DE102010036225A1 - Modular furniture- and play system for use as dollhouse, house theatre, theme house and game storage box, has vertical strut sections and horizontal floor struts, while ceiling struts are provided as fixed frame - Google Patents

Abstract

The modular furniture- and play system has vertical strut sections (2,4,6,8) and horizontal floor struts (3,5,7,9), while the ceiling struts (3a,5a,7a,9a) are provided as a fixed frame (1). Two opposite vertical strut sections are provided with the attached profiles (10) for incorporating the front surfaces (12), where the profile is made of wood, plastic, Plexiglass(RTM: Transparent plastic), metal or cardboard.

Description

The invention relates to a modular furniture and game system with at least one, preferably cuboid furniture element whose body is a surface-limiting frame, wherein the frame sides are designed as struts, which are optionally provided with profiles for receiving front surfaces.

Furniture and game systems consisting of individual modular elements are known in the art in a variety of embodiments. The connection of the individual front surfaces of the elements takes place here either via separate connecting elements or via special engagement elements which are arranged directly on the plates.

The German Patent 1 955 922 describes, for example, a box furniture whose sides are double-walled, or have inner and outer plates, which are interconnected by grooves and tongue. The connection of the individual plates takes place in that the spring of one plate of the body engages in a groove which is formed within another body plate.

This construction obtains additional stability, by means of two end-side arranged side frames having corresponding U-profiles, which engage in the front and rear edges of the corpus walls, the body is held together like a clip.

Another font that DE 22 01 232 shows a method of creating a box-like housing. In this method, the surfaces of the side walls are also held by a frontally mounted frame. The frame here has profile elements in the form of substantially U-shaped channels whose diameter is wider than that of the plates. The plates are first placed according to the channels and then fixed by adhesive in liquid form. After curing of the plastic, the frame parts and the plates form a coherent plastic body.

Another piece of furniture is according to the DE 10 2006 022 498 known. The document shows a furniture body with a support and support structure having profile elements, which are located between a floor and a ceiling plate.

The profile elements are in this case detachable, for example by means of bolts, attached to the floor and ceiling plate. The profile elements according to this document each have two vertically extending grooves, in which the desired outer side walls are detachably inserted. The outer walls can be brought according to this document from a first mounted position with the mounting flat side facing the carcass interior in a second position, in which the mounting flat side to the outside of the body.

The disadvantage of the modular furniture systems and also of the game systems according to the prior art is to be seen, inter alia, that only individual walls are interchangeable by loosening fasteners and the height of the individual module elements are no longer subsequently changed by the fixed ceiling and floor panels can.

Based on this prior art, it is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a furniture and play system in which not only individual surfaces of the body are interchangeable, but in a simple manner without the previous release of Verbindungsmitteln- all Front surfaces, including the bottom and cover plate, are interchangeable.

This object is achieved according to the invention with the features of claim 1. Advantageous embodiments will become apparent from the dependent claims.

All front surfaces of the furniture and play element according to the invention can be removed or replaced by simple manual insertion and removal. Thus, the individual elements form a multivariable furniture system or game system with a variety of possibilities. By replacing the side walls, ceiling plate and base plate, the furniture body in its shape and function can be defined again and again and different modular sizes can be combined in all directions.

Furthermore, the element can be produced particularly inexpensively, since it is composed again and again of the same or similar frame elements. The front surfaces have no supporting function and can therefore be manufactured cost-effectively to high quality according to any desired design, material and surface.

Once the buyer has acquired a piece of furniture and games, he can change and use his element as required by purchasing accessories. In addition, the buyer has the advantage that he has to replace, for example, when wear occurs only individual parts and not the entire element.

The furniture element according to the invention can be used in very different areas due to its neutrality of the base frame and the flexibility in the design of the front surfaces and the ability to accommodate accessories.

The furniture element according to the invention can be used for example as a dollhouse.

The front surfaces of the house can be inserted as side, floor and ceiling panel at any time in the frame or removed or even replaced. In addition, partitions are used, which stand like a kind of room divider in the dollhouse. They are fixed horizontally by the floor and ceiling slab and can only be moved in the vertical direction. Through the combination of exchangeable front walls and mobile partition, the room proportions and room functions of the house can be redefined again and again.

