Drawer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10376053-B2
Application number	US-201414185992-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 21, 2014
Priority date	Aug 30, 2011
Publication date	Aug 13, 2019
Grant date	Aug 13, 2019

Abstract

A drawer includes having a drawer side wall, a drawer wall which is produced from a wood material, and having a fitting part ( 14 ) which is attached to one of the two end faces of the drawer wall and by which the drawer wall is connected to the drawer side wall. The drawer side wall has a recess for receiving the fitting part, and the drawer wall produced from the wood material, projects into the recess in the drawer side wall by way of that end face which is fitted with the fitting part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A drawer comprising:
a drawer side wall formed as a hollow-chamber profile member, the drawer side wall comprising an inner profile wall and an outer profile wall spaced apart from each other;
a drawer front wall;
a drawer rear wall made from a wood material;
a latching device arranged within the drawer side wall between the inner profile wall and the outer profile wall, the latching device being configured to releasably attach the drawer side wall to the drawer front wall; and
a fitment portion fixed to an end of the drawer rear wall to connect the drawer rear wall to the drawer side wall, the fitment portion having a plate-shaped fixing limb, the plate-shaped fixing limb having openings;
wherein the drawer side wall has elastically-deformable latching projections for engaging the fitment portion, each of the latching projections having a claw on an end thereof, the claw having an inclined surface and a shoulder portion;
wherein the drawer side wall has a recess for receiving the fitment portion, and the latching projections being arranged on the drawer side wall within the recess;
wherein the end of the drawer rear wall having the fitment portion fixed thereto projects into the recess of the drawer side wall so that the plate-shaped fixing limb is arranged entirely within the recess, the latching projections being configured to protrude through the openings of the fixing limb of the fitment portion and elastically-deform when the inclined surface of the claw of each of the latching projections contacts an edge of a respective one of the openings in the fitment portion, and to snap-engage the fitment portion when the elastically-deformable latching projections resiliently return to form after the claw passes through the respective one of the openings so that the shoulder portion of the claw of each of the latching projections rests against the rear surface of the fixing limb;
wherein the latching projections are arranged in pairs, each pair of latching projections having claws protruding in opposite directions such that the latching projections of each pair of latching projections elastically deform in opposite directions while the latching projections are inserted into the openings; and
wherein the height of the fitment portion is at least equal to the height of the drawer end wall.

2. The drawer according to claim 1 , wherein the fitment portion has a spacer leg configured so that, in the mounted condition, the spacer leg is completely accommodated within the recess.

3. The drawer according to claim 1 , wherein the openings in the fixing limb are spaced from the end of the drawer end wall by at least one spacer leg of the fitment portion.

4. The drawer according claim 1 , wherein the fitment portion has at least one fixing location for fixing the fitment portion to the drawer end wall.

5. The drawer according to claim 4 , wherein the fitment portion further has a tongue, the at least one fixing location being located on the tongue of the fitment portion.

6. The drawer according to claim 5 , wherein the fixing location is an opening configured to allow a screw to pass therethrough to allow the screw to penetrate into the drawer end wall.

7. The drawer according to claim 1 , wherein the fitment portion is substantially L-shaped, and an end region of the drawer end wall is received in the L-shaped fitment portion.

8. The drawer according to claim 1 , wherein the drawer rear wall extends transversely relative to the drawer side wall.

9. The drawer according to claim 1 , wherein the inner profile wall and the outer profile wall extend substantially parallel to each other.

10. The drawer according to claim 9 , wherein, in the assembled position, the fitment portion is between the inner profile wall and the outer profile wall.

11. The drawer according to claim 1 , wherein the recess in the drawer side wall is substantially U-shaped when viewed in plan view, the U-shaped recess being formed by two limbs extending transversely relative to the longitudinal direction of the drawer and a bar connecting the limbs.

12. The drawer according to claim 1 , further comprising a cover cap arranged at a rear end of the drawer side wall, the cover cap being connected in a positionally fixed relationship to the drawer side wall, a limb being formed on the cover cap.

13. An article of furniture comprising at least one drawer according to claim 1 .

14. The drawer according to claim 1 , wherein the fitment portion has a tongue extending in a longitudinal direction of the drawer end wall, the tongue having a fixing location for fixing the fitment portion to the drawer end wall.

15. The drawer according to claim 1 , wherein the fitment portion has at least one spacer leg extending orthogonally from the plate-shaped fixing limb towards a surface of the end of the drawer end wall so as to create a space between the surface of the end of the drawer end wall and the rear surface of the fixing limb, a distal end of the holding elements being received within the space.

16. The drawer according to claim 1 , wherein the latching projections are configured to elastically-deform as the latching projections are inserted into the respective one of the openings in one direction so as to snap-engage the fitment portion by movement in the one direction.

17. A drawer comprising:
a drawer side wall formed as a hollow-chamber profile member, the drawer side wall comprising an inner profile wall and an outer profile wall spaced apart from each other;
a drawer front wall;
a drawer rear wall made from a wood material;
a latching device arranged within the drawer side wall between the inner profile wall and the outer profile wall, the latching device being configured to releasably attach the drawer side wall to the drawer front wall; and
a fitment portion fixed to an end of the drawer rear wall to connect the drawer rear wall to the drawer side wall, the fitment portion having a plate-shaped fixing limb, the plate-shaped fixing limb having openings;
wherein the drawer side wall has elastically-deformable latching projections for engaging the fitment portion, each of the latching projections having a claw on an end thereof, the claw having an inclined surface and a shoulder portion;
wherein the drawer side wall has a recess for receiving the fitment portion, and the latching projections being arranged on the drawer side wall within the recess;
wherein the end of the drawer rear wall having the fitment portion fixed thereto projects into the recess of the drawer side wall so that the plate-shaped fixing limb is arranged entirely within the recess, the latching projections being configured to protrude through the openings of the fixing limb of the fitment portion and elastically-deform when the inclined surface of the claw of each of the latching projections contacts an edge of a respective one of the openings in the fitment portion, and to snap-engage the fitment portion when the elastically-deformable latching projections resiliently return to form after the claw passes through the respective one of the openings so that the shoulder portion of the claw of each of the latching projections rests against the rear surface of the fixing limb;
wherein the latching projections are arranged in pairs, each pair of latching projections having claws protruding in opposite directions such that the latching projections of each pair of latching projections elastically deform in opposite directions while the latching projections are inserted into the openings; and
wherein the fitment portion is subst

Assignees

• Blum Gmbh Julius

Inventors

• Schallert Thomas

Classifications

• A47B88/941 Primary

  Drawers being constructed from two or more parts · CPC title

• A47B88/40 Primary

  Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor · CPC title

• A47B2088/902

  Corner connectors for drawers · CPC title