Cabinet assembly arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024251941-A1
Application number	US-202418422425-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 25, 2024
Priority date	Jan 27, 2023
Publication date	Aug 1, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A cabinet includes two side panels, a top panel, a bottom panel, and a back panel. The cabinet further includes a rectangular front face frame, wherein a side of the front face frame is facing a front facing edge of each of the two side panels, top panel, and bottom panel. Each front facing edge includes an integrally formed and elongate protruding section. The rectangular front face frame includes elongate grooves, each groove is configured for mechanical locking with one of the elongate protruding sections, wherein each of the elongate grooves includes a longitudinal recess on a side of each groove for receiving a flexible locking element, wherein each of the protruding sections includes a longitudinal insertion recess for holding a flexible locking element.

First claim

1 . A cabinet comprising two side panels, a top panel, a bottom panel, a back panel, and a rectangular front face frame, wherein a side of the front face frame is facing a front facing edge of each of the two side panels, top panel, and bottom panel, each front facing edge comprises an integrally formed and elongate protruding section, the rectangular front face frame comprises elongate grooves, each elongate groove is configured to cooperate with one of the elongate protruding sections for a mechanical locking, wherein each of the elongate grooves comprises a longitudinal recess on a side of each groove wherein each of the elongate protruding sections comprises a flexible locking element arranged in a longitudinal insertion recess, wherein the flexible locking element of one of the elongate protruding sections is configured to cooperate with the longitudinal recess of one of the elongate grooves for a mechanical locking.

2 . The cabinet according claim 1 , wherein the flexible locking element is configured to be compressed towards a bottom surface of the longitudinal insertion recess.

3 . The cabinet according claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal recess of an upper and a lower of the elongate grooves, respectively, of the front face frame are located on a side of the elongate grooves closest to their respective edge.

4 . The cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein edges of the back panel each comprises an elongate protruding section which is configured to cooperate with a matching elongate groove of each of the two side panels for a mechanical locking.

5 . The cabinet according to any of the claim 1 , wherein a back edge of the top panel and a back edge of the bottom panel each comprise an elongated protruding section which is configured to cooperate with a matching elongate groove of the back panel for a mechanical locking.

6 . The cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein side edges of the top panel and sides edges of the bottom panel each comprise an elongated protruding section which is configured to cooperate with a matching upper or lower elongate groove of each of the two side panels for a mechanical locking.

7 . The cabinet according to claim 4 , wherein the elongate protruding section of one or more of the edges comprises a flexible locking element arranged in a longitudinal insertion recess, wherein the matching elongate groove comprises a longitudinal recess, and wherein the flexible locking elements is configured to cooperate with the longitudinal recess for a mechanical locking.

8 . The cabinet according to claim 7 , wherein the longitudinal recess of an upper and a lower of the elongate groove, respectively, of the side panels are located on the side of each of the upper and the lower of the elongate grooves closest to their respective edge.

9 . The cabinet 1 according to claim 7 , wherein the longitudinal recess of an upper and a lower of the elongate grooves, respectively, of the back panel are located on the side of each of the upper and the lower of the elongate grooves which is closest to their respective edge.

10 . The cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible locking element comprises a polymer material.

11 . The cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein an upper elongate groove and/or a lower elongate groove of each of the side panels, the back panel, and the front face frame, respectively, are at an edge distance from their respective edges, wherein the top panel and/or the bottom panel has a panel thickness, wherein the edge distance is in the range of 0.2 to 5 times the panel thickness.

12 . The cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein a longitudinal recess of upper and lower elongate grooves, respectively, in the back panel are located on the side of the grooves closest to their respective edges.

13 . The cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein one or more of the protruding parts comprises an elongated indent on one side of the panel with a longitudinal beveled surface between the indent and the panel side, wherein one or more of the elongate grooves has an elongate beveled surface at a side of the elongate groove that corresponds to the longitudinal beveled surface of the protruding part, wherein the longitudinal beveled surface and the elongate beveled surface are optionally parallel.

14 . The cabinet according to claim 13 , wherein the longitudinal recess of the groove is on the same side of the groove as the elongate beveled surface.

15 . The cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the side panels, the top panel, the bottom panel, the back panel, and the rectangular front face frame comprise wood based materials.

Assignees

• Vaelinge Innovation Ab

Inventors

• Boo Christian

Classifications

• A47B47/042

  Panels connected without frames · CPC title

• A47B47/0075 Primary

  Flat or flat-like panels connected without frames (for panels mainly made of wood or plastic A47B47/042) · CPC title