In addition, one or more drawers can be provided, which can be pulled through in the frame as desired in both directions. By turning the drawer, the floor space can be used as additional terrace area. In addition, the ceiling slab can be partially pulled out and now serves as a terrace surface. The forming opening can be used simultaneously for setting a stair element and the connection between the floors. The dollhouse can be supplemented at any time by accessories, such as an additional ceiling plate or a roof element, etc. The usable and thus recordable surface of the furniture element according to the invention is extended in this way by a multiple.

The floor, ceiling and wall surfaces can be removed and purchased in any desired design, or even designed by yourself. The surfaces provided with appropriate designs and also different spatial dimensions offer a multitude of variations and play possibilities.

For example, the surfaces can be designed with wallpaper, carpets, mosaic tiles, textiles, coverings or other materials.

Only by the design of the front surfaces of the house is given a scale that is adapted to the appropriate doll sizes.

Compared to conventional dollhouses there is the advantage that the surfaces no longer have to be designed in the installed state. They can be easily removed, laid out and retrofitted. In this way, it is also possible for younger children to participate in the design and contamination of the non-machined parts is avoided.

The furniture element of the invention can also be designed as a house on a particular theme. By inserting appropriate front surfaces, combination of furniture elements and accessories, the furniture element to a theme house, for example, as a fire, farm, hair salon, gas station, etc. be redesigned.

The buyer of the furniture elements according to the invention can do without the exchangeability of the front surfaces to buy the different theme houses as individual houses. He can always use the corresponding front surfaces differently in the furniture element as needed and only has to keep the individual accessory sets to the theme houses. In this way, he saves space in the nursery. The purchase of several houses, the stackability of the furniture elements has a favorable effect, since they can be stowed to save space after the game.

• • Steckkasten für Kleinkinder (Frontflächen werden mit Aussparungen in verschiedenen geometrischen Formen versehen. Bausteine fallen bei rausgenommener Bodenplatte in die Schublade und können vom Kind wieder herausgezogen werden)
• • Motorikschleife für Kleinkinder
• • Gesellschaftsspielkiste (Frontflächen werden mit Brettspielen versehen, Dame, Schach, Mensch ärgere dich nicht etc. Spielsteine können in der Schublade aufbewahrt werden und die Schublade kann als Würfelschale verwendet werden.)
• • Angelspiel (Kasten oben offen, Seitenwände mit Aquariummotiven)
• • Fußballspiel (Es wird eine Bodenplatte mit Fußballkickern eingesetzt. Die Seitenflächen können als Fußballstadium gestaltet werden.) verwendet werden. Die Frontflächen können mit allen erdenklichen Spielfunktionen versehen werden.

The furniture element according to the invention is ideally suited to be used as a multifunctional game plug box. By inserting corresponding front surfaces, combination of the furniture elements and accessories, the furniture element can, for example, as:

• • Infant box (front panels are cut out in different geometrical shapes, blocks fall into the drawer when the bottom panel is removed and can be pulled out by the child)
• • Motorcycle loop for toddlers
• • Parlor game box (front surfaces are board-equipped, queen, chess, man does not fret, etc.) Game pieces can be stored in the drawer and the drawer can be used as a cube-shaped bowl.)
• • fishing game (box open at the top, side walls with aquarium motifs)
• • Football game (A bottom plate with football kickers is used, the side surfaces can be designed as a soccer stadium.). The front surfaces can be equipped with all imaginable game functions.

The invention Mibelelement can be designed for promotional purposes by appropriate companies, such as a beauty salon, a dealership, etc. on a particular topic.

In this case, the front elements and the device can be adapted to the device of the industry to be advertised. The drawer can be the Include advertising leaflets. If necessary, the advertising media can be constantly redecorated.

Furthermore, the furniture element according to the invention can be used as a miniature house for adults. By inserting appropriate front surfaces, combination of furniture elements and accessories, the furniture element is used, for example, as an antique dollhouse, theater house, restaurant and etc.

The frame system of the furniture element according to the invention makes it possible analogous to the dollhouse for children to include high-quality equipment for doll houses for adults. The Rausnehmbarkeit the front surfaces proves to be an advantage here for the design of the surfaces.

