Solution:
The vertices of the rhombus are named K (K∈AE), L (L∈AB), M (M∈BD) and N (N∈DE). Let d(X,YZ) denote the distance of a point X from a line YZ. Because D and E lie on the respective angle bisectors, we have d(D,AB)=d(D,AC), d(E,AB)=d(E,BC) and d(D,BC)=d(E,AC)=0, from which d(D,AC)+d(D,BC)=d(D,AB) and d(E,AC)+d(E,BC)=d(E,AB) follow.
Because N lies on the segment DE and because in the equation d(X,AC)+d(X,BC)=d(X,AB), as X moves along the segment DE, all terms change only linearly, it follows

from the two relations above also for N:
d(N,AC)+d(N,BC)=d(N,AB)(1).
Using the notation of the figure, we have d(N,AC)=s⋅sinμ and d(N,BC)=s⋅sinv. Because the rhombus KLMN lies entirely in one of the half-planes with respect to AB, we obtain from its parallelogram property
d(N,AB)=d(N,AB)+d(L,AB)=d(K,AB)+d(M,AB)=s(sinδ+sinε).
With (1) it follows that sinμ+sinv=sinδ+sinε (2).
From the assumption φ>max(α,β), because of + = CKL = +, it would directly follow that μ=α−φ+δ<δ and analogously v<ε. Because KL∥MN, we have β=δ+v, hence δ<β<90∘. Similarly it follows that ε<90∘. Thus we obtain sinμ<sinδ and sinv<sinε, in contradiction to (2). Therefore φ≤max(α,β) holds.