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Granted Patent B2
US 12,612,816 · App. 18/208,986 · Granted Apr 28, 2026

Guide system for guiding at least one door leaf relative to a furniture body

Inventor: André Hammerer (Alberschwende, AT)
Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
E05F1/1253E05D15/581E05D2015/586E05Y2600/456E05Y2600/50E05Y2900/212
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Patent No.
US 12,612,816
App. No.
18/208,986
Granted
Apr 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A guide system for guiding a door wing relative to a furniture carcass, the guide system including a guide configured to guide the door wing along a sidewall of the furniture carcass, and a carrier movably supported along the guide, the door wing being supportable on the carrier over a pivoting path between a first position and a second position. A drive device is arranged on the carrier or on a mounting member to be fixed to the carrier, and the door wing connected to the carrier in a mounted condition can be driven at least in a partial section of the pivoting path into the first position and/or into the second position by the drive device.

Claims (48)

1 . A guide system for guiding at least one door wing relative to a furniture carcass, the guide system comprising:

a first guide configured to guide the at least one door wing along a sidewall of the furniture carcass; and

a carrier movably supported along the first guide, the at least one door wing being supportable on the carrier over a pivoting path between a first position and a second position,

wherein a drive device is arranged on the carrier or on a mounting member fixed to the carrier, and the at least one door wing is configured to be connected to the carrier in a mounted condition so as to be driven at least in a partial section of the pivoting path into the first position or into the second position by the drive device,

wherein the drive device includes a first fitting portion fixed to the carrier or to the mounting member, and a second fitting portion configured to be fixed to the at least one door wing, wherein the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion are pivotally connected to each other,

wherein the drive device includes a force storage member configured to drive the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion of the drive device relative to one another into the first position or into the second position, and wherein the force storage member is arranged directly on the first fitting portion.

2 . The guide system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first fitting portion of the drive device includes at least one fastening location for fixing to the carrier or for fixing to the mounting member, the at least one fastening location having a linear guide configured to displaceably support the drive device along the carrier or along the mounting member.

3 . The guide system according to claim 2 , wherein the drive device includes a transmission mechanism for transmitting a force of the force storage member to the second fitting portion.

4 . The guide system according to claim 2 , wherein the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion of the drive device are pivotally connected to one another via at least two levers, the at least two levers being hingedly connected to one another.

5 . The guide system according to claim 4 , wherein the drive device includes a cover configured to at least partially cover at least one shearing gap formed between the at least two levers.

6 . The guide system according to claim 2 , wherein the second fitting portion of the drive device includes at least one fastening location for fixing to the at least one door wing.

7 . The guide system according to claim 2 , wherein the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion of the drive device are pivotally connected to one another via at least one hinge axis, and wherein at least one of the first and second fitting portions includes at least two partial members mutually spaced part from each other along the at least one hinge axis.

8 . The guide system according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one hinge axis of the drive device extends substantially vertically in a mounted condition on the carrier.

9 . The guide system according to claim 2 , further comprising at least one furniture hinge, separate from the drive device, for moving the at least one door wing, wherein the drive device and the at least one furniture hinge are arranged on the mounting member, and wherein the mounting member is releasably connected to the carrier.

10 . The guide system according to claim 2 , wherein the mounting member is configured as a longitudinally extending profile rail.

11 . An arrangement comprising:

the guide system according to claim 2 ; and

at least one furniture hinge, the at least one furniture hinge being arranged on the carrier and being separate from the drive device,

wherein the drive device includes a first hinge axis and the at least one furniture hinge includes a second hinge axis, and wherein the first hinge axis of the drive device and the second hinge axis of the at least one furniture hinge extend coaxially in a mounted condition on the carrier.

12 . An item of furniture comprising:

a furniture carcass;

at least one door wing movable relative to the furniture carcass; and

the guide system according to claim 2 for moving the at least one door wing relative to the furniture carcass.

13 . The item of furniture according to claim 12 , wherein the at least one door wing is movable by the guide system between a first position, in which the at least one door wing is aligned substantially parallel to the sidewall of the furniture carcass, and a second position, in which the at least one door wing is aligned substantially at a right angle to the sidewall of the furniture carcass.

14 . The guide system according to claim 2 , wherein the force storage member includes a helical spring.

15 . The guide system according to claim 14 , wherein the helical spring is a compression spring.

16 . The guide system according to claim 3 , wherein the transmission mechanism includes at least one pressure portion and at least one setting contour, and the at least one pressure portion can be displaceably supported on the at least one setting contour upon a relative movement of the first and second fitting portions to one another.

17 . The guide system according to claim 16 , wherein the at least one pressure portion:

is movable along a second guide; or

is configured to be rotationally symmetrical; or

is configured as a rotatable roller; or

is arranged on a longitudinally extending pin.

18 . The guide system according to claim 17 , wherein the at least one pressure portion is movable along the second guide, and the second guide is an elongated hole.

19 . The guide system according to claim 5 , wherein the cover includes at least one recess for partially receiving at least one lever of the at least two levers.

20 . The guide system according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one fastening location of the second fitting portion includes at least one hole for fixing to the at least one door wing.

21 . The guide system according to claim 7 , wherein at least one lever connecting the first and second fitting portions to one another can be partially received between the at least two partial members of the at least one of the first and second fitting portions in at least one relative position.

22 . The guide system according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one furniture hinge comprises a plurality of furniture hinges, and all furniture hinges of the plurality of furniture hinges are arranged on the mounting member.

23 . The guide system according to claim 9 , wherein the mounting member is connected to the carrier in a direction extending transversely to a longitudinal direction of the carrier.

24 . The arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one door wing is configured to be driven relative to the carrier exclusively by the drive device, and the at least one furniture hinge does not have a force storage member for driving the at least one door wing.

25 . A guide system for guiding at least one door wing relative to a furniture carcass, the guide system comprising:

a first guide configured to guide the at least one door wing along a sidewall of the furniture carcass; and

a carrier movably supported along the first guide, the at least one door wing being supportable on the carrier over a pivoting path between a first position and a second position,

wherein a drive device is arranged on the carrier or on a mounting member fixed to the carrier, and the at least one door wing is configured to be connected to the carrier in a mounted condition so as to be driven at least in a partial section of the pivoting path into the first position or into the second position by the drive device,

wherein the drive device includes a first fitting portion fixed to the carrier or to the mounting member, and a second fitting portion configured to be fixed to the at least one door wing, wherein the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion are pivotally connected to each other,

wherein the drive device includes a force storage member configured to drive the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion of the drive device relative to one another into the first position or into the second position,

wherein the drive device includes a transmission mechanism for transmitting a force of the force storage member to the second fitting portion, the transmission mechanism including at least one pressure portion and at least one setting contour, and the at least one pressure portion can be displaceably supported on the at least one setting contour upon a relative movement of the first and second fitting portions to one another, and

wherein the at least one pressure portion is movable along an elongated hole of a second guide, and wherein an entire circumference of the elongated hole is closed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2023
From: HAMMERER, ANDRÉ
To: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
Reel/Frame 064084/0534 →
Priority Claims (1)
AT A 51107/2020 · Dec 17, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTAT2021060477 · Dec 14, 2021
Related Publication 20230323721A1 · Oct 12, 2023
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