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Device for controlling the movement of a moveable furniture part, and a piece of furniture having a device such as this

US7816880B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Grass GmbH · AT
Kuester Automotive Door Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

Holger Wenzel · Gettorf, DE
Helmut Wetschko · Götzis, AT
Carmelo Gutierrez · Ehringshausen, DE
Steffen Medebach · Wetzlar, DE
Frank Oberpichler · Gießen, DE
Jürgen Zipp · Solms, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 2, 2008
Grant date	Oct 19, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 2, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA47B88/53
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for controlling the movement of a moveable furniture part which can be moved, in a driven manner, relative to a stationary furniture part by means of a drive unit via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the moveable furniture part. According to the invention, the monitoring unit can be operated in an operating mode and in a configuration mode, with the monitoring unit being designed to use additional means to enter a configuration mode in which the device can be configured. In addition, the invention relates to a piece of furniture having a device such as this.

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