Drawer side wall having a cover profile

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11213125-B2
Application number	US-202016904871-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2020
Priority date	Dec 21, 2017
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

A drawer side wall includes a fastening device forming a self-contained functional unit, such that a furniture fitting can be removably fastened by the fastening device independently of a multi-function component. At least two properties selected from the following group are implemented: (i) the multi-function component has at least two support contours on which the cover profile is supported, (ii) the multi-function component has a joining device pointing in a direction of the front panel, (iii) the cover profile has an opening to be covered by a cover part, (iv) the fastening device has an adjustment device for adjusting the position of the front panel relative to the drawer side wall and/or a device for locking and/or releasing the front panel, (v) the fastening device has a component movable relative to the drawer side wall, and (vi) the cover profile has an interface for connecting an attachment element.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A drawer side wall comprising:
a cover profile; and
a fixing device for releasably fixing a front panel to the drawer side wall,
wherein the fixing device is at least predominantly arranged in an interior of the cover profile,
wherein the cover profile has an inner wall and the drawer side wall has a multi-function component separate from the cover profile and from the fixing device, and the multi-function component is at least region-wise arranged between the inner wall of the cover profile and the fixing device,
wherein the fixing device is a self-contained functional unit so that a furniture fitment to be mounted to the front panel can be releasably fixed independently of the multi-function component by the fixing device,
wherein the cover profile has an opening to be covered by a cover portion, the multi-function component includes a support structure at which the cover portion can be supported when covering the opening, and
wherein the cover profile has an interface for connecting an attachment element, and the interface includes an opening in the cover profile and the multi-function component includes a movably mounted cover portion to close the opening in a first position and expose the opening in a second position.

2. The drawer side wall according to claim 1 , wherein the multi-function component has at least two support contours spaced from each other transversely relative to a longitudinal extent of the drawer side wall and at which the cover profile is supported, and
the drawer side wall further comprises a spring element at which one of the two support contours is arranged, and the spring element being configured to act with a force on the one of the two support contours in the direction of an inner wall of the cover profile.

3. The drawer side wall according to claim 1 , wherein the multi-function component has a joining device facing in a direction of the front panel to facilitate insertion of the furniture fitment into the fixing device, and wherein the joining device includes a deflection contour arranged inclinedly relative to a longitudinal extent of the drawer side wall.

4. The drawer side wall according to claim 1 , wherein the cover profile has an opening to be covered by a cover portion, and the multi-function component includes a support structure at which the cover portion can be supported when covering the opening, and the multi-function component has a spring element to support the multi-function component at a stationary part of the drawer side wall and to act upon the multi-function component with a force in a direction of the opening of the cover profile.

5. The drawer side wall according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing device has an adjustment device for adjusting a position of the front panel with respect to the drawer side wall and/or a device for locking and/or releasing the front panel to or from the fixing device, and the multi-function component includes operating instructions consisting of lines for facilitating operation of the adjustment device or device for locking and/or releasing the front panel by a user, and wherein the lines are engraved or embossed into the multi-function component.

6. The drawer side wall according to claim 1 , wherein the multi-function component encloses at least a portion of the fixing device.

7. The drawer side wall according to claim 1 , wherein the multi-function component is connected to the fixing device by snap-engagement and/or latching connection.

8. The drawer side wall according to claim 1 , wherein the drawer side wall has a carrier profile at which the cover profile, the fixing device and/or the multi-function component are arranged.

9. The drawer side wall according to claim 1 , wherein the multi-function component comprises plastic.

10. A drawer comprising the drawer side wall according to claim 1 .

11. A drawer side wall comprising:
a cover profile; and
a fixing device for releasably fixing a front panel to the drawer side wall,
wherein the fixing device is at least predominantly arranged in an interior of the cover profile,
wherein the cover profile has an inner wall and the drawer side wall has a multi-function component separate from the cover profile and from the fixing device, and the multi-function component is at least region-wise arranged between the inner wall of the cover profile and the fixing device,
wherein the fixing device is a self-contained functional unit so that a furniture fitment to be mounted to the front panel can be releasably fixed independently of the multi-function component by the fixing device, and
wherein at least one property selected from the following group of properties (i)-(v) is implemented:
(i) the multi-function component has at least two support contours spaced from each other transversely relative to a longitudinal extent of the drawer side wall and at which the cover profile is supported,
(ii) the multi-function component has a joining device facing in a direction of the front panel to facilitate insertion of the furniture fitment into the fixing device,
(iii) the cover profile has an opening to be covered by a cover portion, and the multi-function component includes a support structure at which the cover portion can be supported when covering the opening,
(iv) the fixing device has an adjustment device for adjusting a position of the front panel with respect to the drawer side wall and/or a device for locking and/or releasing the front panel to or from the fixing device, and the multi-function component includes operating instructions consisting of lines for facilitating operation of the adjustment device or device for locking and/or releasing the front panel by a user,
(v) the cover profile has an interface for connecting an attachment element, and the interface includes an opening in the cover profile and the multi-function component includes a movably mounted cover portion to close the opening in a first position and expose the opening in a second position, and

wherein the fixing device has a movable component movable relative to the drawer side wall, and the multi-function component includes a cover for shielding at least a portion of the movable component upon a movement relative to the drawer side wall, and
wherein the cover has an actuating opening with a maximum width of 10 mm for actuation of the movable component.

12. A drawer side wall comprising:
a cover profile; and
a fixing device for releasably fixing a front panel to the drawer side wall,
wherein the fixing device is at least predominantly arranged in an interior of the cover profile,
wherein the cover profile has an inner wall and the drawer side wall has a multi-function component separate from the cover profile and from the fixing device, and the multi-function component is at least region-wise arranged between the inner wall of the cover profile and the fixing device,
wherein the fixing device is a self-contained functional unit so that a furniture fitment to be mounted to the front panel can be releasably fixed independently of the multi-function component by the fixing device, and
wherein at least one property selected from the following group of properties (i)-(v) is implemented:
(i) the multi-function component has at least two support contours spaced from each other transversely relative to a longitudinal extent of the drawer side wall and at which the cover profile is supported,
(ii) the multi-function component has a joining device facing in a direction of the front panel to facilitate insertion of the furniture fitment into the fixing device,
(iii) the cover profile has an opening to be covered by a cover portion, and th

Assignees

• Blum Gmbh Julius

Inventors

• Irgang Markus
• Schwarzmann Guenter

Classifications

• A47B88/941

  Drawers being constructed from two or more parts · CPC title

• A47B88/925 Primary

  Additional side walls mountable on existing side walls · CPC title

• A47B2210/02

  Drawers with hollow lateral walls in two parts · CPC title

• A47B88/956

  for enabling adjustment of the front panel · CPC title

• A47B88/95 Primary

  characterised by connection means for the front panel · CPC title