# US 9,516,948 B2 · Touch-latch device for opening and holding a furniture opening component in a closed position > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,516,948 B2 - Document ID: US9516948B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/005,807 - Filed: 2012-03-20 - Published: 2014-01-02 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2011-03-22 - Assignees: Titus d.o.o. Dekani - Applicants: Carlo Migli - Inventors: Carlo Migli - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9516948B2 ## CPC - A47B 88/463: self-opening - E05C 19/022: {Released by pushing in the closing direction} - E05C 19/165: {released by pushing in the closing direction} - A47B: TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (furniture jointing F16B) - E05C: BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS (latching means for sideboard or tailgate structures for vehicles B62D, {B62D33/02}; fastening devices for constructional or engineering elements E04, F16B; locks, fastening devices structurally or operatively combined or having significant cooperation with locks E05B; means for operating or controlling wing fasteners in conjunction with mechanisms for moving the wing E05F) ## Abstract A touch-latch device used in furniture especially for initial opening of an opening furniture component, comprising a housing with an axially arranged groove, in which a push element is slidingly arranged, said element being actuated by a helical spring and controllable by a dual-position guide mechanism comprising a cam groove guide and an S-pin, wherein the device comprises a push element controlled by two dual-position guide mechanisms, wherein each cam groove guide of a dual-position guide mechanism is arranged on a lateral side of the push element and the S-pin is pivoted in the lateral wall of the groove of the housing, and that the push element is provided at its free end with a regulation plug arranged by means of a bolted joint, said plug being displaceable in axial direction, wherein the axial displacement of the regulation plug is limited by an arrester arranged therein. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A touch-latch device used in furniture especially for initial opening of an opening furniture component, such as drawers or doors, without handles, comprising a housing with an axially arranged groove having lateral walls, in which groove a push element is slidingly arranged and actuated by a helical spring, said push element having two mutually parallel lateral surfaces and being controlled by two dual-position guide mechanisms, wherein each of the two dual-position guide mechanisms is disposed on one lateral surface of the push element and including a cam groove guide and an S-pin, wherein each of the cam groove guides is arranged on one lateral side of the push element, and each of the S-pins is pivotally arranged within a recess of the lateral wall of the groove of the housing, wherein one leg of the S-pin is in a hole in said recess and the second leg of the S-pin extends into the interior of the groove of the housing and into the cam groove guide of the push element, and the push element being provided at a free end with a regulation plug arranged by a bolted joint, said plug being displaceable in an axial direction, wherein the axial displacement of the regulation plug is limited by an arrester arranged therein. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Touch-latch device according to claim 1, wherein the arrester is a double-sided riveted bolt of a predetermined length arranged in a through hole of a threaded extension and the regulation plug. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) Touch-latch device according to claim 1, wherein each S-pin is arranged within the hole in a way that the legs of both S-pins perpendicular thereto lie in a same plane that coincides with the axial plane of the device in an idle mode. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) Touch-latch device according to claim 1, wherein an additional element is arranged at a free end of the regulation plug, the additional element is a rubber plug to absorb noise upon impact. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) Touch-latch device according to claim 1, wherein an additional element is arranged at a free end of the regulation plug, the additional element is a magnet plug to prevent the furniture component from moving more than allowed by the touch-latch device. ### Claim 6 A touch-latch device used in furniture especially for initial opening of an opening furniture component, such as drawers or doors, without handles, comprising a housing with an axially arranged groove having lateral walls, in which groove a push element is slidingly arranged and actuated by a helical spring, said push element having two mutually parallel lateral surfaces and being controlled by two dual-position guide mechanisms wherein each of the dual-position guide mechanisms is disposed on one lateral surface of the push element and including a cam groove guide and an S-pin, wherein each one of cam groove guides is arranged on one lateral side of the push element, and each of the S-pins is pivotally arranged within a recess of the lateral wall of the groove of the housing, wherein one leg of the S-pin is in a hole in said recess and the second leg of the S-pin extends into the interior of the groove of the housing and into the cam groove guide of the push element. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) Touch-latch device according to claim 6, wherein said push element is provided at a free end with a regulation plug displaceable in an axial direction by an arrester arranged therein. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) Touch-latch device according to claim 6, wherein the arrester is arranged in a through hole of a threaded extension of the push element and the regulation plug. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) Touch-latch device according to claim 8, wherein each S-pin is arranged within the hole in a way that the legs of both S-pins perpendicular thereto lie in a same plane that coincides with an axial plane of the device in an idle mode. ### Claim 10 A touch-latch device used in furniture especially for initial opening of an opening furniture component, such as drawers or doors, without handles, comprising a housing with an axially arranged groove, in which groove a push element is slidingly arranged and actuated by a helical spring and controllable by two dual-position guide mechanisms including a cam groove guide and an S-pin, wherein each cam groove guide of each of the two dual-position guide mechanisms is arranged on each lateral side of the push element and each S-pin is pivoted in each of the lateral walls of the groove of the housing, and the push element being provided at a free end with a regulation plug arranged by a bolted joint, said plug being displaceable in an axial direction, wherein the axial displacement of the regulation plug is limited by an arrester arranged therein, the arrester being a double-sided riveted bolt of a predetermined length arranged in a through hole of a threaded extension and the regulation plug.