damper housing with a base plate whose base area rests against and is fastened to an effective bearing area of the door opening of the furniture door leaf. The base plate includes a screw bore through which a fastening screw can be screwed into the effective bearing area. A spring projection extending from the base area of the base plate can be pushed behind the base area against spring resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschläger
  • Patent number: 7698782
    Abstract: An example furniture hinge includes a carrier arm, a door fitting having a recessed cup that is rotatably disposed on one end of the carrier arm, and an end plate adjustably connected to another end of the carrier arm. A mounting plate that attaches to a furniture body includes a wall portion. An eccentric element laterally adjustably attaches the end plate to the wall portion. The end plate includes an anchoring element for engaging behind the wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Liberty Hardware Mfg. Corp.
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschlager
  • Publication number: 20090313789
    Abstract: A furniture hinge has a door stop part, which includes an insertion cup and is attached on a furniture door, at least one pivoting arm that is connected to a furniture body being supported on the door stop part. A damping device including at least one damping cylinder engages in the door stop part. Each damping cylinder is disposed at least partially in a bore of the furniture door. The cylinder axis of the damping cylinder extends substantially perpendicularly to the door plane. The damping cylinder is moved during the pivoting thereof into the locking position of the furniture door by the pivoting arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschlager
  • Publication number: 20090229076
    Abstract: A damping device for furniture door leaves comprising a damping cylinder in a damping housing (8) with the housing being connected to a damping carrier (12). The damping carrier (12) accommodates the edge of the front frame (3) between an outside retaining leg L (13) [sic] and an inside clamping leg (14). The clamping leg (14) is clamped against the front frame (3) by way of a clamping device (16). The clamping device comprises an eccentric (16) that pivots on the damping carrier (12) and acts on the clamping leg (14) with the eccentric (16) being connected to a pivoting lever (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschlager
  • Publication number: 20090229077
    Abstract: A damping device for furniture door leaves includes a damping housing that accommodates a damping cylinder, with the housing being connected to a damping carrier that is fastened to a front frame of a furniture piece, wherein the damping carrier accommodates the edge of the front frame between an outside retaining leg and an inside clamping leg and the clamping leg is clamped against the front frame by way of a clamping device. The damping carrier includes a carrier main component that forms an outside retaining leg and a spring component that forms the inside clamping leg and the spring component includes a fastening leg offset at a right angle from the clamping leg that is inserted into a fastening guide of the carrier main component and locks positively on the carrier main component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschlager
  • Publication number: 20090019667
    Abstract: An adjusting device for furniture parts includes an eccentric disk rotationally mounted on a first furniture part. The eccentric disk has, on its periphery, two eccentric surfaces which are axially offset from each other, extend in opposite directions with the same slope, and which interact with two opposite abutment surfaces that are axially offset from each other. Both abutment surfaces are formed on a housing that accommodates the eccentric disk and are joined to a second furniture part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschlager
  • Publication number: 20080271294
    Abstract: An example furniture hinge includes a saddle supporting the damping cylinder that engages a first mounting edge of the supporting arm from behind. A locking element supported movably on the saddle has a laterally protruding mounting lug, which in a locking position engages a second mounting edge of the supporting arm from behind. The second mounting edge is oriented counter to the first mounting edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschlager
  • Publication number: 20080203873
    Abstract: A drawer which is laterally provided with two telescoping drawer guides, each of the two guides including a rail which, on the rear end thereof, can be pushed onto a rear receiving fitting on the body of the piece of furniture in the guiding direction, and on the front end thereof, can be engaged with a front receiving fitting on the body of the piece of furniture. A lateral snap-in pin projects from the rail close to the front end thereof, the snap-in pin being insertable, in the guiding direction, into a snap-in slit which is open towards the front and located on the front receiving fitting. A spring-loaded locking rocker secures the snap-in pin in the position thereof in the snap-in slit. The locking rocker can be displaced into a release position for releasing the snap-in tongue by actuating a release gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschlager
  • Publication number: 20080178426
    Abstract: A furniture hinge includes a carrier arm and a door fitting having a recessed cup that is rotatably disposed at one end of the carrier arm. A fastening plate is adjustably connected to another end of the carrier arm. A mounting plate is longitudinally adjustably attached to the fastening plate and is attachable to a furniture body. Either the fastening plate or the mounting plate includes a guide wall having a guide slot where the guide wall is bent perpendicularly to a plane of the respective plate. The other of the fastening plate or the mounting plate includes a guide tongue extending into the guide slot where the guide tongue is parallel to a plane of the other respective plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschlager
  • Publication number: 20080141490
    Abstract: An example furniture hinge includes a damping device having a linearly movable damping cylinder, which is hingably connected to a door stop element and a damping guidance element. When closing the furniture hinge, the damping guide element can be pivoted against a pivot stop on the body fastening element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschlager
  • Publication number: 20080061665
    Abstract: A furniture drawer has two lateral walls, a back wall and a base, and includes a front plate connecting the front ends of the lateral walls and a front trim, fixed thereto. Each lateral wall includes a metal running track, fixed to the back wall and the front plate. The running track is arranged in a lateral wall cladding, held between the back wall and the front trim as a support strut. The front plate is screwed to the front trim with horizontal tensioning. The lateral wall cladding is open to the bottom and engages with interlocking over the running track. The lateral wall cladding houses a longitudinal edge of the base in a groove at the lower edge of the inner wall thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschlager