AT517900B1 - Extendable footstool device for a piece of furniture - Google Patents

Abstract

An extendable footstool device (1) for a piece of furniture (20) comprising: - a step stool (4) with a front side (8) and a footprint (12) connectable to a stool extension rail (41) of at least one stool extension guide (40) wherein a stool support rail (42) of the stool pull-out guide (40) is directly connectable to a furniture carcass (3) or a - optionally present - with the furniture body (3) firmly connectable mounting element (2), wherein under the footprint ( 12) of the footstool (14) a drawer (6) is arranged with a front panel (7), wherein the drawer (6) with at least one drawer pull-out rail (61) of a drawer pull-out guide (60) is connectable, wherein the drawer Pull-out guide (60) has a drawer support rail (62) which is connectable to the furniture body (3) or the mounting element (2) or the footstool (14), wherein the movement of the drawer (6) relative to the footstool (4) and to the Furniture body (3) along the drawer pull-out (61) and between a closed position (S) and an open position (O) is linear, wherein the front panel (7) in the closed position (S) of the drawer (6) the end face (8) Stepping stool (4) covered.

Description

Description [0001] The invention relates to an extendable footstool device according to the preamble of claim 1.

Furthermore, a footstool, a mounting element and a piece of furniture with the inventive, extendable footstool device should be specified.

Extendable footstool devices are already known and are state of the art. An extendable footstool is shown for example in DE 10 2007 045 215 A1, DE 202011005563 U1, DE 29616207 U1, JP 2008237661 A and US 2014111072 A1 and is arranged in the base of a piece of furniture. The US 6364441 B1 also shows a drawer located in the furniture base without footstool and shows the possibility to extend this drawer via an ejector from the furniture base.

After pulling out of this usable as a footstep base element, a person can ascend to a arranged on the footstep climbing surface, which the person the achievement of z. B. facilitates higher-mounted shelves or wall units. The footstool is stowed in the base element and wastes no space as a separate freestanding object. Nevertheless, the use of an extendable footstool in the base of a piece of furniture is wasted space for drawers, which are also often arranged in the base of a piece of furniture. The base area of a piece of furniture is preferably used in kitchens as storage space and thus used as an area for additional drawers. If a stepping stool known from the prior art is now installed in this area instead of a drawer, there is no longer any possibility of arranging a drawer for stowing utensils in the area of the footstool.

The object of the invention is to avoid the disadvantages described above and to provide an improved over the prior art extendable footstool device.

This is achieved in the extendable step stool device according to the invention by the features of claim 1.

If a stool rail of the stool pull-out directly with a furniture body or - optionally existing - with the furniture body firmly connectable installation element is connectable, wherein under the footprint of the footstool a drawer is arranged, said drawer with at least one drawer Pull-out a drawer pull-out is connectable, wherein the drawer pull-out has a drawer rail, which is connectable to the furniture body or the mounting element or the step stool, so it is possible that an extendable drawer can be arranged in the area below the footprint. Both the footstool and the drawer are combined in the area of the base and thus together form a base element. Thus, either the drawer or the footstool or both can be simultaneously pulled out of the base area of the piece of furniture. In other words, the footstool or footstool does not occupy the entire space of the base element but leaves room for a drawer.

If the two stool pull-out rails are arranged on the footstool and two drawer pull-out rails on the drawer and the stool pull-out rail and the drawer pull-out rail are designed as separate modules, so drawer and footstool can be moved independently of each other from the furniture body. By using two different pull-out rail systems as separate modules, it is possible to arrange the individual pull-out rails separately from one another flexibly in the furniture body or the installation element. If the stool extension rail and drawer pull-out rail were coupled together or configured as an assembly, this would severely affect the flexibility in installing and placing the drawer or footstool.

When the movement of the step stool relative to the furniture body along the treadle-Ausziehführung between a retracted position and an extended position is substantially rectilinear or the movement of the drawer relative to the step stool and the furniture body along the drawer Ausziehschiene and between a Closed position and an open position linear, so both movements - those of the drawer and the stepping stool - can overlap. A collision between footstool and drawer is therefore not expected when rectifying the motion sequence.

