Drawer wall element and filler element for a drawer wall, and item of furniture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10117514-B2
Application number	US-201615183987-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 16, 2016
Priority date	Dec 20, 2013
Publication date	Nov 6, 2018
Grant date	Nov 6, 2018

Abstract

A drawer wall element for a drawer. A marginal section of a drawer base is insertable to form a drawer side wall that adjoins the drawer base. The drawer wall element comprises a wall profile part and a base-receiving profile part. The drawer wall element comprises a support surface, present on the base-receiving profile part, for providing underside support to the drawer base. The wall profile part comprises a chamber section having an inner wall sheet section and an outer wall sheet section. A filler element is inserted into the chamber section. The filler element comprises a spring element, which in an inserted state has a defined pretension.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A drawer wall element for a drawer, on which a marginal section of a drawer base is insertable in order to form a drawer side wall that adjoins the drawer base, the drawer wall element comprising: a wall profile part having a first end and a second end defining a length therebetween, an upper edge and a lower edge defining a height therebetween, an inner wall sheet section and an outer wall sheet section extending in a vertical direction and joined together at the upper edge, defining a chamber having a width between the inner wall sheet section and the outer wall sheet section, at least one base-receiving profile part, extending from the lower edge of the wall profile part at an angle normal to the wall profile part, having a support surface for providing underside support to the drawer base insertable on the drawer wall element, at least one filler element, the at least one filler element including at least one spring element, the at least one spring element being configured such that it bears pressingly in resilient contact against one of an inner side of the inner wall sheet section or an inner side of the outer wall sheet section, and
wherein the wall profile part and the base-receiving profile part are respectively shaped as separate and mutually matched components made from a sheet metal material and are connected to one another in mutual alignment to form the drawer wall element.

2. The drawer wall element as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one filler element is designed such that it is insertable into the wall profile part.

3. The drawer wall element as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one filler element is shaped such that in the inserted state it is resiliently supported against the base-receiving profile part.

4. The drawer wall element as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one filler element of the at least one filler element is provided on a drawer rear wall connection unit.

5. The drawer wall element as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one filler element of the at least one filler element is provided on a drawer front connection unit.

6. The drawer wall element as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a web section provided on the at least one base-receiving profile part, above and at a distance from the support surface, which, by a material bent-over section, connects to a bearing section which is angled off from the support surface in the upward direction.

7. The drawer wall element as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the web section bridges a distance between the outer wall sheet section and the inner wall sheet section.

8. The drawer wall element as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the at least one filler element is supported against the web section.

9. The drawer wall element as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one spring element comprises a spring bow.

10. The filler element for a drawer wall element as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one filler element is matched in shape to the chamber section of the wall profile part.

11. A furniture item having a drawer wall element according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Grass Gmbh

Inventors

• Karu Felix
• Koenig Matthias
• Kruijen Joseph

Classifications

• A47B88/941 Primary

  Drawers being constructed from two or more parts · CPC title

• A47B2210/094

  the side walls being metal · CPC title

• A47B2210/02

  Drawers with hollow lateral walls in two parts · CPC title

• A47B88/0014 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic