Patents by Inventor Peter Kropf

Peter Kropf 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: 8220882
    Abstract: A piece of furniture and a device for locking a first furniture part in a closing position in relation to a second furniture part, wherein the lock can be overridden using a triggering process. Releasing means are provided that are operable to unlock the first furniture part from the closing position by an externally applied, predetermined triggering force on the first furniture part in the opening direction of the first furniture part relative to the second furniture part, if the triggering process does not override the lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Kropf, Dieter Seewald, Klaus Schneider
  • Patent number: 8044627
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piece of furniture and to a device for controlling the movement of furniture parts which can be moved with respect to one another, having a drive unit by means of which a first furniture part can be moved relative to a second furniture part, in a driven manner, via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of said first furniture part. According to the invention, the monitoring unit is designed such that, after an initiating action by the monitoring unit, the first furniture part is moved to a predetermined position and is stopped there, with the predetermined position differing from a final position of the first furniture part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignees: Grass GmbH, Küster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Wenzel, Peter Kropf, Helmut Wetschko
  • Patent number: 8016374
    Abstract: A pull-out slide for drawers can include a cabinet member, a drawer member, with a unit which defines the closed position of the slide and/or the drawer, and which acts on the slide and/or the drawer and whereby a depth adjustment of the slide and the drawer is planned for. A holding device can be present, that engages the unit intermittently whereby the holding device and/or the unit is depth adjustable on the slide and/or height and/or side adjustable. A drawer can comprise a pull-out slide described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Kropf, Klaus Schneider, Dieter Seewald, Guenter Grabher, Franz Reischl
  • Publication number: 20090134754
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piece of furniture and to a device for controlling the movement of furniture parts which can be moved with respect to one another, having a drive unit by means of which a first furniture part can be moved relative to a second furniture part, in a driven manner, via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of said first furniture part. According to the invention, the monitoring unit is designed such that, after an initiating action by the monitoring unit, the first furniture part is moved to a predetermined position and is stopped there, with the predetermined position differing from a final position of the first furniture part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicants: Grass GmbH, Kuster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Holger WENZEL, Peter KROPF, Helmut WETSCHKO
  • Publication number: 20080036345
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piece of furniture, and an apparatus for locking a first furniture part (3) in a closing position in relation to a second furniture part (2), wherein the lock can be overridden using a triggering process. According to the invention, releasing means are provided, using which the first furniture part (3) can be unlocked in the mounted state of the apparatus by applying a predetermined triggering force from the outside on the first furniture part (3) in the opening direction thereof, if the triggering process does not override the lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Peter Kropf, Dieter Seewald, Klaus Schneider
  • Publication number: 20070103043
    Abstract: The invention comprises a pull-out slide (1) for drawers (2) with a cabinet member (4) fastened to a drawer member (6) and possible a center slide (5), with a unit which defines the closed position of the slide (1) and/or the drawer (2), and which acts on the slide (1) and/or the drawer (2) and whereby a depth adjustment of the slide (1) and the drawer (2) is planned for. According to the invention it is recommended that a holding device is present, that engages the unit intermittently whereby the holding device and/or the unit is depth adjustable on the slide (1) and/or height and/or side adjustable. In addition, the invention concerns a drawer (2) with a pull-out slide (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Peter Kropf, Klaus Schneider, Dieter Seewald, Guenter Grabher, Franz Reischl
  • Publication number: 20070103041
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for opening and closing a movable furniture part, in particular a drawer (1), door, leaf, or the like, whereby the movable furniture part (1) may be locked and released, and may be pressed in by a specified distance and then extended. According to the invention, the device has at least one locking element and at least one push-out element which is separated from the locking element. The invention further relates to a furniture part having such a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Peter Kropf, Klaus Schneider, Dieter Seewald, Harald Hagen
  • Patent number: 7065833
    Abstract: The invention concerns a cabinet hinge with an automatic opening device, especially for cabinet doors with a hinge cup, which is connected with a hinge to a hinge arm, which is, being adjustable and lockable, connected to a base plate, which is connected to a cabinet body; whereby, the hinge includes an inner and outer joint lever, which are fastened to the hinge cup, as well as the hinge arm, with each one pivoting joint pin, which causes a kind of parallelogram-joint to be formed between the hinge cup and the hinge arm, by which means the cabinet door relative to the cabinet body can be swung out; whereby, at least one elastic resilient spring element directly affects at least one joint pin of outer and/or inner joint lever and causes a torque for opening of the cabinet door from the closed position through a defined opening-angle area, and; whereby, the resilient spring element is fastened to the hinge cup, whereby, at least one resilient spring element affects through a sliding wedge directly or indirectl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Kropf
  • Publication number: 20050015927
    Abstract: The invention concerns a cabinet hinge with an automatic opening device, especially for cabinet doors with a hinge cup, which is connected with a hinge to a hinge arm, which is, being adjustable and lockable, connected to a base plate, which is connected to a cabinet body; whereby, the hinge includes an inner and outer joint lever, which are fastened to the hinge cup, as well as the hinge arm, with each one pivoting joint pin, which causes a kind of parallelogram-joint to be formed between the hinge cup and the hinge arm, by which means the cabinet door relative to the cabinet body can be swung out; whereby, at least one elastic resilient spring element directly affects at least one joint pin of outer and/or inner joint lever and causes a torque for opening of the cabinet door from the closed position through a defined opening-angle area, and; whereby, the resilient spring element is fastened to the hinge cup, whereby, at least one resilient spring element affects through a sliding wedge directly or indirectl
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventor: Peter Kropf