If the drawer has a front panel and the footstool an end face, the front panel hidden in the closed position of the drawer front of the footstep, so the footstep as such remains in secret. The front panel closes the base of the piece of furniture and components behind it remain hidden.

If the drawer is held by at least one locking device located on the drawer and / or the treadmill in the closed position, an accidental opening of the drawer is prevented. Furthermore, this Zuhaltevorrichtung can be used to ensure that, for example, when pulling on the front panel or when opening the drawer, the footing is performed due to the Zuhaltekräfte the locking device with out of the furniture body. It is automatically taken by pulling out the drawer of the footstool. If the footstool is not needed, then it can be pushed back into the furniture carcass after the holding force of the locking device has been overcome.

If a locking device is formed by at least one located on the drawer and / or the stepping stool magnet, so a compact and space-saving locking device can be realized in the moving furniture parts. For example, the magnets can also be invisibly inserted in the front panel and / or the front of the footstool. The appearance would not be disturbed.

If a stool ejection device is provided on the furniture body or the mounting element, wherein the footstool moves from the retracted position to the extended position upon actuation of the stool ejector, then the extension or retraction of the footstep can be automated. By an actuable by a person switching device or a switch contact the step stool can be driven automatically as needed from the furniture body. If the footstool is no longer needed, a return of the footstool can also be done by pressing the switch contact.

It has proved to be advantageous if a drawer-ejection device is provided on the furniture body or the mounting element, wherein the drawer moves upon actuation of the drawer ejection device from the closed position to an open position. Thus, not only the movement of the step stool out of the furniture body is automated, but also - for example, when pressing a switching device by a person - the movement of the drawer out of the piece of furniture. Of course, an automatic return of the drawer in the piece of furniture is conceivable. When the drawer moves into the open position when the drawer ejector is actuated, with the step stool remaining in the retracted position, the drawer can be used as a regular base drawer and thus additional storage space without restriction by the step stool.

If the drawer is carried on operation of the stool ejector with the footstool and the drawer is movable in the extended position of the footstep from its closed position to its open position, it can also be used after extension of the footstep of the storage space under the footstool. If a person who needs the step stool, suddenly has the need to get something from the located under the footstool drawer, this can also be done after the extension of the footstool.

If the stool ejector and the drawer ejector are independently or simultaneously operable, so z. B. be selected, whether at

Operation of a switching contact or switching element only the drawer or the drawer should be extended together with the footstool. There are thus two possibilities: it drives the footstool together with the drawer out of the furniture carcass or the footstool remains in the furniture body and the drawer moves out of the furniture body alone.

It has been found to be advantageous that the operation of the stool Ausstoßvor-direction and / or the drawer ejection device is effected by at least one switching contact, which is arranged on the drawer, the step stool, the furniture body and / or the mounting element. This switching contact can be operated by a person. It is also conceivable that the stool ejection device and / or the drawer ejection device have the switching contact itself. It is also conceivable that the operations of the stool ejection device and the drawer ejection device via a touch-latch function on the drawer and / or the footstool is done. Thus, by depressing the drawer and / or the step stool in the direction of the furniture, the switch contact is actuated and the footstool and / or the drawer drive out of the piece of furniture. Touch-latch functions are already known in the furniture industry.

If the footstep has at least one support element, wherein the support element is under the burden of a person lingering on the footstool with the ground in connection and without load of a person lingering on the footstep the connection between the support element and the ground is interrupted, then only in extended condition of the step stool made contact with the ground. When extending out of the furniture body, the support elements can leave no marks on the floor. For example, contamination could get stuck between the support member and the floor and thus damage the floor as the step stool exits. This is prevented by a raised during the movement of the footstep support element.

It would also be possible that at least one support element has at least one ground contact element - in particular in the form of a sliding or rolling body -, wherein when moving the footstep, the ground contact element with the ground is substantially permanently in communication. Thus, the support element would not settle on the floor as soon as the footstool has arrived in its extended position. The footstool is always supported by the permanent connection between the support element and the floor. Thus, this z. B. also be used in an intermediate position between the extended and the retracted position and would not have to be moved to the fully extended position.

Further details and advantages are shown in the subclaims.

Further details and advantages of the present invention will be explained in more detail below with reference to the description of the figures with reference to the exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings. Fig. 1a, 1b Application of extendible step stool device, Fig. 2 Extendable step stool device oblique view intermediate positions, Fig. 3 Step stool in extended position, Fig. 4 Drawer in open position, step stool in the retracted position, Fig. 5 exploded view of individual subassemblies of the step stool device, Figure 6 tread stool device in intermediate position with ejection devices, and Figure 7 schematic representation of the arrangement of drawer pull-out guide and door stool pull-out guide.

Fig. 1a shows a schematically illustrated person who is standing on the floor 15 and hands upwards to reach an object in a wall unit or a shelf. In the lower area of the piece of furniture 20 is the extendable treadle 1, which can be used for this purpose. This is currently in the retracted position TE and is thus hidden.

In Fig. 1b shows how the extendable footstep device 1 remains in the extended position TA. In this case, a footprint 12 is provided, to which the person can ascend to z. B. to reach objects in the wall unit or on a shelf easier. The footprint 12 is a part of the footstep 4, which can be inserted after use as a footstep 4 again in the base region of the piece of furniture 20. Stands the person on the footprint 12 of the footstep 4 is held by the weight of the person in position and thus can not be accidentally moved further from the piece of furniture 20 or in the piece of furniture 20 into it.

Fig. 2 shows the extendable step stool device 1. The step stool 4 is in a position between extended position TA and retracted position TE. In this embodiment, the arrangement of footstool 4 and drawer 6 is in a mounting element 2, wherein the mounting element 2 is connectable to the furniture body 3. It is also conceivable that the installation element 2 is omitted and only the support rails 42, 62 of the drawer extension guide 60 and the Schemelausziehführung 40 contact the furniture body 3. However, the mounting element 2 has the advantage that a closed unit of the extendable step stool device 1 are inserted into the base of the piece of furniture 20 and can be fixed there. Furthermore, the mounting element 2 gives the system additional stability. The drawer 6 is located in Fig. 2 in a position between the open position O and the closed position S. The front panel 7 exposes the front portion of the footstep 4 in this position - the front 8 of the footstep 4 is thus visible. Furthermore, the storage space inside the drawer 6 is visible. In this preferred embodiment, at least one locking device 9 is arranged on the end face 8. Corresponding counterparts to the locking device 9 has the front panel 7 - these take in the closed state of the drawer 6 contact with the locking device 9 located in the front page 8. This can be z. B. - shown in this embodiment - be a magnetizable body, which is located in the front panel 7 and acts together with the magnets in the end face 8 of the footstep 4 - or vice versa. The at least one support element 14 - shown here as a pillar-like pillar - has on its underside at least one ground contact element 16. These can be designed, for example, as sliding elements or rolling elements. However, in this particularly preferred embodiment, the at least one support element 14 should only come into contact with the floor 15 as soon as a person is on the contact area 12. In this case, apart from sliding or rolling properties of the ground contact element 16 can be ignored. Due to the burden of a person standing on the footprint 12, the ground contact element 16 is pressed supporting on the ground 15, whereby a self-locking against further displacement of the footstep 4 is achieved. Furthermore, FIG. 2 shows that an independent method of the drawer 6 and the footstool 4 is possible. For example, after extending the footstool 4 and the drawer 6, the drawer 6 remain in position and the footstool 4 are pushed back into the furniture body 3 or the mounting element 2. The footstool 4 thus does not hinder the function of the drawer 6.

