# US 2019/0316396 A1 · Connector and furniture part > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0316396 A1 - Document ID: US20190316396A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/385,342 - Filed: 2019-04-16 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Earliest claimed: 2018-04-17 - Assignees: Grass GmbH - Applicants: Grass GmbH - Inventors: Boris Kruedener; Sebastian Lautenschlaeger - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190316396A1 ## CPC - E05D 5/02: Parts for attachment, e.g. flaps - E05D 5/0215: {for attachment to profile members or the like} - E05D 1/00: Pinless hinges; Substitutes for hinges - E05D 5/0276: {for attachment to cabinets or furniture, the hinge having two or more pins (E05D5/046, E05D5/065, E05D7/125 take precedence)} - E05D 11/0054: {Covers, e.g. for protection} - E06B 5/006: {for furniture (E06B3/00, E06B9/115 take precedence)} - F16B 12/40: Joints for furniture tubing - F16B 12/50: Metal corner connections - E05D 15/40: supported on arms movable in vertical planes - E05D 2003/163: {Horizontal pivot-axis} - E05F 1/12: Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by springs - E05Y 2600/10: Adjustable - E05Y 2600/312: Horizontal motion - E05Y 2600/314: Vertical motion - E05Y 2900/20: for furniture, e.g. cabinets - E05D: HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS (pivotal connections in general F16C11/00) - E06B: FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D25/10; skylights E04B7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F10/00) - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) - E05F: DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING - E05Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF ## Abstract A connector by way of which two frame elements of a frame of a furniture part can be connected, wherein the connector includes a corner-connecting mechanism for connecting respective end portions of the two frame elements in a corner region of the furniture-part frame. An attachment portion for attachment to a pivoting device is integrated on the corner-connecting mechanism, wherein the furniture part can be accommodated on a basic structure of a piece of furniture such that it can be pivoted by means of the pivoting device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A connector, by way of which two frame elements of a frame of a furniture part can be connected, wherein the connector comprises a corner-connecting mechanism for connecting respective end portions of the two frame elements in a corner region of the frame, wherein an attachment portion for attachment to a pivoting device is integrated on the corner-connecting mechanism, wherein the furniture part can be accommodated on a basic structure of a piece of furniture such that it can be pivoted by means of the pivoting device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the attachment portion is fitted in a releasable manner on the corner-connecting mechanism. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the corner-connecting mechanism comprises a main body, on which the attachment portion is accommodated. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The connector as claimed in claim 3, wherein the attachment portion is fitted on a side of the main body that is oriented parallel to an inner side of the frame. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The connector as claimed in claim 3, wherein the main body comprises a first elongate arm and a second elongate arm, wherein the first elongate arm is oriented at an angle to the second elongate arm. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the corner-connecting mechanism is configured to be accommodated in an inner volume of the two frame elements of the frame. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the attachment portion comprises two projecting contact portions on the corner-connecting mechanism. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The connector as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an adjuster, for adjusting the height position and/or lateral position of the attachment portion, present on the corner-connecting mechanism. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The connector as claimed in claim 8, wherein the adjuster comprises a screw-connection element, which can be screwed into the main body and engages through a guide portion in the attachment portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The connector as claimed in claim 8, wherein the attachment portion is designed in the form of an elongate angular element with two limbs located at an angle to one another, wherein a first limb of the angular element has two projecting contact portions, and the adjuster is active on a second limb of the angular element. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A furniture part having a frame, which is formed from at least two frame elements and surrounds a surface-area region of the furniture part, wherein the frame elements are connected by a connector as claimed in claim 1. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The furniture part as claimed in claim 11, wherein the frame elements have hollow-profile portions, wherein the connection of the frame elements by the connector is established in the region of the hollow-profile portions. ### Claim 13 (depends on 4) The connector as claimed in claim 4, wherein the frame is formed by the frame elements. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The connector as claimed in claim 9, wherein the guide portion is a slot.