DE29720183U1 - Extending table for kitchens - Google Patents

Description

Julius Hupfer GmbH & Co. KG, Harkortstr. 5, 48163 Münster

"Extendable table for kitchens"
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The innovation concerns an extendable table for a kitchen unit.

Such extendable tables are known to be flat and board-like and are used, for example, as a short-term work or storage surface. They require

an additional panel that should be visually matched to the other cabinet panels. For this reason, retrofitting after several years is not possible in many cases, since such surfaces are sometimes not available from kitchen manufacturers.

are no longer in the range or because the optical deviations from the panel to be retrofitted are undesirably large due to the age of the surrounding panels. The extension fittings that can be used with such flat extension tables are comparatively narrow and allow

only low load-bearing capacity of the table or worktop.

It is also known from practice that kitchen extension tables, in order to provide a sufficiently large table top for use as a dining table, can be extended to a barely remaining overhang.

can be pulled out of the kitchen unit, whereby these kitchen tables have foldable legs to allow the table top to bear sufficient load. The disadvantage of such extendable tables is that the cumbersome handling of the supports requires frequent and

The table cannot be changed from its resting position, pushed into the kitchen unit, to its use position, protruding from the kitchen unit.

The innovation is based on the task of creating a kitchen

Extendable table, which can also be used with existing

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Kitchen appliances can be retrofitted with as little effort as possible and which enables a high load-bearing capacity.

This task underlying the innovation is achieved by an extendable table with the features of claim 1

solved.

In other words, the innovation proposes not only designing the extendable table in the form of a thin, extendable table top, but also providing it with a frame so that the

The frame stabilizes the table top and improves its flexural rigidity. The table top width should fill the dimensions of a drawer slot provided in the kitchen unit in question as completely as possible and, together with the frame height, should also cover the height of such a drawer insert as much as possible.

This creates an excellent inherent stability of the extendable table top and the large installation space also provides the possibility of attaching stable fittings, so that the table top can be used in its extended state without the use of its own

Floor supports can withstand high loads.

A further advantage is that the pull-out table can be used either in new constructions or in existing kitchen units in exchange for an otherwise provided

or planned drawer insert. Because the space provided for the drawer insert is filled as completely as possible by the table top and frame of the pull-out table, no additional panels or similar are required. A problematic adjustment

to the existing kitchen fronts is therefore not necessary. Rather, the decor of the pull-out table can be adapted in an obvious way to the decor of the worktop used in the kitchen unit. In the majority of cases, this is a worktop coated with an HPL laminate.

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worktops that generally do not age visibly, so that even in a kitchen that has been in existence for years, an extendable table with such a laminate surface can be retrofitted easily and inconspicuously.
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In particular, this provides the advantage of being able to make the pull-out table longer than the depth of the kitchen unit, so that the front of the table top protrudes from the front of the kitchen unit even when it is fully retracted into the kitchen unit. This

Not only is an additional storage or work surface created when the extending table is at rest, but it also creates a large table surface, especially when the extending table is extended.

The stability of the table top in its extended working state can be ensured by using a particularly solid extension fitting. However, such extension fittings do not have to be made specifically for the new extension table, but can be

common and therefore inexpensive in the area of home furniture, where they are also intended as telescopic rail arrangements for extendable table tops. Since the dimensions of the table tops intended for the living area are usually larger

than is possible in the kitchen area, such fittings ensure that the extendable table has a high load-bearing capacity. The dimensions of the table top according to the new version are limited by the grid dimensions of the kitchen unit, whereby grid dimensions of 45, 50 or 60 cm are usually

Width is common in kitchens.

A visually pleasing and dirt-resistant design of the kitchen table is advantageously achieved by the fact that the pull-out fitting is not similar to drawers on

envisaged on the body, but inside the frame.

For this purpose, additional retaining strips can be provided within the frame, which are arranged on a common base plate which is attached inside the kitchen cabinet or kitchen unit. In this way, it is possible to have the frame of the pull-out table flush with the table top on the outside. This enables a closed, dirt-free outer contour of the pull-out table and, in addition, the frame can be provided very close to the side walls of the body within the kitchen unit, so that even when the table is pulled out,

When the extendable table is in use, no gaps arise between the table top and the surrounding kitchen unit, which could cause dirt or injury.

Compared to the usual for the body of the kitchen unit

If you use wood-based panels, such as chipboard, the kitchen table's pull-out fittings can be attached to retaining strips made of a layered material known as multiplex. This has a very high level of strength and therefore enables stable installation.

anchoring of the fitting.

