IP Library Granted Patent US 12,480,347
Granted Patent B2
US 12,480,347 · App. 18/832,226 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Mechanism of movement of an upward-tilting door

Inventor: Antonio Giovannetti (Segrate, IT)
E05F1/1261E05Y2201/688E05Y2900/20
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Patent No.
US 12,480,347
App. No.
18/832,226
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Mechanism for moving a furniture item door with an upward-tilting opening, the mechanism being contained in a box having two half-shells, and including a hinge with five points (P 1 , P 2 , P 3 , P 4 , P 5 ), having three levers (L 1 , L 2 , L 3 ), the levers (L 1 , L 2 ) are articulated one with the other at the fulcrum point (P 2 ), arranged in one of their intermediate zones, lever (L 2 ) is articulated at one of its end in the fulcrum point (P 3 ) to one end of the lever (L 3 ), the other end is articulated to the door in the point (P 4 ), one end of lever (L 1 ) is articulated to the door at the point (P 5 ), while the other end of lever (L 1 ) carries a pin sliding in a track formed in the box, lever (L 2 ) being likewise articulated to the box in the fulcrum point (P 1 ), around which it rotates during the movement of the door.

Claims (10)

1 . A mechanism configured for moving a furniture item door with an upward-tilting opening, configured for being arranged on or within a side of a furniture item, said mechanism comprising a box comprising two half-shells ( 9 A, 9 B), and comprising a hinge (C) contained in the box, the hinge comprising a first fulcrum point (P 1 ), a second fulcrum point (P 2 ), a third fulcrum point (P 3 ), a fourth fulcrum point (P 4 ), a fifth fulcrum point (P 5 ), a first lever (L 1 ), a second lever (L 2 ), and a third lever (L 3 ), the first and second levers (L 1 , L 2 ) are articulated to one another at the second fulcrum point (P 2 ), arranged in an intermediate zone of one of the first and second levers (L 1 , L 2 ), the second lever (L 2 ) is articulated at a first end at the third fulcrum point (P 3 ) to a first end of the third lever (L 3 ), an opposite end of the third lever (L 3 ) is articulated to the door at the fourth fulcrum point (P 4 ), a first end of the first lever (L 1 ) is articulated to the door at the fifth fulcrum point (P 5 ), an opposite end of the first lever (L 1 ) carries a pin sliding in a track formed in the box, the second lever (L 2 ) being articulated to the box at the first fulcrum point (P 1 ), around which the second lever rotates during movement of the door;

wherein said second lever (L 2 ) acts directly or indirectly on a cam profile of a linear slider, subjected to a direct action of elastic means generating a force that opens the mechanism and therefore supports a weight of the door, in a last phase of closing of the door said cam profile causes an inversion of a thrust of the elastic means which makes the door close automatically; and

wherein a damper is provided in said box which is actuated during closing of the door by one of said first and second levers (L 1 , L 2 ).

2 . The mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein said second lever (L 2 ) carries at a free end opposite the first end of the second lever, a roller which acts on said cam profile of the linear slider.

3 . The mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein said second lever (L 2 ) carries at a second end a second pin fulcrumed at one end of a fourth lever ( 20 ), an opposite end of the fourth lever is articulated at a sixth fulcrum point (P 6 ) formed on a push rod fulcrumed at a first end to rotate at a centre of rotation formed on the box and carrying at an opposite end a roller that acts on said cam profile of the linear slider.

4 . The mechanism according to claim 3 , wherein a linear or curvilinear slot is formed on the second lever (L 2 ) in which said second pin is housed, said second pin is free to slide simultaneously in the linear or curvilinear slot of the second lever and in a second slot formed in the box and fixed with respect to the side of the furniture item.

5 . The mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein said elastic means are compression springs abutting a regulator, a position of said regulator is adjustable by means of a screw to vary the compression of the springs and therefore the force generated by the compression springs.

6 . The mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein said fourth and fifth fulcrum points of articulation of the third and first levers (L 3 , L 1 ) of the hinge (C) to the door are provided in an attachment fixable to the door.

7 . The mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein said damper is in an inclined position with respect to the horizontal and is actuated during the closing of the door by a protuberance formed on said first lever (L 1 ).

8 . The mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein said damper is in a horizontal position, on a bottom of the box, and is actuated during the closing of the door by said second lever (L 2 ), which by rotating clockwise impacts on the damper or on a slider connected to the damper.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2024
From: GIOVANNETTI, ANTONIO
To: EFFEGI BREVETTI S.R.L.
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Priority Claims (1)
IT 102022000001286 · Jan 26, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250101788A1 · Mar 27, 2025
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