Drawer side wall

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11246411-B2
Application number	US-202016906676-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 19, 2020
Priority date	Dec 22, 2017
Publication date	Feb 15, 2022
Grant date	Feb 15, 2022

Abstract

A drawer side wall has an outer wall which has an exterior viewing surface and a rear side facing away from the exterior viewing surface, and has a cover which has a fastener, by which the cover can be fastened to the rear side of the outer wall. A rear side of a viewing section of the cover is configured to bear against the outer wall, and two separate recesses are spaced apart from each other on the rear side of the outer wall. The fastener includes two separate elastic clamping lugs, each of which is configured to engage in an associated recess in order to fasten the cover in position to the drawer side wall.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A drawer side wall, comprising:
an outer wall which has an exterior viewing surface and a rear side facing away from the exterior viewing surface; and
a cover having a fastener by which the cover can be fixed to the rear side of the outer wall,
wherein:
a rear side of a viewing section of the cover is configured to bear against the outer wall;
two recesses are provided at the rear side of the outer wall, the two recesses being separate and spaced apart from each other;
the fastener includes two elastically resilient clamping lugs for fixing the cover in position to the drawer side wall, the two elastically resilient clamping lugs being separate and spaced apart from each other;
a first of the two elastically resilient clamping lugs is configured to engage from the rear side of the outer wall into a first of the two recesses;
a second of the two elastically resilient clamping lugs is configured to engage from the rear side of the outer wall into a second of the two recesses;
a lower longitudinal edge of the outer wall is flanged over in a substantially U-shaped configuration so as to define a flanged-over portion;
the flanged-over portion is configured to bear against the rear side of the outer wall and the two recesses are provided on the flanged-over portion;
the two recesses are openings which pass through the flanged-over portion and are covered by the rear side of the outer wall; and
the openings extend to the lower longitudinal edge of the outer wall and are open towards the lower longitudinal edge of the outer wall.

2. The drawer side wall according to claim 1 , wherein the two recesses are of substantially a same shape.

3. The drawer side wall according to claim 1 , wherein:
the cover further includes a connecting portion which, viewed in cross-section, is of a substantially U-shaped profile and can be fitted onto the lower longitudinal edge of the outer wall, and
the two elastically resilient clamping lugs are connected to the connecting portion.

4. The drawer side wall according to claim 3 , wherein the viewing section is flat.

5. The drawer side wall according to claim 3 , wherein the two elastically resilient clamping lugs extend substantially parallel to the rear side of the viewing section.

6. The drawer side wall according to claim 1 , wherein the cover is in one piece.

7. The drawer side wall according to claim 1 , wherein the two elastically resilient clamping lugs are arranged at a side edge of the cover.

8. The drawer side wall according to claim 1 , wherein side edges of the cover and side edges of the two elastically resilient clamping lugs are parallel.

9. The drawer side wall according to claim 1 , wherein the two elastically resilient clamping lugs are of substantially a same configuration or of a same mirror image-reversed configuration.

10. The drawer side wall according to claim 1 , wherein each of the two elastically resilient clamping lugs has a clamping nose at a free end thereof which projects towards the viewing section.

11. The drawer side wall according to claim 10 , wherein the clamping nose has at least one inclined surface.

12. The drawer side wall according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one inclined surface extends inclinedly relative to a side edge of the cover.

13. The drawer side wall according to claim 12 , wherein the at least one inclined surface extends inclinedly relative to the side edge of the cover at an angle of 20° to 90°.

14. The drawer side wall according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one inclined surface extends inclinedly relative to a longitudinal direction of the cover.

15. The drawer side wall according to claim 14 , wherein the at least one inclined surface extends inclinedly relative to the longitudinal direction of the cover at an angle of 5° to 20°.

Assignees

• Blum Gmbh Julius

Inventors

• Kampl Markus

Classifications

• A47B2210/09

  Attachment means · CPC title

• A47B88/90 Primary

  Constructional details of drawers · CPC title

• A47B96/20

  Furniture panels or like furniture elements · CPC title

• A47B2210/02

  Drawers with hollow lateral walls in two parts · CPC title