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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8136898 | Closing and retaining device for an extension guide A closing and retaining device for an extension guide includes a rail of an extension guide, a housing slidably disposed on the rail, and a driver disposed on the housing. The closing and retaining device also includes a damper housing retained in the housing, a dis... | 03/20/2012 |
| 6976597 | Width-adjustable carrier frame usable in household appliances, particularly in cooking and baking ovens A width-adjustable carrier frame for receiving and supporting a grilling rack, a tray, a dish, a cooking or baking sheet, or the like of an oven. The carrier frame consist of at least two cross members with tube-type front-side end areas and two approximately U-shap... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6974040 | Container in the form of a compartment for domestic appliance A container for a domestic appliance, comprising: guides for lateral movement of the container with respect to a domestic appliance; a device for one or more of vertically adjusting and inclining of the container, including supporting members associated with the con... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6913334 | Device for establishing a detent connection A device for establishing an adjustable connection between a drawer, having a panel and a bottom, and a furniture guide rail. The devices comprises a base part adapted for connection to a drawer and a detent element adapted for connection to a guide rail. The base p... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6648288 | Holding device for holding a preferably plate-shaped component A holding device includes two shaped parts which can be fixed on mutually opposite walls of a piece of furniture. The shaped parts have several slide-in grooves which extend toward one another at various angular positions and into which a preferably plate... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6643900 | Quick fixing element A quick-fixing element for fastening guide rails on lattice-like lateral parts includes an upper holding section which reaches at least partially around a first rod of a lateral part, and a lower holding section which reaches at least partially around a s... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6485121 | Fastening arrangement A fastening arrangement for fastening a drawer or a sliding bottom on a pull-out slide has a first fastening element which can be connected with the sliding bottom, and a second fastening element which can be connected with a rail of the pull-out slide. T... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6481813 | Fastening arrangement A fastening arrangement used for fastening a rear-side wall element of a drawer to a sliding drawer bottom. The arrangement includes a connection element and a wall element which is fixed on the sliding bottom, and a connection element which can be mounte... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6474761 | Mounting unit A mounting unit used for fastening a drawer to a pull-out slide formed of several rails which are displaceably disposed with respect to one another. The mounting unit has several connection elements, each having horizontally extending upper supporting edg... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6457791 | Fastening arrangement A fastening arrangement, particularly for front panels of drawers, has a fastening element which can be fastened on a rail of a pull-out slide, and a holding part which can be connected with a front panel. The holding part is prefixed relative to the fast... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6454371 | Pull-out slide set A pull-out slide is used for fastening a drawer sliding bottom on a side wall of a stationary furniture body. The set has a carrying rail which can be connected with a holding part. The holding part can be fixedly connected with a furniture body. In addit... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6412893 | Fastening arrangement for pull-out slide A fastening arrangement for side walls of drawers, including several fastening elements connectable with a rail of a pull-out slide. Each fastening element provided with a holding part which extends essentially parallel to a side wall of the drawer. At le... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6357844 | Partitioning system A partitioning system, particularly for drawers (1), comprises two lateral side wall elements (5, 6, 8, 12) arranged on a drawer bottom, between which a space is provided; a positionable separating wall (10) extending between the wall elements (5, 6, 8, 1... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6132020 | Drawer slide assembly A drawer slide assembly, includes a first slide member securable to an article of furniture, a second slide member securable to a drawer, an intermediate slide member having an area formed with a plurality of raceways, and a plurality of rolling elements ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6113204 | Track assembly for a pull-out member A track assembly for a pull-out member, such as a drawer for a piece of furniture or an oven tray for cooked food, includes a stationary guide rail, a runner slidable with respect to the guide rail in an operating direction between extracted and retracted... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5775788 | Track assembly for a drawer 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 gu... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5632541 | Locking device for drawers and the like A locking device for detachably securing drawers or the like onto a guide rail, includes at least one locking element secured to the forward end of the movable part of the guide rail. The locking element (10) includes a spring-elastic actuating arm (14) w... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5570943 | Track assembly for a drawer A track assembly for a drawer includes a guide rail securable to a piece of furniture, a pull-out rail securable to a drawer, and an inner section rail for connecting the guide rail with the pull-out rail. The guide and the pull-out rails are each formed ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5439283 | Adjustment device to align a drawer An adjustment device aligns a drawer that is mounted on rails. A body member is fastened to the rail. An activation part is movably hinged to the body member at a hinge area. The activation part is connected to a wedge piece. The activation part is moveab... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5351924 | Furniture mount A mount for a furnishing has a housing which is designed to be attached to the furnishing. A carrier is mounted in the housing for horizontal and vertical displacement and has a hook-like end portion which projects from the housing and can engage a hook o... