KITCHEN FURNITURE ITEM HAVING A SPECIAL CLOSURE ELEMENT

Abstract

The invention relates to a kitchen furniture item having a carcass and an interior at least partially enclosed by the carcass, wherein the interior has a front-side access opening which is covered by means of a plate-shaped closure element (21, 22) which lies in a front plane of the carcass and can be reversibly opened and closed by a user, wherein the closure element has a plate-shaped pivoting part (21) and a likewise plate-shaped pulling part (22), and wherein a horizontal edge of the pivoting part (21) runs along a horizontal edge of the pulling part (22), and the parts are connected to one another at these common edges in such a way that, in order to open a first portion of the interior, the pivoting part (21) can be pivoted about a horizontal axis such that it bears against the front side of the pulling part (22).

Claims

1. A piece of kitchen furniture having a carcass and an inner space at least partially surrounded by the carcass, wherein the inner space has a front-side access opening that is covered by a board-like closure element that is disposed in a frontal plane of the carcass and can be reversibly opened and closed by a user, the closure element comprising a board-like pivot part and a likewise board-like pulling part, with a horizontal edge of the pivot part extending along a horizontal edge of the pulling part and the parts being connected to one another at these common edges such that the pivot part can be pivoted about a horizontal axis to open a first section of the inner space such that it contacts a front side of the pulling part.

2. The piece of kitchen furniture in accordance with claim 1, wherein the pulling part is fastened to a pullout and can be pulled from the carcass in a translatory manner to open a second section of the inner space.

3. The piece of kitchen furniture in accordance with claim 2, wherein the pulling part is a front board of a drawer that further has a base that can be pulled out together with the pulling part and has side walls and/or a rear wall.

4. The piece of kitchen furniture in accordance with claim 1, wherein the pulling part is disposed below the pivot part.

5. The piece of kitchen furniture in accordance with claim 1, wherein a damper is provided to brake the pivot movement of the pivot part.

6. The piece of kitchen furniture in accordance with claim 1, wherein the pivot part and the carcass have corresponding pairs of holding means to hold the pivot part in the closed position such that it can only be pulled out of the closed position by an additional effect of force.

7. The piece of kitchen furniture in accordance with claim 1, characterized in that wherein the pulling part and the carcass have corresponding pairs of holding means to hold the pulling part in the closed position such that it can only be pulled out of the closed position by an additional effect of force.

8. The piece of kitchen furniture in accordance with claim 1, wherein the pivot part and the pulling part have corresponding pairs of holding means to hold the front of the open pivot part at the front of the pulling part such that it can only be pulled out of the completely open position again by an additional effect of force.

9. The piece of kitchen furniture in accordance with claim 1, characterized in that wherein the carcass comprises a press to open fitting to release the pivot part and/or the pulling part from the closed position.

10. The piece of kitchen furniture in accordance with claim 1, wherein at least one pullout part, comprises at least one drawer, that becomes accessible after opening the pivot part, arranged in the first section of the inner space.

11. The piece of kitchen furniture in accordance with claim 1, wherein the pulling part is fastened to a pullout and can be pulled from the carcass in a translatory manner to open a second section of the inner space and wherein the pulling part is disposed below the pivot part.

12. The piece of kitchen furniture in accordance with claim 11, wherein a damper is provided to brake the pivot movement of the pivot part.

13. The piece of kitchen furniture in accordance with claim 12, wherein the carcass comprises a press to open fitting to release the pivot part and/or the pulling part from the closed position.

14. The piece of kitchen furniture in accordance with claim 12, wherein the pivot part and the carcass have corresponding pairs of holding means to hold the pivot part in the closed position such that it can only be pulled out of the closed position by an additional effect of force.

15. The piece of kitchen furniture in accordance with claim 12, wherein the pulling part and the carcass have corresponding pairs of holding means to hold the pulling part in the closed position such that it can only be pulled out of the closed position by an additional effect of force.

