Cabinet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10104959-B2
Application number	US-201515531929-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2015
Priority date	Dec 1, 2014
Publication date	Oct 23, 2018
Grant date	Oct 23, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a cabinet adapted to be suspended from vertically oriented carrier elements (11, 13), provided with slots (15). The cabinet has a top (3) and bottom panels (5), as well as first and second side panels (7,9). The side panels comprise rear connector elements (31) for connecting to carrier element slots at the rear of the cabinet, and the top panel comprise connector elements (33) connecting the front corners of the top panel to the front end of a side panel. Thereby a cabinet can be readily assembled by an end user.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cabinet comprising
a top panel with front corners;
a bottom panel; and
first and second side panels;
wherein
the cabinet is adapted to be suspended from vertically oriented carrier elements, which are provided with slots;
each of the first and second side panels comprises rear connector elements for connecting to carrier element slots; and
the top panel comprises connector elements connecting the front corners of the top panel to front ends of the first and second side panels;
wherein the top panel and the bottom panel each have upstanding side and rear portions and rear connectors for connecting to the carrier element slots.

2. A cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second side panels are made of sheet metal, and the rear connector elements comprise hooks punched from the sheet metal.

3. A cabinet according to claim 2 , wherein front edges of the first and second side panels comprise U-shaped folds.

4. A cabinet according to claim 2 , wherein each of the first and second side panels comprise flanges directed towards a center line of the cabinet and extending under a bottom surface of the bottom panel.

5. A cabinet according to claim 4 , wherein the top and bottom panels are identical units.

6. A cabinet according to claim 2 , further comprising guiding profiles attached to the top and bottom panels for guiding sliding doors.

7. A cabinet according to claim 1 , further comprising guiding profiles attached to the top and bottom panels for guiding sliding doors.

8. A cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the top panel is made of sheet metal and reinforced with a board.

9. A cabinet according to claim 1 , further comprising a back panel adapted to be attached to the carrier elements.

10. A cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the top and bottom panels are identical units.

11. A cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the top panel and the bottom panel are each formed of a single sheet of metal punched to form the connectors and folded to form the side and rear portions.

12. A cabinet comprising
a top panel with front corners;
a bottom panel; and
first and second side panels;
wherein
the cabinet is adapted to be suspended from vertically oriented carrier elements, which are provided with slots;
the each of the first and second side panels comprises rear connector elements for connecting to carrier element slots; and
the top panel comprises connector elements connecting the front corners of the top panel to front ends of the first and second side panels;
wherein the top panel's connector elements comprise clips which are adapted to be attached to the top panel.

13. A cabinet according to claim 12 , wherein the first and second side panels are made of sheet metal and have front edges comprising U-shaped folds, and the clips have a portion adapted to be inserted into said U-shaped folds.

14. A cabinet according to claim 13 , wherein the rear connector elements comprise hooks punched from the sheet metal.

15. A cabinet according to claim 14 , wherein the first and second side panels comprise flanges directed towards a center line of the cabinet and extending under a bottom surface of the bottom panel.

16. A cabinet according to claim 12 , further comprising guiding profiles attached to the top and bottom panels for guiding sliding doors.

17. A cabinet according to claim 12 , wherein the top and bottom panels are identical units.

18. A cabinet comprising
a top panel with front corners;
a bottom panel; and
first and second side panels;
wherein,
the cabinet is adapted to be suspended from vertically oriented carrier elements, which are provided with slots;
each of the first and second side panels comprises rear connector elements for connecting to carrier element slots; and
the top panel comprises connector elements connecting front corners of the top panel to front ends of the first and second side panels;
the first and second side panels are made of sheet metal, and the rear connector elements comprise hooks punched from the sheet metal;
the top panel's connector elements comprise clips which are adapted to be attached to the top panel and cooperate with the first and second side panels; and
the first and second side panels comprise flanges directed towards a center line of the cabinet and extending under a bottom surface of the bottom panel.

19. A cabinet according to claim 18 , wherein the top and bottom panels are identical units.

20. A cabinet according to claim 18 , further comprising guiding profiles attached to the top and bottom panels for guiding sliding doors.

21. A cabinet according to claim 18 , wherein the top panel is made of sheet metal and reinforced with a board.

Assignees

• Elfa Int Ab

Inventors

• Nilsson Peter
• Henriksson Rolf

Classifications

• A47B57/16

  consisting of hooks coacting with openings (ladder type A47B57/12) · CPC title

• F16B12/50

  Metal corner connections · CPC title

• A47B47/025 Primary

  with panels connected together without three dimensional frames (A47B47/0025, A47B47/005, A47B47/0066, A47B47/042 take precedence) · CPC title

• A47F5/103

  Display shelving racks with the uprights aligned in only one plane · CPC title

• E05D15/06

  for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane · CPC title