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5261737 | Guide for a leaf, drawer or the like A guide for a drawer includes a rail and a device for holding the rail on the drawer. The holding device has a mounting portion which is secured to the drawer by a fastener, a resilient leg and a lever which is perpendicular to the rail. The rail is provi... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5253390 | Furniture hinge A hinge for an article of furniture has a mount which is attachable to a wall of the article. A hinge unit including a hinge arm and, optionally, a support for the arm is releasably connectible to the mount. To this end, the hinge unit is provided with a ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5242022 | Method and apparatus for isolating a zone of wellbore and extracting a fluid therefrom A method and apparatus for isolating a zone (12) of a wellbore (14) penetrated by a casing (16) and then opening ports (28) in the zone (12) for extraction or injection of fluids is provided. The zone (12) is isolated by inflating jackets (42) and then cl... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5240318 | Device for holding a drawer in an article of furniture A device for holding a drawer closed includes a fork-like member which is pivotable between an inoperative position and an operative position. When the drawer is open, the fork-like member is normally in the inoperative position. As the drawer is closed, ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5070926 | Folding door with several pairs of panels A folding door has plural pairs of panels and the panels of each pair are pivotally connected to one another via hinges defining vertical pivot axes. For any two neighboring pairs, a first panel of one pair and an adjacent second panel of the other pair a... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5040858 | Mounting for furniture having superimposed drawers An article of furniture has a series of superimposed drawers. An arresting mechanism for the drawers includes an activating device secured to a side wall of the article of furniture adjacent to each drawer. Each activating device comprises a carrier which... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5020869 | Drawer runner for drawers preferably made of plastic A drawer for an article of furniture has a pair of oppositely disposed sides which are parallel to the direction of movement of the drawer when the latter is opened and closed. Each of these sides is formed with an elongated pocket which is designed to re... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5012551 | Furniture hinge A furniture hinge has a hinge arm connectible to the body of a piece of furniture and a lever connectible to a closure for the furniture. The closure is movable between a closed position and an open position. A damping device is disposed between the hinge... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4847948 | Hinge for connecting two relatively movable furniture components A hinge for connecting two relatively movable components of a piece of furniture has a housing which is mounted on one of the components and a carrier which is mounted on the other component. A link bar pivotally connects the housing to a hinge arm which ... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4712271 | Mounting plate for a furniture hinge which is adjustable in height The mounting plate which is mountable on a furniture body and on which the hinge arm of a furniture hinge is mounted is comprised of two parts, namely an upper part and a base plate which is mountable on the furniture body. The base plate engages in the c... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4671581 | Drawer The drawer has a front plate provided with a recess in its upper edge area. The recess is configured in such a way that the front plate is comprised of a rectangular plate (5) made of wooden or plastic material and of two profiled parts which are secured ... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4664548 | Connecting fitting A connecting fitting for detachable connection of furniture parts is provided with a spring mounted tongue on one fitting part engageable behind a protrusion on another fitting part and with the tongue being movable by an eccentric bolt with a protruding ... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4653821 | Drawer guide A drawer has two side walls each provided with a groove, a drawer bottom inserted in the grooves of the side walls, and two arresting devices which are provided for entrainment of the drawer guide rails of an article of furniture; each arresting device ha... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4626049 | Cabinet unit with built-in refrigerator or the like A cabinet unit has an outer door pivotable relative to an outer portion of a furniture piece to define an outer cabinet, and an inner door pivotable relative to an inner portion of a furniture piece to define an inner cabinet, such as a refrigerator and t... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4514021 | Cabinet with double door consisting of an inner door and an outer door A cabinet with double doors consisting of an inner door and an outer door. The inner door is mounted in such a way as to swing on the hinge axis of the shell of a refrigerator or freezer inside the cabinet and open or close the appliance. A coupling mecha... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4458965 | Drawer made of plastic A drawer of plastic has a front plate, a body part with a front face to arrange the front plate parallel to the latter and a plurality of side walls each forming a downwardly open chamber and having a front region adjacent to the front face, and elements ... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4449269 | Spring biased furniture hinge having a brake mechanism A furniture hinge for two housing parts has a housing mounted on one furniture part, a hinge arm mounted on the other furniture part, two pivotable hinge plates pivotally connecting the housing with the hinge arm, a spring which forms a locking device, a ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4368559 | Furniture hinge A furniture hinge has a hollow housing connectable with one part of furniture, a hinge arm connectable with another part of furniture, at least two links extending between and pivotally connecting the hinge arm with the housing of which one link is pivota... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4319794 | Cabinet with a detachable door A cabinet with a glass door is formed by inserting into the top and bottom walls of the cabinet a hinge part composed of a bushing and two elastic members with projections. Inserted between these elastic members and secured against the bushing by them is ... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4312098 | Hinge for the doors of cabinets or the like The open front of the housing of a cabinet is flanked by a vertical strip having a front surface and a second surface adjacent to the open front and making with the front surface an angle of 90 degrees. The strip carries a door panel one vertical marginal... | 01/26/1982 |
