A rotatable shelf illumination system may include a rotatable shelf having a groove in which one or more light sources may be mounted. A refractive lens may be mounted in the groove covering the one or more light sources. The rotatable shelf may be, for example, a lazy susan. A removeable and rechargeable power supply may be controlled by a controller circuitry to selectively energize the one or more light sources when rotation of the rotatable shelf is detected. A magnetic field sensor may be used with the controller circuitry to detect rotational movement of the rotatable shelf. The controller circuitry may implement energy conservation measures to prolong the charge of the rechargeable power supply.

A shelf or rack includes at least one support plane and having a carcass and a bottom panel. Mutually facing support surfaces of the carcass or a support panel attached to an underside of the carcass and the bottom panel each have at least one groove in which rolling elements are guided. The carcass is movable relative to the bottom panel from a starting position into an intermediate position and further into an open position and back. In the intermediate position, the carcass is rotated in a direction of rotation relative to the bottom panel and is displaced in a predetermined direction. An opening and/or closing mechanism with a force accumulator assisting an opening and/or closing movement of the carcass is arranged on a surface of the bottom panel facing away from the carcass.

A storage shelf base for an item of furniture or household appliance includes a support plate stationarily arranged on a body of the item of furniture or household appliance, and a storage shelf positively driven relative to the support plate and can simultaneously be moved rotationally and translationally. Facing bearing surfaces of the support plate and the storage shelf have respective at least substantially closed circulating running grooves, in which rolling elements are guided. The support plate can be detachably secured to the body of the item of furniture or household appliance by an adapter or a base plate is stationarily arranged on the body of the item of furniture or household appliance, on which the support plate is detachably secured.

A lazy susan fitting for a cabinet having a top wall and a bottom wall has a supporting column of constant length, a top mount, a bottom mount, and a shelf supported at the supporting column. The top mount and a top end of the supporting column are configured to allow for mounting the supporting column to the top mount fixed to the top wall by moving the supporting column tilted out of the vertical in the top mount from below beyond a final installation position, and for aligning the supporting column in the top mount to the vertical. The bottom mount and the bottom end of the supporting column are configured for mounting the supporting column to the bottom mount fixed to the bottom wall by inserting the supporting column aligned to the vertical into the bottom mount from above.

A storage shelf for a piece of furniture or a household appliance includes a support plate stationarily arranged on a carcass of the piece of furniture or household appliance, and a storage tray that is positively driven relative to the support plate and can simultaneously be moved rotationally and translationally. Mutually opposed bearing surfaces of the support plate and the storage tray have respective at least substantially closed all-round grooves, in which rolling elements are guided, the bearing surfaces of the support plate and the storage tray having shaped elements that face the respective other bearing surface and that force an at least partly rotatory motion of the support tray in order to move the support tray relative to the support plate from an initial position into a charging/discharging position.

A cabinet (1) with a containment space (2), shelves (9) contained in the containment space (2), an access opening (3) to the containment space (2) and a moving mechanism (4) for moving the shelves (9) through said opening (3); wherein said moving mechanism (4) comprises a first arm (5) and a second arm (6), which are sustained by the cabinet (1), cantilever-style, inside the containment space (2), and rotatably about a vertical line (V), said first arm (5) and second arm (6) in turn sustaining a related shelf (9) in a condition in which it can rotate, turning about at least one vertical line (V); at least the second arm (6) of said arms (5, 6) being provided with two component segments (10, 11), converging at an interposed articulated joint (12); and control and guiding means (13) for coordination of the movement of said first arm (5) and second arm (6) which are designed to allow the shelf (9) to travel along a horizontal trajectory with variable orientation of its positioning, in such a way as to pass through the access opening (3) of said cabinet (1). The control and guiding means (13) comprise a double slider (14) and a double track (16) relative to which said double slider (14) is movable, said sliders (14) and said tracks (16) being constantly coupled to one another, and operatively positioned between said first arm (5) and second arm (6).

A corner-cabinet arrangement having two corpus areas which are rectangular in plan view and each of which has a front with a door, the fronts running together at right angles in an inside corner such that the two corpus areas enclose between them a corner space that is rectangular in plan view, the arrangement including a shelf which extends in a first one of the corpus areas and in a part of the corner space and, when the door is open, can be pivoted out of the door opening of the corpus-area, the second corpus area also having a shelf that extends in this corpus area and in another part of the corner space, and, when the door is open, can be pivoted out of the door opening of the corpus area, wherein pivotal axes of the two shelves are different from one another.

A rotatable shelf illumination system may include a rotatable shelf having a groove in which one or more light sources may be mounted. A refractive lens may be mounted in the groove covering the one or more light sources. The rotatable shelf may be, for example, a lazy susan. A removeable and rechargeable power supply may be controlled by a controller circuitry to selectively energize the one or more light sources when rotation of the rotatable shelf is detected. A magnetic field sensor may be used with the controller circuitry to detect rotational movement of the rotatable shelf. The controller circuitry may implement energy conservation measures to prolong the charge of the rechargeable power supply.

A furniture element, in particular a shelf or shelving unit has at least one storage level, a body, and a bottom plate. Storage surfaces of the body, which face each other, and the bottom plate each have raceways, in which rolling elements are guided. The body is movable relative to the bottom plate from an initial position to an intermediate position and back, wherein, in the intermediate position, the body is rotated relative to the bottom plate in a rotation direction and shifted in a predetermined direction, the raceways of the bottom plate being formed having mirror symmetry to an axis of symmetry extending at an oblique angle relative to a lateral edge of the bottom plate.

A lazy susan fitting for a cabinet having a top wall and a bottom wall has a supporting column of constant length, a top mount, a bottom mount, and a shelf supported at the supporting column. The top mount and a top end of the supporting column are configured to allow for mounting the supporting column to the top mount fixed to the top wall by moving the supporting column tilted out of the vertical in the top mount from below beyond a final installation position, and for aligning the supporting column in the top mount to the vertical. The bottom mount and the bottom end of the supporting column are configured for mounting the supporting column to the bottom mount fixed to the bottom wall by inserting the supporting column aligned to the vertical into the bottom mount from above.