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EP1649780A1
EP1649780A1 EP04425789A EP04425789A EP1649780A1 EP 1649780 A1 EP1649780 A1 EP 1649780A1 EP 04425789 A EP04425789 A EP 04425789A EP 04425789 A EP04425789 A EP 04425789A EP 1649780 A1 EP1649780 A1 EP 1649780A1
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Massimo Migliorini
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B81/00—Cabinets or racks specially adapted for other particular purposes, e.g. for storing guns or skis
    • A47B81/002—Corner cabinets; Cabinets designed for being placed in a corner or a niche

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  • the present invention relates to a piece of furniture of the type which can be used close to walls.
  • the present invention relates to a piece of furniture which can be placed in a corner formed between two adjacent walls.
  • Pieces of furniture of this kind must adapt perfectly to the corner between the two walls, that is to say, they must precisely follow the corner, since for obvious reasons pieces of furniture adjacent to a wall which leave an unused and unusable space between the piece of furniture and the other wall are not acceptable.
  • a made to measure piece of furniture is, by definition, only suitable for a single, predetermined specification, that is to say, it can only be placed in a predetermined corner.
  • the modularity of furniture has allowed a significant reduction in the cost of furniture, since it is mass produced according to predetermined models.
  • the modular pieces of furniture in the prior art used close to a wall normally substantially have the shape of a parallelepiped so that two or more pieces of furniture can be placed alongside one another to form the required furniture.
  • Such pieces of furniture are also used when the furniture must be extended along two adjacent walls which form a right angle between t hem. In this case, the piece of furniture in the corner allows other pieces of furniture to be placed alongside both walls, avoiding unwanted gaps in the furniture.
  • One example is a modular kitchen which extends along two walls which form a right angle between them.
  • the most suitable and functional furniture certainly has the pieces of furniture close to the two walls and joined without a gap to the piece of furniture in the corner.
  • the main technical purpose of the present invention is to propose a piece of furniture which overcomes the above-mentioned disadvantages.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide a piece of furniture which can be adapted to adjacent walls which between them form angles that are not right angles.
  • Another aim of the present invention is to propose a piece of furniture which can be adapted to walls which between them form angles which may even not be right angles and to which other pieces of furniture may be joined in order to complete the furniture.
  • the numeral 1 denotes a piece of furniture made according to the present invention.
  • the piece of furniture 1 comprises a first half-part 2 and a second half-part 3, substantially box-shaped, joined together to form a compartment 4 which can be used to store clothing, food, or anything else.
  • the second half-part 3 can be moved relative to the first half-part 2 between a plurality of relative angles defined by a plurality of corresponding connecting means 5 operating positions. These operating positions are reached by acting on the connecting means 5.
  • the connecting means 5 comprise at least two pins 6, integral with the second half-part 3 of the piece of furniture 1, and at least two respective slots 7 integral with the first half-part 2 of the piece of furniture 1, in which the two pins 6 engage to join the two half-parts 2, 3 and to move the second half-part 3 between the plurality of operating positions relative to the first half-part 2.
  • the connecting means 5 make the second half-part 3 mobile relative to the first half-part 2 according to a predetermined law of motion which is completely defined by the angle, by the shape and position of the slots 7, as well as by the position of the pins 6.
  • the slots 7 and the pins 6 are configured, as described in more detail below, in such a way that the law governing the motion of the second half-part 3 relative to the first half-part 2 is completely defined by a rotation of the second half-part 3 about a predetermined axis R.
  • the second half-part 3 can be angled relative to the first half-part 2 in such a way that the piece of furniture 1 can be positioned and adapted to the walls of a room forming any angles.
  • the first half-part 2 comprises a first side wall 8 and a second side wall 9.
  • the first side wall 8 and the second side wall 9 are adjacent, integrally connected and between them form a predetermined angle A ( Figures 4 to 6).
  • the first half-part 2 also comprises a bottom wall 10 extending from the lower end of the side walls 8, 9 and a top wall 11, identical to and parallel with the bottom wall 10, extending from the upper ends of the side walls 8, 9.