In particular, if the table top protrudes from the front of the kitchen unit even in its resting position, a very large table surface is possible even if the table top is one piece

and is designed without joints, so it cannot be unfolded or folded to make it larger. The one-piece design allows for a closed outer surface of the table top, which can be very well sealed against water. This in turn makes it possible to use

Wood materials for the table top and the frame, so that the commercially available decorative surfaces for the kitchen area can be used.

On the one hand, this ensures a high wear resistance of the table

plate and on the other hand allows easy re-

Equip existing kitchen units with an extension table in line with the new design, as such decors are usually still available even after years, so that the extension table can be easily and unobtrusively adapted to the visual design of the kitchen unit's worktop. In particular,

So-called HPL surfaces can be used, i.e. "high-pressure laminates", which are highly moisture-resistant and wear-resistant and are commercially available in a very wide variety of different decors.

Alternatively, mineral materials can be used for the surface of the table top: e.g. solid stone slabs or plastic-bonded mineral materials. In addition to the appearance and charisma typical of mineral materials, such materials are particularly characterized by a seamless and jointless transition

from the table top to the frame, so that the extending table is optimally protected against moisture.

An example of the innovation is explained in more detail below using the drawing.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view from above of a

Extending table in resting position and

Fig. 2 is also a perspective view, but from

below on the table of Fig. 1, but in the partially

pulled out state.

In Fig. 1, 1 indicates a kitchen unit in which an extendable table 2 is provided instead of a drawer. The extendable table 2 fills the installation opening provided for the drawer.

can be seen, is almost completely made up of the dimensions of a table top 3 and a frame 4 that is flush with the outside.

Fig. 1 shows the rest position of the extension table 2, in which it

pushed as far as possible into the kitchen unit 1. Also in

In this position, the front of the extending table 2 protrudes beyond the front of the rest of the kitchen unit 1.

In Fig. 2, a base plate 5 can be seen which is fastened to a body element 7 of the kitchen unit 1 using two metal profiles 6. The metal profiles 6 enable the base plate 5 to be securely screwed to the adjacent side walls of the body of the kitchen unit 1, so that even when the base plate 5 is subjected to high loads, the base plate 5 cannot break in the area of the screws used or tear out.

the screws is avoided.

The base plate 5 carries two multiplex support strips 8, to each of which a commercially available pull-out fitting 9 for tables is attached. The pull-out

stop 9 rests on the inside of the frame 4, so that a smooth outer contour of the entire pull-out table 2 is possible. Even in the extended state of use, the pull-out table 2 therefore fills the opening provided for a drawer within the kitchen unit 1 to the same extent as can be seen from Fig. 1.

visible. Gaps that could cause dirt or injury are avoided in this way.

In order to adapt the pull-out table 2 to the worktop of the kitchen unit 1 in a visually pleasing manner and to connect it to it, a U-shaped decorative frame 10 can be provided, as can be seen in particular in Fig. 1. This decorative frame 10 can consist of the millimeter-thin HPL laminate used for coating the worktops and table tops and can be easily attached, for example with

Using silicone glue, it can be glued to the existing cabinet body.

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HABBEL & HABBEL "· ^: «iPf.-iNx5.-H.-9. habbel PATENT ATTORNEYS DIPL.-INQ. LUTZ HABBEL EUROPEAN PATENT ATTORNEYS PO Box 3429 ♦ 48019 Münster DfPL.-QEOQR. PETER HABBEL TELEPHONE (0251) 535 780 ♦ FAX (0251) 531 996 OUR FILE: !please specify) H54/20347 iu/Sc Münster, 13 November 1997 Julius Hupfer GmbH & Co. KG, Harkortstr. 5, 48163 Münster "Extendable table for kitchens" 20 Protection claims: 1. Extendable table (2) for a kitchen unit (1) with a telescopic extendable fitting (9) and with a table top (3) and a frame (4) stabilizing the table top (3), wherein the 25 table top width and the frame height the size of a drawer the insert of the kitchen unit (1) as completely as possible. 2. Extendable table according to claim 1, characterized in that the table top (3) extends as far as possible into the kitchen unit (1). 30 lowered rest position in front of the rest of the kitchen unit (1) protrudes. 3. Extendable table according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by a commercially available extendable fitting (9) intended for living room tables. 4. Extendable table according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the pull-out fitting (9) is arranged within the frame (4), wherein below the frame (4) there is provided a base plate (5) which can be fastened in the kitchen unit (1) and on which two retaining strips (8) holding the pull-out fitting (9) are arranged. 5. Extendable table according to claim 4, characterized in that the holding strips (8) consist of a layered material referred to as multiplex. 6. Extendable table according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the table top (3) is jointless and constructed in one piece. 7. Extending table according to one of the preceding claims, since characterized in that the table top (3) has an HPL surface. 8. Extendable table according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the table top (3) is made of a mineral material formed surface.