16. A piece of kitchen furniture in accordance with claim 12, wherein the pivot part and the pulling part have corresponding pairs of holding means to hold the front of the open pivot part at the front of the pulling part such that it can only be pulled out of the completely open position again by an additional effect of force.

17. The piece of kitchen furniture in accordance with claim 12, wherein at least one pullout part comprises at least one drawer, that becomes accessible after opening the pivot part, arranged in the first section of the inner space.

18. The piece of furniture in accordance with claim 1, wherein the closure element and the carcass comprise corresponding parts of magnetic elements.

19. The piece of kitchen furniture in accordance with claim 18, wherein a damper is provided to brake the pivot movement of the pivot part.

20. The piece of kitchen furniture in accordance with claim 19, wherein the pulling part is a front board of a drawer that further has a base that can be pulled out together with the pulling part and has side walls and/or a rear wall.

Description

FIGURES

[0025] FIG. 1: a perspective view of a piece of kitchen furniture with a closed closure element;

[0026] FIG. 2: views to illustrate a partial procedure on the opening of the closure element of this piece of kitchen furniture; and

[0027] FIG. 3: views to illustrate a further partial procedure on the opening of the closure element of this piece of kitchen furniture.

[0028] In FIG. 1, a piece of kitchen furniture in accordance with the invention is shown in the form of a sideboard 10. The sideboard 10 comprises a carcass that surrounds an inner space having a plurality of storage areas as will be explained in detail further below. The upper side of the carcass is formed by a flat worktop or storage board 11.

[0029] A vertical closure board 20 that is composed of an upper part 21 and a lower part 22 is located at the front of the carcass. Both the parts 21 and 22 have the same dimensions and have the shape of elongate boards that are aligned in a vertical plane and are disposed transversely. The parts 21 and 22 contact one another along a common horizontal longitudinal edge, with the horizontal lower edge of the upper part 21 extending along the horizontal upper edge of the lower part 22.

[0030] The upper part 21 is connected to this common edge by hinges such that it can be pivoted downward by 180° about a horizontal axis extending at the common edge to open an upper section 31 of the inner space such that its flat front lies on the likewise flat front of the lower part 22. This procedure is illustrated in FIGS. 2a-2f:

[0031] To prevent an unwanted pivoting up of the upper part 31 due to the effect of gravity, the upper part 21 and the carcass comprise corresponding parts of magnetic elements to hold the upper part 21 absent an additional effect of force of the closed position.

[0032] The upper part 21 is formed as handle-less in order not to impair a planar lying of its front at the front of the lower part 22 likewise formed as handle-less. To make it possible for a user to open the upper part 21, the carcass comprises a push to open fitting that pushes the upper part 21 forward in response to a brief pushing impulse on the front of the upper part 21 and overcomes the retention force of the corresponding magnetic elements.

[0033] To brake the pivot movement of the upper part 21 and to prevent the upper part 21 form abruptly flipping down after overcoming the retention force of the corresponding magnetic elements, a damper is provided that exerts a braking force on the upper part 21 that acts against gravity and thus ensures a uniformly slow movement of the upper part 21 on the pivoting up.

[0034] A plurality of drawers 41 for storing smaller kitchen utensils such as kitchen knives, flatware, or the like are located within the upper inner space section 31 that is released on the flipping up of the upper part 21. The drawers 41 themselves are likewise configured as handle-less and can be opened by gripping behind the upper edge of the drawer front.

[0035] The lower part 22 represents the front board of a drawer that furthermore has a base 52, left and right side walls 53, and a rear wall 54. The drawer is not subdivided and has one large storage space. To open the drawer, the lower part 22 which the upper part 21 that has been pivoted up contacts can be gripped behind and pulled out by a user at the now common upwardly oriented edges of the lower part 22 and the upper part 21. This procedure is illustrated in FIGS. 3a-3c:

[0036] The drawer comprising a lower part 22, a base 52, side walls 53, and a rear wall 54 can be used for storing larger kitchen utensils such as plates or pots.