Drawer front connection unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9833070-B2
Application number	US-201615184161-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 16, 2016
Priority date	Dec 20, 2013
Publication date	Dec 5, 2017
Grant date	Dec 5, 2017

Abstract

A drawer front connection unit for a drawer wall element of a drawer. The drawer wall element and a marginal portion of a drawer bottom are insertable to form a drawer side wall adjoining the drawer bottom. The drawer wall element comprises a wall profile part and a bottom-receiving profile part. A support surface is provided on the bottom-receiving profile part, for providing underside support to the drawer bottom. The wall profile part comprises a chamber portion having inner and outer wall sheet portions, which, lying opposite each other, are spaced apart by a width of the drawer wall element and connected by a bent section. The drawer front connection unit fits into the chamber portion of the drawer wall element and extends over a height of the chamber portion. The drawer front connection unit has front-fastening elements.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A drawer front connection unit attachable to a drawer wall element of a drawer, on which drawer wall element a marginal portion of a drawer bottom is insertable in order to form a drawer side wall adjoining the drawer bottom, wherein the drawer wall element comprises a wall profile part and a bottom-receiving profile part, wherein on the drawer wall element is provided a support surface, present on the bottom-receiving profile, for providing underside support to a drawer bottom insertable on the drawer wall element, and wherein the wall profile part comprises a chamber portion having an inner wall sheet portion and an outer wall sheet portion, which, lying opposite each other, are spaced apart by a width dimension of the drawer wall element and are connected by a bent-over section,
wherein the drawer front connection unit is configured to fit in the chamber portion of the drawer wall element and configured to extend over a height dimension of the chamber portion, and wherein the drawer front connection unit has front-fastening elements for fitting of a drawer front,
wherein the front-fastening elements are connected to each other via an assembly body, and
wherein one of the front-fastening elements comprises a socket, which can be fitted to the assembly body.

2. The drawer front connection unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the front-fastening elements are configured in a lower region and in an upper region of the drawer front connection unit.

3. The drawer front connection unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a first of the front-fastening elements is fitted detachably to the drawer front connection unit.

4. The drawer front connection unit as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a second of the front-fastening elements is permanently fastened to the drawer front connection unit.

5. The drawer front connection unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a first of the front-fastening elements can be arranged with the drawer front connection unit in such a way in the chamber region that the first of the front-fastening elements is positionable within the wall profile part such that it bears against a top edge.

6. The drawer front connection unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the front-fastening elements is arranged in such a way on the assembly body that a flat end face of the at least one of the front-fastening elements can be arranged in a plane of an end face of the drawer wall element.

7. The drawer front connection unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one of the front-fastening elements comprises a removable plug element, which is intended to be fastened to a front panel.

8. The drawer front connection unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the socket is provided with a tension device, with which a tensile force applied to a plugged-in plug element is adjustable for the fastening of the drawer front.

9. The drawer front connection unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an assembly body is configured in the form of a flat plate.

10. The drawer front connection unit as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the assembly body can be fitted with a filling element, in which the assembly body can be supported against a surface portion on an inner side of the wall profile part.

11. A drawer wall element for a drawer, on which drawer wall element a marginal portion of a drawer bottom is insertable in order to form a drawer side wall adjoining the drawer bottom, wherein the drawer wall element has a wall profile part and a bottom-receiving profile part, which are respectively designed as separate and mutually coordinated components made of a sheet metal material and are connectable to each other in mutual alignment to form the drawer wall element, so that on the created drawer wall element can be provided a support surface, present on the bottom-receiving profile part, for providing underside support to a drawer bottom insertable on the drawer wall element,
wherein on an end-face end of the wall profile part is fitted a drawer front connection unit as claimed in claim 1 .

12. The drawer wall element as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the drawer front connection unit is arranged above the bottom-receiving profile part.

13. A furniture item having a drawer front connection unit as claimed in claim 1 .

Assignees

• Grass Gmbh

Inventors

• Karu Felix
• Nachbaur Juergen
• Pirker Patrick

Classifications

• A47B2210/02

  Drawers with hollow lateral walls in two parts · CPC title

• A47B2088/951

  having male and female interlocking parts · CPC title

• A47B88/95 Primary

  characterised by connection means for the front panel · CPC title

• A47B88/0051 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic