Trim profile covering fixture

Abstract

There is provided a trim profile covering fixture with at least one side covering element with a longitudinal axis, for a trim profile of a movable furniture component, in particular a drawer, wherein the side covering element has at least one mounting projection which may be inserted into an assigned mounting location on the trim profile and is held there in the inserted state, wherein the mounting projection has at least one clamping jaw which may be braced by an inner surface of the mounting location.

Claims

1. A trim profile covering fixture, comprising: at least one elongated side covering element with a longitudinal axis, the side covering element including at least one mounting projection extending transverse to the longitudinal axis, each insertable into and held in an assigned mounting location on a trim profile of a movable furniture component in an inserted state, wherein the assigned mounting location comprises a holding rail formed by opposed brackets extending outward from a rear surface of the trim profile, wherein the at least one side covering element comprises an elongated base section having a length extending in a direction of the longitudinal axis and an elongated rail section transversely connected to a longitudinal edge of the base section, the rail section forming an outer side termination of the trim profile in the inserted state, wherein the elongated base section includes at least one recess aligned transversely to the longitudinal axis, wherein the at least one mounting projection is located within the at least one recess and has opposed clamping jaws configured to be insertable into the holding rail and braced by an inner surface of the opposed brackets, and wherein the at least one side covering element further includes at least one mounting interface located opposite the clamping jaws and extending outward from a side face of the elongated base section.

2. The trim profile covering fixture of claim 1, further comprising at least one trim fastener configured to mount the trim profile on a part of the movable furniture component, and wherein the at least one mounting interface is configured to fix the trim fastener to the trim profile.

3. The trim profile covering fixture of claim 2, wherein the at least one mounting projection has a base section on which the clamping jaws are movably mounted.

4. The trim profile covering fixture of claim 3, wherein the clamping jaws mounted on the base section of the at least one mounting projection are movable in opposite directions to one another.

5. The trim profile covering fixture of claim 3, wherein the opposed brackets of the holding rail, together with the rear surface of the trim profile, form a C-shaped profile in cross-section, and wherein the base section of the at least one mounting projection has a T-shaped cross-section including a neck section and two leg sections oriented opposite to one another starting from the neck section.

6. The trim profile covering fixture of claim 3, wherein the at least one mounting interface is a mounting projection located opposite the clamping jaws and extending outward from the side face of the elongated base section.

7. An assembly comprising the trim profile covering fixture of claim 1 and the trim profile, wherein the trim profile comprises at least one of the mounting locations shaped as a C-profile rail in cross-section, and wherein the C-profile rail includes the opposed brackets arranged in mirror-image to one another which extend outward from the rear surface of the trim profile.

8. The assembly of claim 7, wherein the at least one mounting location comprises two of the mounting locations shaped as a C-profile rail in cross-section, and wherein each C-profile rail includes the opposed brackets arranged in mirror-image to one another which extend outward from the rear surface of the trim profile.

9. The assembly of claim 7, wherein the trim profile further comprises a top edge and a bottom edge, and wherein a rail-shaped holding bracket is connected to the rear surface along the top edge and another holding rail with a C-shape profile in cross-section is provided in an area of the rear surface along the bottom edge for holding functional parts of the at least one side covering element.

10. The assembly of claim 9, wherein the functional parts comprise a push-in tongue at a top section of the at least one side covering element which is insertable into the holding bracket, and a further push-in tongue at a bottom section of the at least one side covering element which is insertable into the another holding rail.

11. The assembly of claim 9, wherein the trim profile further includes a holding slot extending over the rear surface above the another holding rail, and wherein the functional parts further include a push-in tongue smaller than the other push-in tongues which is insertable into the holding slot.

12. The assembly of claim 7, wherein the trim profile covering fixture further includes at least one trim fastener configured to mount the trim profile to a side frame of the movable furniture component, and wherein the at least one trim fastener has a latching section on which a latching element is mounted for insertion into a latching location provided on the side frame.

13. The assembly of claim 12, wherein the at least one trim fastener has a mounting section which includes two mounting legs extending out over a width of the latching section, and wherein each mounting leg is provided with a mounting hole and a recess to enable fixing of the trim fastener to the at least one side covering element.

14. The assembly of claim 13, wherein an actuator extending through the mounting hole and recess effects fixing of the at least one trim fastener to the at least one side covering element.

