Filing Information

Inventor(s)	Edgar Huber ·
Assignee(s)	Julius BLUM Gesellschaft m.b.H. ·  View assignee updates
Attorney/Agent(s)	Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P. ·
Primary Examiner	Flemming Saether ·
Application Number	US10070685
Filing date	03/08/2002
PCT 371 date	03/08/2002
Issue date	03/30/2004
Predicted expiration date	03/08/2022
U.S. Classifications	411/71  · 403/282  · 411/806  · 411/15  ·
International Classifications	--
Kind Code	B1
International Classifications	411 71- 74 · 411 49- 51 · 403315-318 · 411 15 · 411 44 · 411 55 · 411 571 · 411 601 · 411 805 · 411 806 · 403282 · 16383 ·
PCT Application Number	WO20PCTAT0000277 - 10/25/2000
PCT Publication Number	WO200133088 - 05/10/2001
Foreign Priority	AT185299 - 11/04/1999 ·

Patent Family

Abstract

A fitting to be removably fastened to a furniture part includes a body, at least one expanding plug anchored in the body, and a pin-shaped expansion part. The body has a projecting supporting throat to protrude into a cavity in the furniture part. The supporting throat has at least one recess into which a projection on the expanding plug extends.

Independent Claims | See all claims (20)

1. 1. A fitting to be removably fastened to a furniture part, comprising: a body to lie on a surface of the furniture part; an expanding plug to be anchored to said body and having a projection, said expanding plug being shaped so as to be inserted into a bore of the furniture part; an elongated expansion part to be inserted into said expanding plug, said expansion part to protrude through an aperture in said body; and a supporting throat projecting from said body and being shaped so as to protrude into the bore of the furniture part, said supporting throat having a base end connected to said body and having a distal end opposite said base end, said supporting throat further having a recess extending in an axial direction of said supporting throat from said distal end toward said base end, said recess being shaped to receive said projection of said expanding plug.
2. 13. A fitting to be removably fastened to a furniture part, comprising: a body to lie on a surface of the furniture part; an expanding plug to be anchored to said body and having a pair of projections, said expanding plug being shaped so as to be inserted into a bore of the furniture part; an elongated expansion part to be inserted into said expanding plug, said expansion part to protrude through an aperture in said body; and a supporting throat projecting from said body and being shaped so as to protrude into the bore of the furniture part, said supporting throat having a base end connected to said body and having a distal end opposite said base end, said supporting throat further having two recesses diametrically opposite one another, each of said pair of projections projecting into a corresponding one of said first recess and said second recess.