Fig. 3 shows a footstep 4 in the extended position TA. When moving out into the extended position TA of the footstep 4 has the front panel 7 of the drawer 6 due to the not visible in Fig. 3 locking device 9 (seen in Figure 2) taken. In this case, the front panel 7 is considered at the same time as a support element for the footstool 4. Would now in the extended position TA a person climb onto the footprint 12, the footstool 4 would be supported on the bottom 15 via the contact with the drawer 6 and the front panel 7 located thereon. Additional support elements 14 are thus not needed. Due to the resulting friction between the front panel 7 and the bottom 15, a person standing on the footprint 12 would also be prevented from self-locking against accidental retraction or extension of the drawer 6 and thus the footstool 4. After relief of the footprint 12 and thus of the

Trittschemels 4 and the drawer 6, these can be moved back to their original retracted position TE or closed position S.

4 shows the footstep 4 in its retracted position TE. Only the drawer 6 has been brought from the closed position S in an open position O. The extendable footstool device 1 can thus be used as a conventional drawer 6 in the base element of a piece of furniture, the footstool 4 remains stowed to save space.

Fig. 5 shows an exploded view of the individual components of the extendable step stool device 1. The drawer 6 has its front panel 7. The drawer 6 is connected to the drawer pull-out rail 61. This is a part of the drawer pull-out guide 60. The drawer pull-out guide 60 is connected with its drawer slide rail 62 to the installation element 2 or the furniture body 3 not shown in FIG. 5 or else to a component of the footstep 4. The stool pull-out rail 41 is linear and movable relative to the footstep support rail 42. The footstool 4 is connected to the stool pull-out rail 41. The stool pull-out rail 41 is relatively and linearly movable to the stool support rail 42. The stool support rail 42 is connected to the mounting element 2 or 5 not visible in FIG. Furniture body 3. For the sake of simplicity, only one stool pull-out guide 40 and one drawer pull-out guide 60 have been shown in FIG. 5. In a particularly preferred embodiment, two Schemel-Ausziehführungen 40 and the drawer 6 per two drawer pull-60 are attached to the stool 4. The drawer ejection device 11 and the stool ejection device 10 are located on the rear sides of the drawer 6 and the footstep 4. In this exemplary embodiment, these are fastened to a rail element 17 which is located at the rear region of the mounting element 2. About one or more switching contacts 13, the stool ejector 10 and / or the drawer ejector 11 are actuated, which has an extension of the footstep 4 and / or the drawer 6 result. The switching contact 13 can also be installed directly in the ejection devices 10, 11.

Fig. 6 shows the stool ejection device 10 and the drawer ejection device 11 in the installed state. These can be installed on the mounting element 2 or on the furniture body 3. Upon actuation of the stool ejector 10, a force is applied to the back of the footstep 4, which causes the extension of the footstep 4 from the retracted position TE to the extended position TA. The drawer 6 is carried along in the region of the front panel 7 and the end face 8 due to the contact between the drawer 6 and the footstep 4. However, the contact can also be made elsewhere. If the drawer 6 alone extend into the open position O and dwell the footstep 4 in the retracted position TE, the drawer ejection device 11 is activated. The force of the drawer ejector 11 is stronger than that of the tumbler 9, thus the tread 4 remains in the retracted position TE and the drawer 6 moves alone.

Fig. 7 shows schematically the arrangement of the drawer pull-out guide 60 and the stool pull-out guide 40. In the stool pull-out guide 40 is the stool pull-out rail 41, which is firmly connected to the footstep 4. The drawer 6 is firmly connected to the drawer pull-out rail 61. The drawer pull-out rail 61 is movably supported in the drawer pull-out guide 60. The school desk pull-out guide 60 and the stool pull-out guide 40 are connected via support rails 42, 62 with the furniture body 3 or the mounting element 2 (not shown in Fig. 7).

