FURNITURE DRAWER

Abstract

A metal furniture-drawer rear wall having a rectangular large surface-area element, an upper-side element and an attachment element. The large surface-area element has two broad side surfaces spaced apart and opposite one another, two long side surfaces spaced apart and opposite one another, and two narrow side surfaces spaced apart and opposite one another. The upper-side element is provided adjacent a long side surface, the attachment element is provided adjacent a narrow side surface, and the upper-side element and the attachment element extend in the direction of a surface normal to a broad side surface so that the furniture-drawer rear wall extends by less than 20 mm in this direction. The attachment element has an assembly mechanism in order to be connected directly to a furniture fitting by means of a connecting element.

Claims

1. A metal furniture-drawer rear wall comprising a rectangular large surface-area element, an upper-side element and an attachment element, wherein the large surface-area element has two broad side surfaces spaced apart and opposite one another, two long side surfaces spaced apart and opposite one another, and two narrow side surfaces spaced apart and opposite one another, wherein the upper-side element is provided adjacent to a long side surface, wherein the attachment element is provided adjacent to a narrow side surface, wherein the upper-side element and the attachment element extend in the direction of a surface normal to a broad side surface so that the furniture-drawer rear wall extends by less than 20 mm in this direction, and wherein the attachment element has an assembly mechanism in order to be connected directly to a furniture fitting by means of a connecting element.

2. The furniture-drawer rear wall according to claim 1, wherein the assembly mechanism is provided in the form of an opening or in the form of a through-bore.

3. The furniture-drawer rear wall according to claim 1, wherein the assembly mechanism has a thread.

4. The furniture-drawer rear wall according to claim 1, wherein the furniture-drawer rear wall extends by less than 11 mm in the direction of a surface normal to the broad side surface.

5. The furniture-drawer rear wall according to claim 1, wherein the furniture-drawer rear wall extends over precisely 8.3 mm in the direction of a surface normal to the broad side surface.

6. The furniture-drawer rear wall according to claim 1, wherein the furniture-drawer rear wall is formed in one piece.

7. The furniture-drawer rear wall according to claim 1, wherein the furniture-drawer rear wall is produced from a metal panel which has a wall thickness smaller than or equal to 1.5 mm.

8. A furniture fitting, wherein the furniture fitting is designed to connect a drawer side wall to a furniture-drawer rear wall, wherein the furniture fitting has an assembly element, wherein the assembly element is provided in the form of a through-opening in the furniture fitting, and therefore, in the assembled state, a connecting element engages through the assembly element and acts on an assembly mechanism of the furniture-drawer rear wall, and therefore the furniture fitting is connected directly to the furniture-drawer rear wall by means of the connecting element.

9. A furniture-drawer comprising a furniture fitting according to claim 8, a furniture-drawer rear wall, and a connecting element, wherein the furniture-drawer rear wall is connected directly to the furniture fitting by means of the connecting element, wherein the connecting element is designed in the form of a screw or in the form of a rivet, and wherein the furniture-drawer rear wall is formed from metal and comprises a rectangular large surface-area element, an upper-side element and an attachment element, wherein the large surface-area element has two broad side surfaces spaced apart and opposite one another, two long side surfaces spaced apart and opposite one another, and two narrow side surfaces spaced apart and opposite one another, wherein the upper-side element is provided adjacent to a long side surface, wherein the attachment element is provided adjacent to a narrow side surface, wherein the upper-side element and the attachment element extend in the direction of a surface normal to a broad side surface so that the furniture-drawer rear wall extends by less than 20 mm in this direction, and wherein the attachment element has an assembly mechanism in order to be connected directly to a furniture fitting by means of a connecting element.

10. The furniture-drawer according to claim 9, wherein the connecting element is designed in the form of a self-tapping screw.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0030] A number of exemplary embodiments will be explained with reference to the following schematic drawings, with information being given in relation to further details and advantages.

