Patents by Inventor Torben Karle

Torben Karle 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: 20250321010
    Abstract: A cooking device includes: at least one furniture front element for integration into a furniture front; at least one main body including at least one top side; at least one cooking chamber; and at least one air outlet opening for discharging air and/or cooking vapors from the at least one main body, the at least one air outlet opening having at least one guiding device associated therewith, the guiding device being displaceable between a substantially open position and a substantially closed position. The at least one air outlet opening is disposed at the at least one top side of the at least one main body. The at least one guiding device causes air and/or cooking vapors flowing out of the at least one air outlet opening to be guided substantially forwardly when in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 16, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas METZ, Tim Otis DIESTELHORST, Torben KARLE, Josef SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20180128032
    Abstract: Piece of furniture, in particular a cabinet unit, having a furniture body which comprises side walls, a base and a cover wall and which can be closed and opened by means of a folding door arrangement 1 which has at least two folding door elements 2, 3 which can be pivoted towards one another about a horizontal pivot axis during an opening operation of the folding door arrangement 1 and can be pivoted away from one another about the horizontal pivot axis during a closing operation of the folding door arrangement 1, wherein one 3 of the at least two folding door elements 2, 3 is movably guided in the course of its opening pivoting movement along vertically oriented sliding guides 10 and the at least two folding door elements 2, 3 can be transferred into a substantially horizontally oriented raised opening intermediate position, from which they are movable through a horizontally oriented movement translationally along horizontal guides 14 into their opening end position within the furniture body, wherein at leas
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Torben Karle, Gerd Noltemeier, Benjamin Milto