  • the second half-part 3 substantially matching the first half-part 2, comprises at least one side wall 12 which joins a bottom wall 13 and a top wall 14.
  • the bottom wall 13 and the top wall 14 of the second half-part 3 are also identical, that is to say, perfectly stackable, and parallel with one another.
  • the second half-part 3 comprises a wall 15 giving access to the compartment 4, said access wall extending between the top wall 14 and the bottom wall 13 and adjacent to and integral with the side wall 12, with which it forms a predetermined angle B ( Figures 4 to 6).
  • the access wall 15 comprises a sliding door 16 for opening and closing the entrance to the compartment 4.
  • the access wall 15 may comprise one or more sliding doors 16.
  • the access wall 15 may also comprise at least one fixed portion 17 relative to which the one or more sliding doors slide.
  • the door 16 when the door 16 is completely open, it overlaps and is parallel with the fixed portion 17 of the access wall 15 and distanced from the second side wall 9 of the first half-part 2, whilst when the door 16 is completely closed, it is parallel with the fixed portion 17, distanced from it and at the second side wall 9 of the first half-part 2, in particular in contact against the second side wall 9 or (much more advantageously) covering the front of the thickness of the second side wall 9 (the sliding door 16 is stopped at the second side wall 9 for example by a suitable limit switch or brake located on the slideway of the sliding door 16).
  • the entrance to the compartment 4 can easily be closed without leaving any gaps, however small they may be, between the sliding door 16 and the second side wall 9, irrespective of the relative angle between the first half-part 2 and the second half-part 3 (a result which is extremely complicated to achieve using hinged wings or doors).
  • the two half-parts 2, 3 preferably have respective openings 18, 19 which are opposite one another after the two half-parts 2, 3 have been joined, to allow the formation of a single compartment 4.
  • the opening 18 in the first half-part 2 is delimited by a lower edge 20 which is part of the bottom wall 10, an upper edge 21 which is part of the top wall 11 and two side edges 22, 23 which are respectively part of the first side wall 8 and the second side wall 9.
  • the opening 19 in the second half-part 3 is formed by a lower edge 24 which is part of the bottom wall 13, an upper edge 25 which is part of the top wall 14 and two side edges 26, 27 which are respectively part of the side wall 12 and the access wall 15.
  • the piece of furniture 1 comprises means 28 linking and adapting the compartment 4 to the plurality of operating positions.
  • linking and adapting means 28, operating between the two half-part 2, 3, comprise a first joint 29 extending parallel with and away from the bottom wall 10 and integral with the bottom wall 10 at least at one portion of the lower edge 20 of the opening 18 in the first half-part 2.
  • the first joint 29 slidably engages the bottom wall 13 of the second half-part 3 at least at one portion of the lower edge 24 of the opening 19.
  • the first joint 29 consists of a bar 30 having a first seat 31 and a second seat 32 separated by a partition 33.
  • the bar 30 has a "H"-shaped cross-section.
  • the first seat 31 firmly and irremovably engages with the portion of the lower edge 20 of the opening 18 in the first half-part 2, whilst the second seat 32 forms a slideway for the portion of the lower edge 24 of the opening 19 in the second half-part 3.
  • the first joint 29 extends along the entire lower edge 20, 24 of the openings 18, 19 in the two half-parts 2, 3, in such a way that whatever the position assumed by the second half-part 3 relative to the first half-part 2, the lower edge 24 of the opening 19 in the second half-part 3 always remains hidden from view by the first joint 29 in each of the positions which constitute the plurality of operating positions.
  • the lower edge 24 of the opening 19 in the second half-part 3 always remains contained in the second seat 32 of the bar 30.
  • the linking and adapting means 28 also operate between the top walls 11, 14 of the two half-parts 2, 3.
  • the linking and adapting means 28 comprise a second joint 29a, integral with at least one portion of the upper edge 21 of the opening 18 in the first half-part 2, extending parallel with and away from the top wall 11.
  • the second joint 29a slidably engages with at least one portion of the upper edge 25 of the opening 19 in the second half-part 3.
  • the second joint 29a also consists of a bar 30a having a first seat 31a and a second seat 32a separated by a partition 33a.
  • the first seat 31a firmly and irremovably engages with at least one portion of the upper edge 21 of the opening 18 in the first half-part 2, whilst the second seat 32a forms a slideway for at least one portion of the upper edge 25 of the opening 19 in the second half-part 3.
  • the portions of the upper edges 21, 25 of the openings 18, 19 engaged by the second joint 29a also preferably extend along the entire respective upper edge 21, 25, in such a way that whatever the position assumed by the second half-part 3 relative to the first half-part 2, the upper edge 25 of the opening 19 in the second half-part 3 always remains hidden from view by the second joint 29a in each of the positions constituting the plurality of operating positions.
  • the upper edge 25 of the opening 19 in the second half-part 3 always remains contained in the second seat 32a of the bar 30a.
  • the linking and adapting means 28 also operate between the first side wall 8 of the first half-part 2 and the side wall 12 of the second half-part 3.
  • the walls 8, 12 are adjacent but not integral and, following rotation of the second half-part 3 relative to the first half-part 2, the first side wall 8 of the first half-part 2 and the side wall 12 of the second half-part 3 move away from or towards one another forming, depending on the relative angle of the half-parts 2, 3, different relative angles C (see, amongst others, in particular Figures 4, 5, 6).
  • the linking and adapting means 28 comprise a hinge 34 integral with the first side wall 8 extending along the entire side edge 22 of the opening 18 in the first half-part 2 and having an axis of rotation X parallel with the side edge 22.
  • the hinge 34 is also integral with a third joint 35 substantially having the shape of a bar 36 with a "C"-shaped cross-section extending along the entire length of the hinge 34.
  • the third joint 35 slidably engages with the side wall 12 of the second half-part 3 at the side edge 26 of the opening 19 in the second half-part 3, accompanying the side wall 12 in its rotation relative to the axis of rotation R.
  • said rotation is advantageously guaranteed by the fact that the slots 7 have the shape of a circular arc, angled in such a way that during the relative movement between the first half-part 2 and the second half-part 3 the pins 6 engaged describe circular arcs belonging to circles J which all have the same centre P (see, in particular, Figures 4, 5, 6).
  • the centre P is part of the axis of rotation R of the second half-part 3 relative to the first half-part 2 and the axis of rotation R coincides with the intersection of the first side wall 8 with the second side wall 9 of the first half-part 2.
  • the slots 7 and the pins 6 are located on the top walls 11, 14 of the two half-parts 2, 3.
  • the top wall 11 of the first half-part 2 comprises at least two slots 7
  • the top wall 14 of the second half-part 3 comprises at least two pins 6 which engage in the slots 7.
  • the slots 7 are made directly in the second joint 29a. There may also be slots 7 and pins 6 in the bottom walls 10, 13 of the two half-parts 2, 3 either simultaneously with or alternatively to the presence of slots 7 and pins 6 in the upper part of the piece of furniture 1. These additional slots 7 in the lower part of the piece of furniture 1 are preferably made directly in the first joint 29.
  • the size of the circular arcs formed by the slots 7 determines the extent of the rotation of the second half-part 3 relative to the first half-part 2.
  • the optimum size of the circular arcs is between an overall angle of 4° arouns 90°, that is to say, the optimum size of the circular arcs varies between 2° and +2° relative to 90°.
  • Circular arcs with a size in the range specified guarantee reciprocal engagement between the first joint 29 and the bottom wall 13 of the second half-part 3, as well as between the second joint 29a and the top wall 14 of the second half-part 3 in any relative angle allowed between the first half-part 2 and the second half-part 3.
  • the shape and size of the slots 7, together with the linking and adapting means 28, create continuous contact between the first half-part 2 and the second half-part 3 at the portion of the piece of furniture 1 where the access wall 15 of the second half-part 3 and the second side wall 12 of the first half-part 2 are adjacent to one another.
  • the top walls 11, 14 and the bottom walls 10, 13 of the two half-parts 2, 3 are linked by the first joint 29 and the second joint 29a, whilst the access wall 15 of the second half-part 3 and the second side wall 9 of the first half-part 2 are linked to one another by the sliding door 16.
  • the bottom walls 10, 13 and the top walls 11, 14 of both half-parts 2, 3 have a substantially triangular shape.
  • the linking and adapting means 28 advantageously operate on the hypotenuses of the triangles forming the bottom walls 10, 13 and the top walls 11, 14 of both half-parts 2, 3, the hypotenuses of the triangles forming the bottom wall 13 and the top wall 14 of the second half-part 3 and of the triangles forming the bottom wall 10 and the top wall 11 of the first half-part 2 being completely hidden from view by the linking and adapting means 28 in each of the plurality of operating positions of the connecting means 5.
  • hypotenuses of these triangles respectively form the lower edges 20, 24 and the upper edges 21, 25 of the openings 18, 19 in the two half-parts 2, 3.
  • the second side wall 9 of the first half-part 2 and the side wall 12 of the second half-part 3 are substantially identical and therefore have the same dimensions, whilst the first side wall 8 of the first half-part 2 and the access wall 15 do not have the same dimensions.
  • the access wall 15 is shorter than the first side wall 8.
  • This characteristic allows the second half-part 3 to rotate about the axis R both clockwise and anti-clockwise, that it to say, it allows the angle C formed between the first side wall 8 of the first half-part 2 and the side wall 12 of the second half-part 3 to assume sizes given by obtuse or acute angles.
  • the size of the angle D formed between the access wall 15 of the second half-part 3 and the second side wall 9 of the first half-part 2 may also assume values forming obtuse or acute angles, as illustrated in Figures 4 to 6.
  • the invention has the following features.
  • the hypotenuses of the triangles forming the top wall 14 and the bottom wall 13 of the second half-part 3 change direction at least at an intermediate point Q, Q' (the intermediate point Q' of the hypotenuse of the triangle forming the bottom wall 13 of the second half ⁇ part 3 is only illustrated in Figure 1, since Figures 9 to 14 only illustrate the upper part of the piece of furniture, but the reasoning relative to Figures 9 to 14 may also similarly and identically be extended to the lower part of the piece of furniture).
  • the shape of the top wall 14 and of the bottom wall 13 of the second half-part 3 is transformed into that of a quadrilateral.
  • the quadrilateral may have an edge at the intermediate point Q, Q' which may be sharp or rounded (the perimeter portion at the intermediate point Q, Q' being rounded in this case).
  • the hypotenuse of the triangle forming the top wall 14 of the second half-part 3 is always in contact with the hypotenuse of the triangle forming the top wall 11 of the first half-part 2 at least at the intermediate point Q of the hypotenuse of the triangle forming the top wall 14 of the second half-part 3, whilst the hypotenuse of the triangle forming the bottom wall 13 of the second half-part 3 is always in contact with the hypotenuse of the triangle forming the bottom wall 10 of the first half-part 2 at least at the intermediate point Q' of the hypotenuse of the triangle forming the bottom wall 13 of the second half-part 3.
  • Figures 9 to 14 illustrate the relative rotation of the two half-parts 2, 3 obtained with the latter characteristic, from a first end position ( Figures 9 and 10) to a second end position ( Figures 13 and 14), passing through intermediate positions, examples of which are illustrated in Figures 11 and 12.
  • the predetermined angle B between the first side wall 8 and the second side wall 9 is 90°, like the angle B between the side wall 12 and the access wall 15.
  • the connecting means 5 have to be used.
  • Said means operate on the angle between the two half-parts 2, 3, more specifically on the angle C formed between the first side wall 8 of the first half-part 2 and the side wall 12 of the second half-part 3.
  • the connecting means 5 can simply be locked in the position reached, to prevent any further change in the angle between the first half-part 2 and the second half-part 3.