The Mibelelement invention can be used as a theater. By inserting appropriate front surfaces and accessories, the furniture element becomes, for example:

- Doll or Kaspertheater -

The theater is played with flexible dolls or other solid dolls of desired size on the sliding front surfaces or from the front. The base plate serves as a theater stage and may contain one or more floor outlets. Through the floor outlets things can disappear in the stage drawer and be conjured up again by extracting the drawer. Scenes can be suspended in profile rails or inserted into the front surfaces. The stage is delimited to the front by a theater curtain from the auditorium.

- Shadow Theater -

A milky plastic disk or a paper wall is inserted in the rear front panel. By placing a light source, silhouette figures can be displayed on the front panel.

- Theater with moving pictures -

A screen is placed between the rear panels on the stage or small films in digital form. The child can react to the digital images with his drama.

The advantages of the furniture element according to the invention in use as a theater house compared to conventional theaters arise from the multifunctionality. The invention Mbbelelement can be recorded in any theater form described. The basic body is analogous to the doll house scale. The theatrical stage, which is missing in conventional Kaspertheatern, can be used to build the props. Traditional doll furniture can also be used here. By expanding the playability of the theater with fixed dolls, the children can now easily reenact everyday stories, fairy tales, religious stories, etc. The stage designs can be designed accordingly or purchased as accessories. The children can play around the theater all around. When they sit in front of them, they can play for themselves or, sitting behind the theater, let the puppets appear between the front panels and play them to others. According to the size of the furniture element according to the invention, they can use it alone, in pairs or in larger groups.

The furniture element according to the invention is also suitable for the therapy area. As a therapy device for the promotion of motor and mental development through the use of special disability-tuned front panels, the motor and mental abilities can be repeatedly promoted. Thus, the drawer in the lower region or upper region of the furniture element can be provided with corresponding passage openings for the introduction of objects which have a morphology corresponding to the openings. The advantage for the therapist is that he can equip the furniture element for each patient according to their needs and does not need an infinite variety of therapy devices.

Other uses of the furniture element according to the invention are the use as a house on a larger scale as a playhouse or garden shed.

The furniture element according to the invention can also be used as a "driving house".

For this function, the furniture element is provided all around with closed front surfaces. The drawer, if present, and the lid are locked. In the lid, a handle element is provided for easy transport. The takeaway house can be according to its inserted front panels both dollhouse, theater-themed house, architectural model, etc.

The furniture element according to the invention can be used as a container for animals. By inserting appropriate front surfaces and accessories, the furniture element becomes, for example, the guinea pig cage or hamster cage. For this purpose, plastic discs or metal grid plates are set in the frame of the body circumferentially. The drawer level comes with a plastic tray provided in which the animals are located. The plastic tray can be easily removed to clean the cage. The bottom plate is omitted. By stacking the furniture elements, the animals can still get a second level and thus additional space.

For use as an aquarium an aquarium tank is used in the framework of the body. On the frame, the lighting, the filter system and technical accessories with cover can be attached as accessories. The drawer can be used to store the food, etc. In addition, matching the aquarium designed front surfaces can be used. The advantage over conventional glued aquarium images is that they can be easily replaced. A conversion as a terrarium is also possible.

The advantage of the furniture element according to the invention over conventional containers for animals is that it is visually appealing, functional and space-saving through the drawer. If the buyer has already acquired other elements of the furniture element according to the invention, then the animal houses, which are often dominant and clunky in the room, for example, by stacking in the overall furniture system of the room integrate.

The furniture element according to the invention can be used very well as furniture. Individual furniture elements - even with correspondingly different, coordinated modular size dimensions - can be combined with each other in height and width.

By choosing the materials used for the frame and front surfaces, there is a wide range of variations and combinations and thus a variety of other design options for the furniture element.

Thus, the entire furniture element may be made of wood according to the desired use. But it can just as metal profiles with front surfaces of metal glass or plastic, etc. find application. Depending on the materials and colors and shapes and surfaces used, the furniture element can be given every desired look from antique to modern.

• • Sitzelement in Höhe eines Kinderstuhls,
• • Sitzelement in Höhe eines Erwachsenenstuhls,
• • Regalelement in Höhe eines Kindertisches,
• • Regalelement in Höhe eines Schreibtisches,
• • Kindertisch.

By inserting appropriate front surfaces, possible combination of furniture elements and accessories, the furniture elements for example for

• Seat element at the height of a child's chair,
• Seat element at the height of an adult chair,
• • shelf element at the height of a child's table,
• • shelf element at the height of a desk,
• • Children's table.

The furniture element can then meet a game function and at the same time the function of a piece of furniture such as chair, table, etc. according to its front surfaces and additional elements.

According to the invention, the furniture element can also be designed as a cabinet.

The front doors and side walls of the cabinet have a frame which is provided with profiles in which non-load-bearing front surfaces can be inserted and removed. The door frame is additionally attached to the frame of the cabinet by means of hinges or other elements. The advantage of the furniture element according to the invention is that the cabinet can be optically adapted to its environment via its removable fillings. That is, for example, the doors or the other side elements of the cabinet can be changed at any time. The buyer of a furniture element according to the invention therefore only buys a cabinet, which is then provided according to his wishes and subsequently with the appropriate design. Thus, the furniture element can be constantly changed and meet the design needs of babyhood to adolescents and adults.

The furniture element according to the invention in its function as furniture can also be used as a shelf. The individual furniture elements can be combined by stacking with each other.

The frame system can be extended by appropriate shelves. Due to the individually usable front surfaces, the shelf can be designed as desired. This results in an advantage over conventional shelves, that the ratio and the number of closed and open areas can be redesigned by the buyer at any time. The furniture element can also serve as a stacked shelf for supporting a table top.

The advantages achieved with the invention over conventional furniture systems consist essentially in the fact that due to the free design possibilities of the furniture front surfaces and the combinability of the furniture elements together a system was created, which can be adapted to changing needs of any age or design requirement.

Furthermore, there are the advantages achieved by the invention over conventional Toy systems in that due to the multifunctionality of the furniture element one or a few furniture elements replace the conventional complete playhouses. Due to the possible redesign of the elements no complete houses need to be purchased, but only space-saving accessories or play sets.

Especially for the puppet-themed house area, a system was created which allows the possibility of free design of houses in previously non-existent form. The combinability of the elements and dual functionality as a play and furniture element as well as the stacking function creates a new organization system for the nursery.

Some embodiments of the invention are explained below with reference to the drawing. Show it:

1 : a first embodiment of the furniture element according to the invention as a dollhouse with mounted vertical surface elements,

2 : the furniture element according to 1 in combination with an element with additional retractable ceiling and drawer in the floor area,

3 : the furniture element with locked side surfaces in its stacking function for storage, in combination with other, correspondingly dimensioned furniture elements according to the invention,

4 : a shelving system, which is constructed from the furniture element according to the invention and

5 : the furniture element according to the invention as a cabinet, in which all front surfaces are interchangeable,

6 : a section corresponding to the line AA of 2 .

7 : a section along the line BB of 2 ,

8th : a possible combination of furniture elements according to the invention as a child seat group with table, shelf part and stools. The double function as furniture and play house is possible.

The 1 shows an embodiment of a cuboid furniture element according to the invention with a frame 1 , The frame 1 , the front surfaces 12 consists of vertical struts 2 . 4 . 6 . 8th , horizontal ground struts 3 . 5 . 7 . 9 and also horizontally oriented ceiling struts 3a . 5a . 7a . 9a , All struts are to a dimensionally stable fixed frame 1 assembled. In the exemplary embodiment, the horizontal struts show a circumferential groove aligned with the opposite strut 10 into which the vertical front surfaces 12 be hung. According to the 1 are only three, each half of the frame surfaces covering the front surfaces 12 appropriate. By lifting and tilting these front surfaces 12 slightly out of the ordinary 1 removable. The struts 3 . 5 . 7 . 9 and 3a . 5a . 7a . 9a have in the embodiment, a further, facing the inside of the furniture element, circumferential groove 10 , in which a bottom or top cover plate can be inserted or inserted.

According to the 2 is in the front part of the furniture element from the 1 shown while the second element is a cover plate 14 and a drawer 15 having. The outer side areas of the cover plate 14 hereby run in guides, which are called circumferential grooves 13 are formed and wherein the openings of the grooves 13 is directed to the interior of the furniture element. The grooves 13 are integrated here on the frame 1 arranged.

The 3 shows the furniture elements of different sizes according to the invention, which are compatible with each other and stackable.

A shelving system of furniture elements according to the invention is in the 4 shown.

Between two rows of elements simple shelves are placed on the individual struts of the frame.

The in the 6 and 7 In cross-section components shown in their names corresponding to those in the other figures.

