Fitting

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9389014-B2
Application number	US-201214347429-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 18, 2012
Priority date	Sep 27, 2011
Publication date	Jul 12, 2016
Grant date	Jul 12, 2016

Abstract

A fitting, in particular for a piece of furniture or a domestic appliance, comprises a first storage element, which is mounted such that it can be displaced from a rear storage position into an access position, and a second storage element, which is coupled to the first storage element via at least one connecting element, wherein the second storage element is mounted in a pivotable manner and can be raised, via the first storage element, from a lowered, storage position into an access position. This makes it possible for the stowage space in a domestic appliance to be optimally utilized.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A domestic appliance comprising a furniture body and a fitting built into the furniture body, the fitting comprising:
a pull-out guide mounted to the furniture body;
a first storage element, the first storage element mounted to the pull-out guide and displaceable in a first direction between a rear storage position wherein the first storage element is disposed within the furniture body, a rear access position in which at least a portion of the first storage element is disposed outside the furniture body, and a front access position, the rear access position being between the rear storage position and the front access position; and
a second storage element, the second storage element connected to the first storage element via a connecting element, the second storage element further pivotally coupled to the furniture body via at least two support levers, each of the at least two support levers pivotally connected to the second storage element and to the furniture body, wherein the second storage element is displaceable between a lowered storage position at least partly beneath the first storage element and a lifted access position, and wherein displacement of the first storage element from the rear access position to the front access position results in displacement of the second storage element from the lowered storage position to the lifted access position.

2. A domestic appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the second storage element is arranged in the lifted access position substantially level with the first storage element.

3. A domestic appliance according to claim 1 , wherein either or both of the first and second storage elements is arranged as a box or a container.

4. A domestic appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting element comprises at least two levers which are connected to each other in an articulated manner.

5. A domestic appliance according to claim 4 wherein a first lever of the at least two levers is pivotally connected to the first storage element and a second lever of the at least two levers is pivotally connected to the second storage element.

6. A domestic appliance according to claim 1 , further comprising a damper configured to decelerate the second storage element before reaching the lowered storage position when moved from the lifted access position to the lowered storage position.

7. A domestic appliance according to claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the second storage element, when the second storage element is in the lifted access position, extends from the furniture body in the first direction.

8. A domestic appliance according to claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the second storage element, when the second storage element is in the lifted access position, is located between the furniture body and the first storage element.

9. A domestic appliance according to claim 1 wherein the at least two support levers are substantially perpendicular to a direction of displacement of the first storage element when the second storage element is in the lifted access position and wherein the at least two support levers are substantially parallel to the direction of displacement of the first storage element when the second storage element is in the lowered storage position.

10. A domestic appliance according to claim 1 further comprising a second pull-out guide mounted to the furniture body, the first storage element further mounted to the second pull-out guide.

11. A domestic appliance according to claim 10 wherein the first and second pull-out guides are mounted to opposite sides of the furniture body and to opposite sides of the first storage element.

12. A domestic appliance according to claim 10 wherein each of the first pull-out guide and the second pull-out guide comprises three rails.

13. A domestic appliance according to claim 1 wherein the first pull-out guide comprises three rails.

14. A domestic appliance according to claim 1 wherein a first support lever of the at least two support levers is connected to the furniture body at a first pivot point and to the second storage element at a second pivot point, wherein a second support lever of the at least two support levers is connected to the furniture body at a third pivot point and to the second storage element at a fourth pivot point, and wherein first and second support levers of the at least two support levers remain parallel as the second storage element is displaced between the lowered storage position and the lifted access position.

15. A domestic appliance according to claim 14 wherein the second pivot point is on a first side of a vertical plane extending through an axis of rotation of the first pivot point when the second storage element is in the lowered storage position and wherein the second pivot point is on a second side of the vertical plane extending through the axis of rotation of the first pivot point when the second storage element is in the lifted access position.

16. A domestic appliance according to claim 15 wherein the second pivot point is substantially above the first pivot point when the second storage element is in the lifted access position.

17. A domestic appliance according to claim 15 further comprising means for limiting the pivoting of the first and second support levers of the at least two support levers when the second storage element is displaced to the lifted access position.

Assignees

• Hettich Paul Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Rehage Daniel
• Kloth Thorsten

Classifications

• F25D25/025 Primary

  Drawers · CPC title

• A47B88/70 Primary

  Coupled drawers · CPC title

• F25D25/04

  by conveyors (in general B65G) · CPC title

• A47B2088/901

  Drawers having a lifting mechanism · CPC title

• A47B2088/76

  Coupling means therefor · CPC title