  • This locking is achieved using locking means, for example screws, of the known type and not illustrated, which, in a preferred embodiment, render the bar 36 with the "C"-shaped cross-section and the side wall 12 of the second half-part 3 integral with one another.
  • These screws preferably engage with the above-mentioned two parts of the piece of furniture 1 from inside to outside, that is to say, the heads of the screws remain in contact with the side wall 12 of the second half-part 3 on the compartment 4 side.
  • the access wall 15 operates with the connecting means 5 in any operating position.
  • the sliding door 16 allows the access wall 15 to be closed and opened since, even if the distance between the side wall 12 of the second half-part 3 and the second side wall 9 of the first half-part 2 varies according to the operating position reached by the connecting means 5, the sliding door 16 can be moved relative to the fixed portion 17 of the access wall 15 by the distance necessary to reach the second side wall 9 of the first half-part 2 (in particular in contact with the second side wall 9 of the first half-part 2, or, as already indicated, covering the front of the thickness of the second side wall 9 of the first half-part 2 and, therefore, completely covering the opening in the access wall 15.
  • a plate 37a may be used for masking in the portion of the piece of furniture in which, at the bar 30a used to make the second joint 29a, the top wall 14 of the second half-part 3 and the second side wall 9 of the first half-part 2 are joined.
  • the plate 37a can be fixed to the top wall 14 of the second half-part 3 on the access wall 15 side so that it is detached from the side wall 12 of the second half-part 3 and at the second side wall 9 of the first half-part 2 (in particular, either in contact with the second side wall 9 of the first half-part 2, or, preferably, covering the front of the thickness of the second side wall 9 of the first half-part 2).
  • a similar plate 37 may also be placed in the portion of the piece of furniture in which, at the bar 30 forming the first joint 29, the bottom wall 13 of the second half-part 3 and the second side wall 9 of the first half-part 2 are joined (see Figure 2).
  • the sliding door 16 in the closed condition has a portion overlapping the fixed portion 17 of the access wall 15 and the opening in the latter is covered by the remaining portion of the sliding door 16, whilst in the configuration in which said distance is at its maximum, the sliding door 16 in the closed condition is completely inside the opening in the access wall 15.
  • the present invention fulfils the preset aims.
  • the connecting means operating on the two half-parts constituting the piece of furniture 1 and angling them between a plurality of operating positions, allow the piece of furniture to be adapted to any angle formed between two walls in a room.
  • the 90° angles used in the piece of furniture allow other pieces of furniture to be placed alongside the piece of furniture disclosed to complete the furniture.
  • the invention also brings important advantages.
  • the compartment created by joining the two half-parts allows the piece of furniture 1 to be used not just as an element for joining other pieces of furniture, but also as a container.
  • the sliding door able to close the wall that gives access to the inside of the piece of furniture with the connecting means in any configuration, allows the compartment to be used with the piece of furniture in any operating configuration.

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1030033A (en) * 1911-04-21 1912-06-18 T J Rock Folding cabinet.
US1663949A (en) * 1924-10-03 1928-03-27 Mawhinney Last Company Portable wardrobe
CH352111A (fr) * 1958-03-14 1961-02-15 Electro Domestique Ind Meuble de coin
GB2203630A (en) * 1987-03-24 1988-10-26 Graham Evans Secure storage furniture
EP0722679A2 (fr) * 1995-01-18 1996-07-24 Fabian Martinez Escribano Placard de coin

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1030033A (en) * 1911-04-21 1912-06-18 T J Rock Folding cabinet.
US1663949A (en) * 1924-10-03 1928-03-27 Mawhinney Last Company Portable wardrobe
CH352111A (fr) * 1958-03-14 1961-02-15 Electro Domestique Ind Meuble de coin
GB2203630A (en) * 1987-03-24 1988-10-26 Graham Evans Secure storage furniture
EP0722679A2 (fr) * 1995-01-18 1996-07-24 Fabian Martinez Escribano Placard de coin

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