QUOTES INCLUDE IN THE DESCRIPTION

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Cited patent literature

• DE 1955922 [0003]
• DE 2201232 [0005]
• DE 102006022498 [0006]

Claims (12)

Modular furniture and play system with at least one, preferably block-shaped furniture element whose body is a surface-limiting frame, wherein the frame sides are formed as struts, which are optionally provided with profiles for receiving front surfaces, characterized in that - vertical struts ( 2 . 4 . 6 . 8th ) and horizontal ground ( 3 . 5 . 7 . 9 ) and ceiling struts ( 3a . 5a . 7a . 9a ) a dimensionally stable fixed frame ( 1 ), that at least two of the spatially opposed struts ( 2 . 4 . 6 . 8th . 3 . 5 . 7 . 9 . 3a . 5a . 7a . 9a ) integrated or attached profiles ( 10 ) for receiving the front surfaces ( 12 ), that the opposing profiles ( 10 ) of the struts ( 2 . 4 . 6 . 8th . 3 . 5 . 7 . 9 . 3a . 5a . 7a . 9a ) such, with respect to the length or width dimensions of the front surfaces ( 12 ) have correspondingly spaced profile depths such that a free space results within the profile depths, which is dimensioned such that a firm support of the surfaces ( 12 ) within the profiles ( 10 ) and at the same time also an easy insertion and removal of the individual front surfaces ( 12 ) is possible. Modular furniture and play system with at least one, preferably cuboid furniture element according to claim 1, characterized in that the profiles ( 10 ) in relation to the front surfaces ( 12 ) are dimensioned such that a displacement of the surfaces ( 12 ) within the profiles ( 10 ) is possible. Modular furniture and play system with at least one, preferably cuboid furniture element according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the profiles ( 10 ) as guide rails in the form of grooves within the struts ( 2 . 4 . 6 . 8th . 3 . 5 . 7 . 9 . 3a . 5a . 7a . 9a ) are formed. Modular furniture and play system with at least one, preferably cuboid furniture element according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the profiles ( 10 ) are formed at right angles and U-shaped in cross section. Modular furniture and play system with at least one, preferably cuboid furniture element according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, characterized in that the profiles ( 10 ) only on the opposite sides of the horizontal struts ( 3 . 5 . 7 . 9 . 3a . 5a . 7a . 9a ) for inserting vertically extending front surfaces ( 12 ) are provided. Modular furniture and play system with at least one, preferably cuboid furniture element according to claim 5, characterized in that the horizontal struts ( 3 . 5 . 7 . 9 . 3a . 5a . 7a . 9a ) in the ceiling and / or floor area additional sliding connections, guide profiles or guide rails ( 13 ) and corresponding openings for introducing as a cover plate ( 14 ) and / or bottom plate ( 15 ) have trained front surfaces. Modular furniture and play system with at least one, preferably cuboid furniture element according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that further horizontal struts ( 3b . 5b . 7b . 9b ) within the framework ( 1 ) are provided, which are provided with corresponding engaging means or sliding mechanisms, which with corresponding parts of an extendable drawer ( 15a ) and / or insert plate ( 15 ) correspond. Modular furniture and play system with at least one, preferably cuboid furniture element according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that as a cover plate ( 14 ) formed front surface a handle or an opening ( 16 ) for the transport of the furniture element. Modular furniture and play system with at least one, preferably cuboid furniture element according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the cover plate ( 14 ) and / or the bottom plate guide rails for receiving vertical partition plates for the inner space distribution of the furniture element. Modular furniture and play system with at least one, preferably cuboid furniture element according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that on the sides of the frame ( 1 ) by means of fasteners, such as hinges, doors ( 17 ) or flaps ( 18 ) are arranged, which consist of a surface-limiting frame part ( 19 ), which opposite profiles ( 10 ) with corresponding profile depths for mounting and dismounting the front surfaces or door panels ( 20 ) having. Modular furniture and play system with at least one, preferably cuboid furniture element according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the furniture element and / or the profile ( 10 ) made of wood, plastic, Plexiglas, metal, cardboard or similar materials are formed. Use of the modular furniture and game system according to one of claims 1 to 11 as a playhouse such as dollhouse, theater house, theme house, game box, shadow theater, Miniature house and as a playhouse for therapy purposes and as an advertising medium.

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