[0031] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view, as seen obliquely from the side, from the rear and from above, of a furniture drawer according to the present invention with a furniture fitting, furniture-drawer rear wall and connecting element arranged in place;

[0032] FIG. 2 shows an enlarged detail of the furniture drawer according to FIG. 1;

[0033] FIG. 3 shows a perspective view, as seen obliquely from the side, from the rear and from above, of a furniture-drawer rear wall according to FIG. 1;

[0034] FIG. 4 shows an enlarged detail of the furniture-drawer rear wall according to FIG. 3;

[0035] FIGS. 5 to 7 show a perspective view, as seen obliquely from the side, from the rear and from above, of a furniture drawer in different assembly situations, the furniture-drawer front not being shown;

[0036] FIG. 8 shows a perspective view, as seen obliquely from the side, from the rear and from above, of a further variant of a furniture-drawer rear wall;

[0037] FIG. 9 shows an enlarged detail of a left-hand side of the furniture-drawer rear wall according to FIG. 8; and

[0038] FIG. 10 shows an enlarged detail of a right-hand side of the furniture-drawer rear wall according to FIG. 8, a further variant of a furniture fitting being arranged on the furniture-drawer rear wall.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0039] FIG. 1 shows a furniture drawer 1 according to the present invention. The figure shows that the furniture drawer 1 has a furniture-drawer base 2, a furniture-drawer front 3, a furniture-drawer rear wall 4, furniture sidepieces 5, 6, furniture fittings in the form of corner uprights 7, 8, and connecting elements in the form of screws 9 to 12.

[0040] FIG. 2 is an enlarged illustration of detail A of the furniture drawer 1 from FIG. 1. The corner upright 7 connects the furniture sidepiece 5 to the furniture-drawer rear wall 4. The corner upright 7 here is connected to the furniture-drawer rear wall 4 by means of the screws 9, 10. The screws 9, 10 here engage through assembly means in the form of through-bores (not shown, concealed by heads of the screws 9, 10) in the corner upright 7.

[0041] The furniture-drawer rear wall 4 has a surface-area element 13 with two broad side surfaces, wherein FIGS. 1 to 4 show one of the broad side surfaces 14. The furniture-drawer rear wall 4 also has an upper-side element 15, an underside element 16 and two attachment elements 17, (FIG. 3). A fastening mechanism 19 is provided on the underside element 16, adjacent to the latter, and is designed to connect the furniture-drawer rear wall 4 to the furniture-drawer base 2.

[0042] The surface-area element 13, the upper-side element 15, the underside element 16 and the attachment elements 17, 18 are advantageously provided in one piece. It is also conceivable for the fastening mechanism 19 to be formed in one piece with the surface-area element 13, the upper-side element 15, the underside element 16 and the attachment elements 17, 18.

[0043] The upper-side element 15 is advantageously of L-shaped design and extends along a longitudinal extent of the furniture-drawer rear wall 4. The upper-side element 15 preferably has an upper side 20 forming an upper, in particular visible, termination of the furniture-drawer rear wall 4. The upper side 20 advantageously extends along, in particular, the entire length of the furniture-drawer rear wall 4 and along a width of the furniture-drawer rear wall 4. The upper side 20 preferably extends over less than 20 mm in the width direction. The width of the furniture-drawer rear wall 4 is advantageously defined by the width extent of the upper side 20. For example, the upper-side element 15 comprises a bracket element 21, which is provided on the upper side 20 in a state in which it has been bent over, and, therefore, the upper side 20, together with the bracket element 21, define an L shape of the upper-side element 15. In particular, the upper side 20, the bracket element 21 and the surface-area element 13 enclose a first cavity 22.

[0044] The attachment element 17 is advantageously of L-shaped design. For example, the attachment element 17 extends along a height extent of the furniture-drawer rear wall 4 and along the width extent. The attachment element 17 advantageously comprises a first angle element 23 and a second angle element 24. For example, the first angle element 23 is provided on the surface-area element 13 in a state in which it has been bent over on a first side and the second angle element 24 is provided in a state in which it has been bent over on a second side of the angle element 23, wherein the first side and the second side are provided opposite one another, and at a distance apart from one another, on the first angle element 23. The angle elements 23 and 24 advantageously form an L shape.

[0045] For example, the second angle element 24 has an inner side and an outer side 25, wherein the inner side is provided opposite, and at a distance apart from, the outer side 25. The inner side of the second angle element 24 is advantageously provided opposite, and at a distance apart from, the side surface 14 of the surface-area element 13, and, therefore, the surface-area element 13, the first angle element 23 and the second angle element 24 enclose a further cavity 26.

