IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,733,733
Granted Patent B2
US 12,733,733 · App. 18/843,477 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Furniture or household appliance element

Inventors: Christian Koptik (Gütersloh, DE); Thomas Schäfer (Kirchlengern, DE); Waldemar Petker (Bünde, DE); Sören Klüter (Bad Oeynhausen, DE)
Assignee: Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG
A47B49/00A47B81/002
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Patent No.
US 12,733,733
App. No.
18/843,477
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A furniture or household appliance element has a guide bearing arranged between the top support plate and the top plate or between the base support plate and the base plate. The guide bearing has a guide cam track and a guide element guided in the guide cam track and a linear guide with connecting parts which are displaceable relative to one another in a direction of translation. At least one end stop is arranged between the top support plate or the top plate or between the base support plate or the base plate.

Claims (22)

1 . A furniture or household appliance element comprising:

a carrier body having a base support plate and a top support plate;

a body part mounted to simultaneously translationally and rotationally move relative to the carrier body, wherein the body part has a base plate, a top plate, and at least one side wall;

a guide bearing arranged between the top support plate and the top plate or arranged between the base support plate and the base plate, wherein the guide bearing has at least one guide cam track and a guide element guided in the at least one guide cam track, wherein the at least one guide cam track and the guide element are arranged on mutually facing surfaces of the top support plate and the top plate or on mutually facing surfaces of the base support plate and the base plate, wherein the guide bearing further comprises a linear guide with connecting parts displaceable relative to one another in a direction of translation, wherein

one of the connecting parts is arranged on the top support plate or the top plate and another of the connecting parts is mounted on the other of the top support plate or the top plate by a pivot bearing, or

the one of the connecting parts is arranged on the base support plate or the base plate and the another of the connecting parts is mounted on the other of the base support plate or the base plate by a pivot bearing; and

at least one end stop is arranged between the top support plate and the top plate or between the base support plate and the base plate, wherein the at least one end stop has an adjusting element configured to adjust a stop position.

2 . The furniture or household appliance element of claim 1 , wherein the at least one end stop is arranged on the at least one guide cam track or on the linear guide.

3 . The furniture or household appliance element of claim 1 , wherein the linear guide is a pull-out guide with a guide rail arranged on the top support plate or on the top plate and at least one running rail displaceably mounted on the top support plate or on the top plate, wherein the at least one end stop is arranged on the guide rail, wherein in one end position of the body part the at least one end stop bears against a counter stop on the other of the top support plate or the top plate.

4 . The furniture or household appliance element of 3 , wherein the guide rail of the linear guide is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation perpendicular to the top support plate or to the top plate on a housing section of the at least one guide cam track.

5 . The furniture or household appliance element of claim 3 , wherein the at least one guide cam track is connected to the top plate of the body part and the at least one running rail of the linear guide is connected to the top support plate of the carrier body.

6 . The furniture or household appliance element of claim 3 , further comprising:

a connecting plate, on which the guide element projecting into the at least one guide cam track and the counter stop are arranged, fastened to the at least one running rail of the linear guide.

7 . The furniture or household appliance element of claim 6 , wherein the counter stop is a web bent out of the connecting plate and projecting into a guide track formed on the guide rail.

8 . The furniture or household appliance element of claim 7 , wherein the at least one end stop is a spring plate strip with a stop surface projecting into the guide track.

9 . The furniture or household appliance element of claim 3 , wherein the at least one end stop or a further end stop is arranged at one end of the at least one guide cam track, wherein the at least one end stop or the further end stop abuts against the guide element in an end position of the body part.

10 . The furniture or household appliance element of claim 3 , wherein the at least one end stop is resilient or damped.

11 . The furniture or household appliance element of claim 3 , wherein the at least one end stop is a rigid stop.

12 . The furniture or household appliance element of claim 1 , wherein the at least one end stop has a pivotable stop body with a stop head, an adjusting element receptacle, and an adjusting element that is pivotably arranged on the at least one guide cam track to adjust the pivotable stop body.

13 . The furniture or household appliance element of claim 12 , wherein the at least one end stop has a securing element fastened to the stop body and to the at least one guide cam track.

14 . The furniture or household appliance element of claim 1 , wherein the at least one end stop has a stop body that is rotatable about an axis of rotation and has an outer contour with at least two stop sections with unequal radial spacing from the axis of rotation in a circumferential direction.

15 . The furniture or household appliance element of claim 14 , wherein the at least one end stop is rotatably held on a holder fastened to the at least one guide cam track, wherein latching elements configured to position the stop body in at least one defined stop position are provided on the holder and the stop body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2024
From: KOPTIK, CHRISTIAN; SCHÄFER, THOMAS; PETKER, WALDEMAR; KLÜTER, SÖREN
To: PAUL HETTICH GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 068985/0496 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2022 105 122.6 · Mar 4, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250185804A1 · Jun 12, 2025
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