Patents by Inventor Rainer HOLLENSTEIN

Rainer HOLLENSTEIN 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).

  • Publication number: 20230323720
    Abstract: Amounting device includes a support and a separate holding device. An installation device releasably secures the holding device to the support, and the holding device has at least two furniture hinges mutually spaced in the longitudinal direction of the holding device, and/or securing interfaces for securing furniture hinges. The door leaf can be supported on the holding device in an articulated manner by the furniture hinge, and the holding device includes a first mounting part, on which the at least two furniture hinges and/or securing interfaces are arranged, and a second mounting part to be arranged between the first mounting part and the support. The two mounting parts can be adjusted relative to each other, and the second mounting part can be adjusted relative to the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Lukas BLUM, Rainer HOLLENSTEIN
  • Patent number: 11739577
    Abstract: A furniture hinge includes a first fitting portion to be fixed to a furniture part or a carrier movably-supported relative to a furniture carcass, a second fitting portion to be fixed to a movably-supported furniture part, and a hinge mechanism connecting the fitting portions. The hinge mechanism has a least five hinge axis members, and includes a supporting lever directly connecting the fitting portions. The hinge mechanism includes a control mechanism for controlling a motion sequence between the first and second fitting portions. The control mechanism is separate from (i.e., is not constructed as one piece with) the supporting lever and has at least three control levers hingedly connected together. A first control lever is connected to the first fitting portion via a hinge axis member, a second control lever is connected to the second fitting portion via a hinge axis member, and a third control lever connects the first control lever and the second control lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Duer, André Hammerer, Rainer Hollenstein
  • Publication number: 20210262258
    Abstract: A furniture hinge includes a first fitting portion to be fixed to a furniture part or a carrier movably-supported relative to a furniture carcass, a second fitting portion to be fixed to a movably-supported furniture part, and a hinge mechanism connecting the fitting portions. The hinge mechanism has a least five hinge axis members, and includes a supporting lever directly connecting the fitting portions. The hinge mechanism includes a control mechanism for controlling a motion sequence between the first and second fitting portions. The control mechanism is separate from the supporting lever and has at least three control levers hingedly connected together. A first control lever is connected to the first fitting portion via a hinge axis member, a second control lever is connected to the second fitting portion via a hinge axis member, and a third control lever connects the first control lever and the second control lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Stefan DUER, André HAMMERER, Rainer HOLLENSTEIN