[0046] Assembly mechanisms in the form of through-bores 27, 28 are preferably provided in the second angle element 24. The screws 9, 10 can advantageously be secured in the through-bores 27, 28, and, therefore, with the furniture drawer 1 arranged as intended, e.g. according to FIG. 1, the furniture sidepiece 5 can be connected to the furniture-drawer rear wall 4 via the corner upright 7 and the screws 9, 10. The corner upright 7 can advantageously be connected directly to the second angle element 24, and, therefore, to the furniture-drawer rear wall 4, via the screws 9, 10. It proves to be advantageous here if, with the assembly arranged as intended, the screws 9, 10 have one end projecting into the further cavity 26. As a result, the screws are concealed by the surface-area element 13 such that a person using the drawer cannot see them. The screws 9, 10 are advantageously designed, and can be arranged on the furniture drawer 1, such that, with the assembly arranged as intended, the screws 9, 10 are not in contact with the side surface 14.

[0047] For example, lugs 29, 30 are punched out of the first angle element 23 and, when the assembly is arranged as intended, the lugs are used to fit the furniture-drawer rear wall 4 into the corner upright V.

[0048] What has been said above in relation to the attachment element 17 and the corner upright 7 advantageously applies, in mirror-inverted fashion, to the attachment element 18 and to the corner upright 8.

[0049] FIGS. 5 to 7 illustrate a variant of an assembly operation for the furniture drawer 1, the furniture-drawer front 3 having been omitted. First of all, the furniture sidepieces 5, 6 are connected to the corner uprights 7, 8. Then, the furniture sidepieces 5, 6 are fitted together with the furniture-drawer base 2 and the furniture-drawer rear wall 4, and, therefore, the furniture-drawer rear wall 4 has its lugs 29, 30 fitted in corresponding mounts 31, 32 (FIG. 2) on the corner uprights 7, 8. Then, the corner uprights 7, 8 are screwed to the furniture-drawer rear wall 4 by means of the screws 9 to 12. This provides for comparatively straightforward assembly of the furniture drawer 1.

[0050] FIGS. 8 to 10 show a further embodiment of a furniture-drawer rear wall 33. The furniture-drawer rear wall 33 differs from the furniture-drawer rear wall 4 discussed above essentially in terms of height, and, therefore, the furniture-drawer rear wall 33 is higher than the furniture-drawer rear wall 4. For example, for this reason, the furniture-drawer rear wall 33 comprises more assembly mechanisms in the form of through-bores 34 to 37.

[0051] FIG. 10 shows a corner upright 38 arranged in a preassembly state on the furniture-drawer rear wall 33. The figure shows that the corner upright 38 is fitted by means of lugs 39, 40 in openings 41, 42 in the furniture-drawer rear wall 33. FIG. 10 also shows that the corner upright 38 has assembly elements 43 to 46, which are designed in the form of through-bores, in order for a connecting element to be arranged therein.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

[0052] 1 Furniture drawer [0053] 2 Furniture-drawer base [0054] 3 Furniture-drawer front [0055] 4 Furniture-drawer rear wall [0056] 5 Furniture sidepiece [0057] 6 Furniture sidepiece [0058] 7 Corner upright [0059] 8 Corner upright [0060] 9 Screw [0061] 10 Screw [0062] 11 Screw [0063] 12 Screw [0064] 13 Surface-area element [0065] 14 Side surface [0066] 15 Upper-side element [0067] 16 Underside element [0068] 17 Attachment element [0069] 18 Attachment element [0070] 19 Fastening mechanism [0071] 20 Upper side [0072] 21 Bracket element [0073] 22 Cavity [0074] 23 Angle element [0075] 24 Angle element [0076] 25 Outer side [0077] 26 Cavity [0078] 27 Through-bore [0079] 28 Through-bore [0080] 29 Lug [0081] 30 Lug [0082] 31 Mount [0083] 32 Mount [0084] 33 Furniture-drawer rear wall [0085] 34 Through-bore [0086] 35 Through-bore [0087] 36 Through-bore [0088] 37 Through-bore [0089] 38 Corner upright [0090] 39 Lug [0091] 40 Lug [0092] 41 Opening [0093] 42 Opening [0094] 43 Assembly element [0095] 44 Assembly element [0096] 45 Assembly element [0097] 46 Assembly element