15. A drawer comprising the trim profile covering fixture of claim 1 and the trim profile, wherein the trim profile has at least one of the mounting locations shaped as a C-profile rail in cross-section, and wherein the C-profile rail includes the opposed brackets arranged in mirror-image to one another which extend outward from the rear surface of the trim profile.

16. A trim profile covering fixture, comprising: at least one elongated side covering element with a longitudinal axis, the side covering element including at least one mounting projection, each insertable into and held in an assigned mounting location on a trim profile of a movable furniture component in an inserted state, and at least one trim fastener configured to mount the trim profile on a part of the movable furniture component, wherein the assigned mounting location comprises a holding rail formed by opposed brackets extending outward from a rear surface of the trim profile, wherein the at least one side covering element comprises a base section of elongated shape and a rail section connected to a longitudinal edge of the base section, the rail section forming an outer side termination of the trim profile, wherein the base section includes at least one recess aligned transversely to the longitudinal axis, wherein the at least one mounting projection is located within the at least one recess and has opposed clamping jaws configured to be insertable into the holding rail and braced by an inner surface of the opposed brackets, wherein the at least one side covering element further includes at least one mounting interface to fix the trim fastener to the trim profile, and wherein the at least one mounting interface is connected to the at least one mounting projection such that an actuator for bracing of the clamping jaws also effects fixing of the at least one trim fastener to the at least one mounting interface.

17. The trim profile covering fixture of claim 16, wherein the actuator comprises at least one screw.

18. A trim profile covering fixture, comprising: at least one elongated side covering element with a longitudinal axis, the side covering element including at least one mounting projection, each insertable into and held in an assigned mounting location on a trim profile of a movable furniture component in an inserted state, and at least one trim fastener configured to mount the trim profile on a part of the movable furniture component, wherein the assigned mounting location comprises a holding rail formed by opposed brackets extending outward from a rear surface of the trim profile, wherein the at least one side covering element comprises a base section of elongated shape and a rail section connected to a longitudinal edge of the base section, the rail section forming an outer side termination of the trim profile, wherein the base section of elongated shape includes at least one recess aligned transversely to the longitudinal axis, wherein the at least one mounting projection is located within the at least one recess and has opposed clamping jaws configured to be insertable into the holding rail and braced by an inner surface of the opposed brackets, wherein the at least one side covering element further includes at least one mounting interface to fix the trim fastener to the trim profile, wherein the at least one mounting projection has a base section on which the clamping jaws are movably mounted, and wherein the at least one mounting interface has a fixing hole that extends into the base section of the at least one mounting projection and opens out in an area of the clamping jaws.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the trim profile covering fixture according to the invention with side covering element and trim fastener, wherein a longitudinal section through the side covering element is shown.

(2) FIG. 2 illustrates the trim profile covering fixture of FIG. 1 in a perspective view, with unsectioned side covering element.

(3) FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a trim profile of the trim profile covering fixture of FIG. 1.

(4) FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the rear of a side covering element.

(5) FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the front of the side covering element with the clamping jaws.

(6) FIG. 6 is an end view of the side covering element along the arrows VI-VI of FIG. 4.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(7) FIGS. 1 to 6 show a preferred embodiment of the trim profile covering fixture 11 according to the invention. The trim profile covering fixture 11 is shown by way of example with the aid of such a fixture used in connection with a movable furniture component in the form of a drawer. In principle, though, it would also be possible to use the trim profile covering fixture 11 on other movable furniture components, for example other furniture drawers, furniture flaps or the like.

(8) The trim profile covering fixture 11 includes in the typical case a trim profile 12 used in the example of an inside trim profile of an inside drawer compartment of a drawer. It is however also conceivable to use the trim profile covering fixture 11 on a front panel of a drawer.

(9) As shown in particular in FIG. 3, the trim profile 12 is designed as a coreless profile, with a panel-shaped base section 13 with a front and rear 14, 15.

(10) Located on the rear side 15 are several function elements which are part of the trim profile covering fixture 11. Attached to the top edge 16 of the base section 13 is a rail-like holding bracket 17 running along the top edge 16. The holding bracket 17 is expediently formed at the same time as the trim profile is produced, in particular as an aluminium extruded profile. The holding bracket 17 has a first leg 18 which extends horizontally from the top edge 16 towards the rear 15, and a second leg 19 which is arranged substantially at right-angles to the first leg and therefore runs parallel to the base section 13. The two legs 18, 19 and the base section 13 form a holding slot 20 for holding functional parts of a side covering element 21, as explained in detail below.

