Patents by Inventor Marc Oliver Eckert

Marc Oliver Eckert 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: 12131431
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for arranging one or more functional elements in a room, comprising the steps of: a) three-dimensional acquisition of the room or of a part of the room by means of a scanner, b) definition of a grid based on the acquisition according to step a), c) definition of grid points of the room in the grid established according to step b), d) definition of at least one grid point of one or more functional elements, and e) virtual arrangement of the one or more functional elements in the room at at least one location, at which at least one grid point of the room and at least one grid point of the functional element coincide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: BULTHAUP GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Marc Oliver Eckert, Roger Paul Rieger, Ulrich Spohde
  • Patent number: 12048376
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a kitchen cabinet having a worktop (10) in which at least one sink (20, 40) embedded, at least one lateral wall of the sink being in the form of an inclined ramp (21, 41). An insert (30) provided on the ramp has a flat work surface (32) and a substructure (33), said substructure being designed such that it compensates for the inclination of the ramp in order to keep the work surface level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Bulthaup GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Marc Oliver Eckert
  • Patent number: 12035804
    Abstract: The invention relates to a kitchen furniture item having a horizontal worktop or tabletop and a substructure which holds the worktop, wherein the worktop or tabletop is built up in modular fashion from at least two panel parts which are releasably connected to one another along common lateral edges, wherein at least one of the panel parts is a functional panel part which is provided with a treatment. The invention further relates to a method for integrating a functional panel part into a worktop or tabletop of such a kitchen furniture item and to a method for replacing one panel part of a worktop or tabletop of such a kitchen furniture item with another panel part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Bulthaup GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Marc Oliver Eckert, Ulrich Spohde
  • Publication number: 20230380020
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system having a furnishing element and an operating part, wherein the furnishing element has a work surface and is designed to carry out at least one process, and wherein the operating part is designed such that the process of the furnishing element is carried out depending on the position of the operating part with respect to the furnishing element, wherein the operating part is freely placeable relative to the furnishing element, and a sensor system is provided that detects the presence of the operating part on the work surface and actuates the process of the furnishing element depending on this detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventor: Marc Oliver ECKERT
  • Publication number: 20230252742
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for arranging one or more functional elements in a room, comprising the steps of: a) three-dimensional acquisition of the room or of a part of the room by means of a scanner, b) definition of a grid based on the acquisition according to step a), c) definition of grid points of the room in the grid established according to step b), d) definition of at least one grid point of one or more functional elements, and e) virtual arrangement of the one or more functional elements in the room at at least one location, at which at least one grid point of the room and at least one grid point of the functional element coincide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Marc Oliver ECKERT, Roger Paul RIEGER, Ulrich SPOHDE
  • Patent number: 11704875
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for arranging one or more functional elements in a room, comprising the steps of: a) three-dimensional acquisition of the room or of a part of the room by means of a scanner, b) definition of a grid based on the acquisition according to step a), c) definition of grid points of the room in the grid established according to step b), d) definition of at least one grid point of one or more functional elements, and e) virtual arrangement of the one or more functional elements in the room at at least one location, at which at least one grid point of the room and at least one grid point of the functional element coincide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: BULTHAUP GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Marc Oliver Eckert, Roger Paul Rieger, Ulrich Spohde
  • Patent number: 11229289
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a furniture panel, in particular a furniture front, the panel having a carrier panel (T) and a cover (200). The cover has a space in which the carrier panel is accommodated, the space and the carrier panel being dimensioned such that the cover can be slipped over the carrier panel and fixed in its slipped-on position on the carrier panel by a force fit and/or form fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Bulthaup GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Marc Oliver Eckert, Andreas Ringwald, Gerhard Limmer
  • Publication number: 20210401170
    Abstract: The invention relates to a kitchen furniture item having a carcass and an interior at least partially enclosed by the carcass, wherein the interior has a front-side access opening which is covered by means of a plate-shaped closure element (21, 22) which lies in a front plane of the carcass and can be reversibly opened and closed by a user, wherein the closure element has a plate-shaped pivoting part (21) and a likewise plate-shaped pulling part (22), and wherein a horizontal edge of the pivoting part (21) runs along a horizontal edge of the pulling part (22), and the parts are connected to one another at these common edges in such a way that, in order to open a first portion of the interior, the pivoting part (21) can be pivoted about a horizontal axis such that it bears against the front side of the pulling part (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventor: Marc Oliver Eckert
