Patents by Inventor Thomas Kohlmeier

Thomas Kohlmeier 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: 5775788
    Abstract: A track assembly includes a guide rail secured to a piece of furniture, a runner secured to a drawer and formed with end stops that run against stationary stops to limit the movement of the runner, an inner slide rail interconnecting the runner and the guide rail to one another to effect a linear travel of the runner relative to the guide rail. Positioned between the slide rail and the runner and the guide rail are cages for retaining balls therein. Each cage is provided in its end zones with supplemental elastic stops which cooperate with end stops so that stationary stops are first impacted by the elastic stops to align possibly tilted drawers before being impacted by the end stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Paul Hettich GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Wilfried Sasse, Peter Kuppen, Eckhard Meier, Gunter Kolkhorst, Thomas Kohlmeier, Frank Noske