Claims (19)

claims An extendable footstool device (1) for a piece of furniture (20) comprising: - a footstool (4) with an end face (8) and a footprint (12) which is connected to a footstool pull-out rail (41) of at least one footstep pull-out guide (40 ), wherein a stool support rail (42) of the stool pull-out guide (40) directly with a furniture body (3) or - optionally existing - with the furniture body (3) firmly connectable mounting element (2) is connectable, wherein under the Contact surface (12) of the footstep (14) a drawer (6) with a front panel (7) is arranged, wherein the drawer (6) with at least one drawer pull-out rail (61) of a drawer pull-out guide (60) is connectable, wherein the Drawer pull-out guide (60) has a drawer support rail (62) which is connectable to the furniture body (3) or the installation element (2) or the footstool (14), wherein the movement of the drawer (6) relative to the footstep (4 ) and Furniture carcass (3) along the drawer pull-out rail (61) and between a closed position (S) and an open position (O) is linear, characterized in that the front panel (7) in the closed position (S) of the drawer (6) the end face ( 8) of the footstep (4) covered. 2. Extendable step stool device according to claim 1, characterized in that two stool Ausziehschienen (41) on the footstool (14) and two drawer Ausziehschienen (61) on the drawer (6) are arranged. 3. Extendable footstool device according to claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the stool pull-out rail (41) and the drawer pull-out rail (61) are formed as separate assemblies. 4. Extractable footstool device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the movement of the footstep (4) relative to the furniture body (3) along the footstool extension guide (40) between a retracted position (TE) and an extended position (TA ) is essentially rectilinear. 5. Extendable footstool device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the drawer (6) by at least one of the drawer (6) and / or the footstool (4) located Zuhaltevorrichtung (9) held in the closed position (S) becomes. 6. Extractable footstool device according to claim 5, characterized in that the locking device (9) is formed by at least one of the drawer (6) and / or the footstool (4) located magnet. 7. Extendable footstool device according to one of claims 4 to 6, characterized in that a stool ejection device (10) on the furniture body (3) or the mounting element (2) is provided, wherein the footstep (4) upon actuation of the stool ejection device (10) moves from the retracted position (TE) to the extended position (TA). 8. Extendable footstool device according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that a drawer ejection device (11) on the furniture body (3) or the mounting element (2) is provided, wherein the drawer (6) upon actuation of the drawer ejection device (11) moves from the closed position (S) in the open position (O). 9. Extendable step stool device according to claim 8, characterized in that the drawer (6) moves upon actuation of the drawer ejection device (11) in the open position (O), wherein the footstep (4) in the retracted position (PE) remains. 10. Extractable footstool device according to one of claims 7 to 9, characterized in that the drawer (6) is carried on actuation of the stool ejector device (10) with the step stool (4) and the drawer (6) in the extended position (PA ) of the footstool (4) from its closed position (S) in its open position (O) is movable. 11. Extendable step stool device according to one of claims 7 to 10, characterized in that the stool ejection device (10) and the drawer ejection device (11) are independently or simultaneously actuated. 12. Extendable step stool device according to one of claims 7 to 11, characterized in that the actuation of the stool ejection device (10) and / or the drawer ejection device (11) by at least one switching contact (13), which at the drawer (6 ), on the footstool (4), on the furniture body (3) and / or on the installation element (2) is arranged. 13. Extendable stepping stool device according to claim 12, characterized in that the stool ejection device (10) and / or the drawer ejection device (11) have the switching contact (13). 14. Extendable stepping stool device according to one of claims 7 to 13, characterized in that the operation of the stool ejection device (10) and the drawer ejection device (11) via a touch-latch function on the drawer (6) and / or the footstool (4). 15. Extendable footstool device according to one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that the footstep has at least one support element (14), wherein the support element (14) under the load of a person on the footstep (4) lingering person with the bottom (15) is in communication and without load on the footstool (4) lingering person, the connection between the support element (14) and bottom (15) is interrupted. 16. Extendable footstool device according to claim 15, characterized in that the at least one support element (14) has at least one ground contact element (16) - in particular in the form of a sliding or rolling body, wherein when moving the footstep (4) the ground contact element (16) with the bottom (15) is substantially permanently in communication. 17. footstool (4) with a drawer (6) according to one of claims 1 to 16. 18. Installation element (2) with a footstep (4) according to claim 17. 19. Furniture piece (20) with a built-in element (2) according to claim 18.