  • Publication number: 20210293578
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device element comprising an operating component, wherein said device element is designed to carry out at least one process, and the operating component is designed such that said process of the device element is carried out depending on the position of the operating component, said operating component being freely placeable relative to the device element, and a sensor system is provided which detects at least one characteristic of the operating component and actuates the process of the device element depending on this detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Marc Oliver ECKERT, Ulrich SPOHDE
  • Publication number: 20210267362
    Abstract: The invention relates to a kitchen furniture item having a horizontal worktop or tabletop and a substructure which holds the worktop, wherein the worktop or tabletop is built up in modular fashion from at least two panel parts which are releasably connected to one another along common lateral edges, wherein at least one of the panel parts is a functional panel part which is provided with a treatment. The invention further relates to a method for integrating a functional panel part into a worktop or tabletop of such a kitchen furniture item and to a method for replacing one panel part of a worktop or tabletop of such a kitchen furniture item with another panel part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Marc Oliver Eckert, Ulrich Spohde
  • Publication number: 20210267366
    Abstract: The invention relates to a kitchen cabinet having a worktop (10) in which at least one sink (20, 40) embedded, at least one lateral wall of the sink being in the form of an inclined ramp (21, 41). An insert (30) provided on the ramp has a flat work surface (32) and a substructure (33), said substructure being designed such that it compensates for the inclination of the ramp in order to keep the work surface level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Marc Oliver Eckert
  • Publication number: 20210272366
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for arranging one or more functional elements in a room, comprising the steps of: a) three-dimensional acquisition of the room or of a part of the room by means of a scanner, b) definition of a grid based on the acquisition according to step a), c) definition of grid points of the room in the grid established according to step b), d) definition of at least one grid point of one or more functional elements, and e) virtual arrangement of the one or more functional elements in the room at at least one location, at which at least one grid point of the room and at least one grid point of the functional element coincide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Bulthaup GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marc Oliver ECKERT, Roger Paul RIEGER, Ulrich SPOHDE
  • Publication number: 20210204694
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a cover for a furniture panel, in particular for a furniture front, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) laminating a carrier material with a covering, b) removing the corners of the covering, c) draping the protruding edges of the covering over the carrier material, d) bending the edge of the carrier material, e) draping the edges of the covering inwards, i.e. towards the carrier material, with step e) preferably taking place at the same time as step d).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Marc Oliver Eckert, Andreas Ringwald, Gerhard Limmer
  • Publication number: 20210076825
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a furniture panel, in particular furniture front, the panel having a carrier panel (T) and a cover (200). The cover has a space in which the carrier panel is accommodated, the space and the carrier panel being dimensioned such that the cover can be slipped over the carrier panel and fixed in its slipped-on position on the carrier panel by a force fit and/or form fit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Marc Oliver Eckert, Andreas Ringwald, Gerhard Limmer
  • Patent number: 10188205
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a structural element, in particular a furniture element and particularly preferably a kitchen furniture element, having at least two frame elements and having at least one connection part by which the frame elements are connected, wherein the frame elements span a space whose shape depends on the angle between the frame elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Bulhaup GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marc Oliver Eckert, Roger Paul Rieger, Ulrich Spohde
  • Publication number: 20170095074
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a structural element, in particular a furniture element and particularly preferably a kitchen furniture element, having at least two frame elements and having at least one connection part by which the frame elements are connected, wherein the frame elements span a space whose shape depends on the angle between the frame elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Marc Oliver ECKERT, Roger Paul RIEGER, Ulrich SPOHDE
  • Publication number: 20160054007
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piece of kitchen furniture having a useful surface area and at least one functional element arranged above the useful surface area. The functional element is arranged on a support member, wherein the support member comprises a pole attached to the piece of kitchen furniture and an arm adjoining the pole. The invention further relates to a piece of kitchen furniture having a useful surface area and at least one functional element arranged above the useful surface area, wherein the functional element is arranged on a support member, wherein the support member has a stem arranged on the piece of furniture within the useful surface area, the upper end of which extends above the useful surface area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: BULTHAUP GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Roger Paul Rieger, Marc Oliver Eckert, Otto Langer