Device for controlling a movement of furniture parts which can be moved with respect to one another, and piece of furniture

US7812561B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Grass GmbH · AT
• Kuester Automotive Door Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Harald Hagen · Creußen, DE
• Thomas Nussbaumer · Zug, CH
• Holger Wenzel · Gettorf, DE
• Carmelo Gutierrez · Ehringshausen, DE
• Steffen Medebach · Wetzlar, DE
• Jürgen Zipp · Solms, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 3, 2008
• Grant date: Oct 12, 2010
• Expiry date: Oct 3, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47B88/53
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A device for controlling the movement of furniture parts which can be moved with respect to one another, using a drive unit by means of which a first furniture part can be moved in a driven manner relative to a second furniture part via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the first furniture part, in which case the monitoring unit is designed such that, after starting up, the monitoring unit operates in accordance with a monitoring program for monitoring the movement of the first furniture part, with selection means being provided by means of which an alternative selection program can be activated, instead of the monitoring program, in order to monitor the movement of the first furniture part. The invention also relates to a piece of furniture including the device.