IP Library Granted Patent US 8,220,882
Granted Patent B2
US 8,220,882 · App. 11/836,997 · Granted Jul 17, 2012

Device for locking a furniture part and furniture

Assignee: Grass GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,220,882
App. No.
11/836,997
Granted
Jul 17, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A piece of furniture and a device for locking a first furniture part in a closing position in relation to a second furniture part, wherein the lock can be overridden using a triggering process. Releasing means are provided that are operable to unlock the first furniture part from the closing position by an externally applied, predetermined triggering force on the first furniture part in the opening direction of the first furniture part relative to the second furniture part, if the triggering process does not override the lock.

Claims (29)

1. Device for locking a first furniture part in a closing position in relation to a second furniture part, wherein a lock can be overridden using a triggering process, said device comprising:

locking means disposed on a receiving part and operable to be released out of a locking position relative to the receiving part by the triggering process which includes application of an externally applied first triggering force in the closing direction of the first furniture part in order to unlock the first furniture part relative to the second furniture part; and

releasing means operable to unlock the first furniture part from the closing position by an externally applied, predetermined second triggering force on the first furniture part in an opening direction of the first furniture part relative to the second furniture part, if the triggering process does not override the lock and wherein the releasing means are designed such that when the predetermined second triggering force is applied to the first furniture part, the first furniture part is unlocked by means of a resettable triggering movement of the receiving part.

2. Device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the releasing means and the locking means are designed such that they can be reset by moving the first furniture part out of an unlocking position relative to the second furniture part into an initial position of the first furniture part relative to the second furniture part.

3. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the releasing means further comprise a detachable snap-on connection by means of which a receiving part is held in a latching position against a holding section.

4. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the releasing means further comprise a resilient latching element which cooperates with a counter-section adapted to fit the latching element.

5. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the releasing means further comprise a latching element which is moved together with a movement of a receiving part along a slide guide.

6. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the releasing means further comprise a connection to a shear element, which can shear off once the triggering force is applied.

7. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the releasing means are designed such that the second triggering force does not have a destructive effect on either of the locking means and the receiving part.

8. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the locking means further comprise a catch element, which can couple the first furniture part into a secure displacement position in order to achieve the locking position.

9. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the locking means further comprise a touch-latch arrangement.

10. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving part and the locking means can swivel about a common axis.

11. Piece of furniture comprising a device according to claim 1 .

12. Device for locking a first furniture part in a closing position in relation to a second furniture part, wherein a lock can be overridden using a triggering process, comprising:

locking means disposed on a receiving part and operable to be released out of a locking position relative to the receiving part by the triggering process which includes application of an externally applied first triggering force in the closing direction of the first furniture part in order to unlock the first furniture part relative to the second furniture part; and

releasing means operable to unlock the first furniture part from the closing position by an externally applied, predetermined second triggering force on the first furniture part in an opening direction of the first furniture part relative to the second furniture part, the releasing means further comprising a detachable snap-on connection, which can be unlatched using a swiveling movement and wherein the releasing means are designed such that when the predetermined second triggering force is applied to the first furniture part, the first furniture part is unlocked by means of a resettable triggering movement of the receiving part.

13. Piece of furniture comprising a device according to claim 12 .

14. Device according to claim 12 , wherein at least one of the releasing means and the locking means are designed such that they can be reset by moving the first furniture part out of an unlocking position relative to the second furniture part into an initial position of the first furniture part relative to the second furniture part.

15. Device according to claim 12 , further comprising a catch element coupled to the first furniture part and adapted to move with the first furniture part into a secure displacement position in order to achieve the locking position.

16. Device according to claim 12 , wherein the releasing means further comprise a resilient latching element which cooperates with a counter-section adapted to fit the latching element.

17. Device according to claim 12 , wherein the releasing means further comprise a latching element which is moved together with a movement of a receiving part along a slide guide.

18. Device according to claim 12 , wherein the releasing means are designed such that the second triggering force does not have a destructive effect on either of the locking means and the receiving part.

19. Device according to claim 12 , wherein the locking means further comprise a touch-latch arrangement.

20. Device according to claim 12 , wherein the receiving part and the locking means can swivel about a common axis.

21. A device for locking and unlocking a first furniture part in a closing position in relation to a second furniture part by a triggering process through an externally applied first triggering force in a closing direction of the first furniture part, the device comprising:

a locking element that can swivel about an axis;

a coupling element comprising a protrusion;

a catch element that receives and engages the protrusion such that upon the engaging of the protrusion and the catch element, the catch element can swivel about an axis into the closing position latched together with the locking element, wherein the locking element and the catch element can swivel about the same axis; and

releasing means operable to unlock the first furniture part from the closing position by an externally applied, predetermined second triggering force on the first furniture part in an opening direction of the first furniture part relative to the second furniture part, if the triggering process of the first furniture part does not override the lock.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2007
From: KROPF, PETER; SEEWALD, DIETER; SCHNEIDER, KLAUS
To: GRASS GMBH
Reel/Frame 019912/0124 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 20 2006 012 347 U · Aug 10, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
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