Front adjustment system for leveling feet for furniture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11096489-B2
Application number	US-201816479923-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2018
Priority date	Feb 15, 2017
Publication date	Aug 24, 2021
Grant date	Aug 24, 2021

Abstract

A compact front adjustment system for leveling feet for furniture (M) with a bottom (12) and shoulders (11), comprising: at least two front feet, a right foot (13d) and a left foot (13s) and at least two rear feet, a right foot (14d) and a left foot (14s), wherein each of said rear feet (14d,14s) comprises an adjustment mechanism in height, which is accessible from outside the foot through respective holes (21d,21s) and which can be maneuvered by means of a maneuvering tool (18). According to the invention, a respective supporting and guiding unit (17d,17s; 22; 25) for said maneuvering tool (18) is provided in combination with said rear feet (14d,14s), said unit being assembled on said bottom (12) of the furniture (M) in an intermediate position between said front feet (13d,13s) according to an axis X which is aligned with said holes (21d,21s) for access to the adjustment mechanism in height of the respective rear foot (14d,14s).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A compact front adjustment system for leveling feet for furniture (M) with a bottom ( 12 ) and shoulders ( 11 ), comprising:
a front right foot ( 13 d ) and a front left foot ( 13 s ) and a rear tight foot ( 14 d ), a rear left foot ( 14 s ), and at least one supporting and guiding unit ( 17 d , 17 s ; 22 ; 25 );
wherein each of said rear feet ( 14 d , 14 s ) comprises an adjustment mechanism in height, which is accessible from outside the foot through respective holes ( 21 d , 21 s ) and which is maneuvered by a maneuvering tool ( 18 );
wherein a supporting and guiding unit ( 17 d , 17 s ; 22 ; 25 ) is assembled on said bottom ( 12 ) of the furniture (M) in an intermediate position between said front feet ( 13 d , 13 s ),
wherein said supporting and guiding unit ( 17 d , 17 s ; 22 ; 25 ) has a plurality of pass-through holes ( 20 d , 20 s ; 24 d , 24 s ; 27 ) each having a longitudinal symmetry axis that coincides and aligned with a symmetry axis X of one of the holes ( 21 d , 21 s ) of one of the rear feet for allowing said maneuvering tool ( 18 ) to access to the respective adjustment mechanism in a height of the respective rear foot ( 14 d , 14 s ) via the intermediate position between said front feet ( 13 d , 13 s ), wherein the intermediate position is limited to an area close to a front edge of the bottom ( 12 ) of the furniture (M) and is not constrained to said front feet ( 13 d , 13 s ): wherein said supporting and guiding elements ( 19 d , 19 s ; 23 ; 26 ) is shaped as a parallelepiped/prismatic dowel.

2. The compact front adjustment system according to claim 1 , wherein said supporting and guiding unit consists of a pair of elements ( 19 d , 19 s ) fixed to the bottom ( 12 ) and each provided with a pass-through hole ( 20 d , 20 s ) from the plurality of pass-through holes.

3. The compact front adjustment system according to claim 1 , wherein said supporting and guiding unit consists of a single element ( 23 ) fixed to the bottom ( 12 ) of the furniture and provided with a pair of crossed pass-through holes ( 24 d , 24 s ).

4. The compact front adjustment system according to claim 1 , wherein said supporting and guiding unit consists of an element ( 26 ) that is moved between two operating positions, a first position in which said axis (X) is aligned with a first hole ( 21 d ) from the plurality of pass-through holes for access to the maneuvering mechanism of the right rear foot ( 14 d ), and a second position in which said axis (X) is aligned with a second hole ( 21 s ) from the plurality of pass-through holes for access to the maneuvering mechanism of the left rear foot ( 14 s ).

5. The compact front adjustment system according to claim 4 , wherein said element ( 26 ) is hinged in ( 28 ) to a base ( 29 ) fixed to the bottom ( 12 ).

Assignees

• Leonardo Srl

Inventors

• Cattaneo Carlo

Classifications

• A47B91/02 Primary

  Adjustable feet (self-levelling A47B91/16) · CPC title

• A47B91/028 Primary

  Means for rotational adjustment on a non-rotational foot · CPC title

• A47B97/00

  Furniture or accessories for furniture, not provided for in other groups of this subclass · CPC title

• A47L15/4253

  Supporting arrangements for the casing, e.g. rollers or supporting legs · CPC title

• A47B2220/0027

  Feet · CPC title