(11) Provided in the area of a bottom edge 22 of the base section 13 is a holding rail 23 with a C-profile-type cross-section. The holding rail 23 extends over the whole width of the base section 13 on its rear side 15. The holding rail 23 is formed by two brackets 24, 25 arranged in mirror-image to one another and each having first legs 26a, 27a protruding vertically from the rear 15 and aligned parallel and opposite to one another. On each of the two first legs 26a, 27a, a second leg 26b, 27b is arranged perpendicular to it. The two brackets 24, 25 and the rear of the base section 13 define a holding slot 28, in which the assigned functional elements on the side covering element 21 may be inserted.

(12) Above the holding rail 23 is a rail 29 extending away from the rear 15 of the base section 13 and forming together with the first leg 26a of the first bracket 24 of the holding rail 23, a further holding slot 30. On the top of the first leg 26a of the first bracket 24 is a nose-like projection 31, which similarly runs over the whole width of the rear 15 of the base section 13.

(13) A quite important element of the trim profile covering fixture 11 is at least one mounting location formed on the trim profile 12, with two in number being provided in the example. As shown in FIG. 3, the mounting locations 32a, 32b are each defined by opposed brackets 33a, 33b and 34a, 34b, respectively, which extend at the rear 15 of the base section 13 over the entire width of the rear 15. The brackets defining the two mounting locations 32a, 32b form holding rails configured to receive a mounting projection 43a, 43b of side covering element 21. Each holding rail has a C-profile-type cross-section like the holding rail 23. In contrast to the holding rail 23, the C-profile-type holding rails of mounting locations 32a, 32b each have a somewhat smaller cross-section as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3.

(14) Like the holding rail 23, the holding rails of mounting locations 32a, 32b each have two brackets 33a, 33b, 34a, 34b, arranged in mirror-image to one another. The brackets 33a, 33b, 34a, 34b each have first legs 35a, 36a, 37a, 38a, extending away from the rear 15 of the base section 13. The brackets 33a, 33b, 34a, 34b also each have second legs 35b, 36b, 37b, 38b, each aligned at right-angles to the first legs 35a, 36a, 37a, 38a and running parallel to the rear 15 of the base section 13.

(15) In order to clad and cover the two opposite long sides 39, 40 of the trim profile, two side covering elements 21 are provided, of which only one is shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4 to 6.

(16) The side covering elements 21 are multi-functional components. Below, by way of example, only a single side covering element 21 will be described; however the other side covering element assigned to the other long side 40 of the trim profile 12 is identical in design.

(17) The side covering element 21 is rail-like in form and has a base section 41 of elongated design and a rail section 42 which is attached to and joined integrally with a longitudinal edge of the base section 41. As shown in particular in FIG. 2, the rail section 42 forms the side outer termination of the trim profile 12 equipped with the side covering element 21.

(18) As shown in particular in FIG. 5, the side covering element 21 has at least one mounting projection, in the example two mounting projections 43a, 43b, which may be inserted into the holding rails of the assigned mounting locations 32a, 32b at the rear of the base section 13 of the trim profile 12. Each of the mounting projections 43a, 43b has at least one clamping jaw, in the example each has two clamping jaws 44a, 44b, 45a, 45b, with each able to be braced by an inside surface of the holding rail of the assigned mounting location 32a, 32b.

(19) As shown in particular in FIG. 6, each of the mounting projections 43a, 43b has a base section 46 which is formed in a recess 47 of elongated base section 41 and aligned transversely to the longitudinal axis of the side covering element. Each of the base sections 46 has a T-shaped cross-section, with a neck section 48 and two leg sections 49 oriented opposite to one another and starting from the neck section 48.

(20) As shown in particular in FIG. 5, the clamping jaws 44a, 44b, 45a, 45b are mounted on the respective leg sections 49 of the base sections, movable in opposite directions on the respective mounting locations 32a, 32b. The clamping jaws 44a, 44b, 45a, 45b may for example have a trapezoidal shape and be mounted in assigned trapezoidal locations of the leg sections 49. The trapezoidal locations are expediently formed by two leg section areas aligned in mirror-image to one another. Viewed from above, they have a roughly triangular shape, with the apexes of the respective triangles aligned towards one another.

(21) As shown in particular in FIG. 5, the side covering element has in its bottom section a push-in tongue 50, which is mounted on the inside of the rail section 42, from which it protrudes substantially at a right-angle. The push-in tongue 50 may be inserted in the holding rail 23 on the trim profile 12. In the top section of the side covering element 21 is a further push-in tongue 51, which similarly extends away from the inside of the rail section 42 and may be inserted into the holding bracket 17, which is open towards the bottom. Finally the side covering element is also provided with a push-in projection 52, likewise extending away from the inside of the rail section 42. It is significantly smaller than the two other push-in tongues 50, 51 and is used for insertion into the holding slot 30.

(22) As shown in particular in FIG. 4, a locating projection 53 is mounted ahead of the large push-in tongue 50 in the direction of width of the rail section 42. The locating projection is wide enough to be held between the two spaced-apart second legs 26b, 27b of the holding rail 23.

(23) As shown in particular in FIG. 4, the side covering element 21 has at least one mounting interface, in the example two mounting interfaces 54a, 54b, for the attachment of a trim fastener 60, which in turn is used for fastening the trim profile 12 to a side frame of the drawer. Each of the mounting interfaces 54a, 54b has mounting projections 55a, 55b, in particular T-shaped, spaced apart in the vertical direction and sticking out over the side face of the base section 41, with each having a central fixing hole 56a, 56b. The fixing holes 56a, 56b open out in each case at the mounting projections 43a, 43b located at the rear on the base section. The fixing holes 56a, 56b are so positioned that a fixing screw 57a, 57b guided through the fixing hole 56a, 56b, as shown in FIG. 1, may be screwed into the space between the two clamping jaws 44a, 44b, 45a, 45b, which may be moved in opposite directions to one another.

(24) As shown in particular in FIGS. 1 and 2, the trim fastener 60 has a latching section 61, on which a latching element 62 is mounted so as to be movable under the action of an opening spring 63. When the tongue-like latching section 61 is inserted into a latching location provided on the side frame, the latching element 62 is pressed in against the spring force of the opening spring 63 and, with the latching section pushed in completely, engages in a latching recess (not shown). The trim fastener 60 also includes a mounting section 64 which has two mounting legs 65a, 65b extending out over the width of the latching section 61, and each provided at the top with a mounting hole, and at the bottom with a recess formed on the T-shaped form of the mounting projections 55a, 55b on the mounting interface 54a, 54b of the side covering element.

(25) To attach the side covering element 21 it is first guided, with the push-in tongues 50, 51 leading, towards the long side wall 39 of the trim profile which is to be covered. The push-in tongues 50, 51 then run into the assigned holding rail at the bottom edge 22 and at the holding bracket 17, open at the bottom, on the top edge 16 of the trim profile 12. In addition, the push-in projection 52 runs into the holding slot 30. The locating projection 53 is pushed into the space between the two second legs 26b, 27b of the holding rail. In this way the side covering element 21 is prefixed, but not yet fastened to the trim profile 12. At the same time, the mounting projections 43a, 43b on the side covering element 21 run into the holding rails of assigned mounting locations 32a, 32b on the trim profile 12, wherein the respective second legs 35b, 36b, 37b, 38b of the holding rails engage behind the leg sections 49 of the mounting projections 43a, 43b.

(26) The side covering element 21 is a multifunctional component and serves simultaneously via the mounting interfaces 54a, 54b and the assigned mounting projections 55a, 55b to fasten the trim fastener 60 thereto. At the same time, the recesses on the mounting section 64 of the trim fastener 60 are pushed sideways on to the mounting projections 55a, 55b at the mounting interfaces 54a, 54b, so that they engage the latter from behind. Then the two fixing screws 57a, 57b are screwed through the mounting holes 66a, 66b into the mounting legs 65a, 65b, and through the assigned fixing holes 56a, 56b are screwed to the mounting projections 55a, 55b. The fixing screws 57a, 57b arrive in the space between the two clamping jaws 44a, 44b, 45a, 45b which, through the screwing-in of the fixing screws 57a, 57b, are moved away from one another in opposite directions. This means that the clamping jaws 44a, 44b, 45a, 45b arrive with their contact surface at the inside or inside surface of the first leg 35a, 36a, 37a, 38a of the bracket of the mounting locations 32a, 32b, thereby generating clamping, so that the side covering element 21 is fastened to the trim profile 12, secure against being pulled out. At the same time the trim fastener 60 is also fastened to the side covering element 21.