EP2666386B1 - Base-positioning device unit for positioning said base on furniture - Google Patents

Base-positioning device unit for positioning said base on furniture Download PDF

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EP2666386B1
EP2666386B1 EP20130164237 EP13164237A EP2666386B1 EP 2666386 B1 EP2666386 B1 EP 2666386B1 EP 20130164237 EP20130164237 EP 20130164237 EP 13164237 A EP13164237 A EP 13164237A EP 2666386 B1 EP2666386 B1 EP 2666386B1
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Carlo Cattaneo
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47BTABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B95/00Fittings for furniture
    • A47B95/002Plinths, e.g. between furniture and ceiling or wall
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47BTABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B95/00Fittings for furniture
    • A47B95/002Plinths, e.g. between furniture and ceiling or wall
    • A47B2095/004Base plinths

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  • the present invention relates to a base-positioning device unit for positioning said base between the floor and bottom panel of a piece of furniture, particularly but not exclusively a piece of kitchen furniture
  • This space which mainly serves for the passage of service cables and tubing, is generally closed in the front and side by means of a base, freely removable, to prevent dirt and other small objects from accumulating under the furniture.
  • Varies types of devices are known for applying the base to the piece of furniture, in a freely removable way, using the above adjustable feet, or the bottom panel of the piece of furniture, as supporting means.
  • bases are known, which are suitable for being applied by means of elastically yielding engagement means, movably positioned along the internal surface of the base; these engagement means are connected to the column of the feet.
  • Another type of known base envisages elastic elements along the upper edge of the base itself which, by warping when in contact with the bottom of the piece of furniture, keep the base in position, thanks to the thrust exerted between bottom and floor.
  • connection elements must each be positioned in correspondence with the column of a corresponding foot, and then all be contemporaneously click-engaged together.
  • the elastic elements tend to become “plasticized” within a short period of time, losing the elastic characteristics that enable them to maintain the position.
  • the device according to EP 0517289 B1 comprises a stable fixing means to the base and an elastically yielding element in the form of a piston, which is pushed by a spring and is guided so as to allow the engagement of the base by means of the thrust exerted by the device against the bottom panel of the piece of furniture.
  • the assembly operation of the base which should be as simple as possible, requires, on the other hand, the presence of more than one person to allow it to be effected.
  • the present tendency of kitchen furniture producers is also to produce more or less high feet and relative bases, with a greater tendency to keep them low, even as little as 5 cm.
  • the general objective of the present invention is to satisfy this requirement.
  • a piece of furniture is partially schematized with the number 30, for example a kitchen base, which is raised from the floor 31 by means of feet 32 fixed to a bottom panel 33 of the same piece of furniture.
  • the empty space thus created between floor 31 and bottom 33 is closed at the front and side by means of a base 34, with a yielding gasket G, which can have different heights.
  • One of the most widely-known systems for removably fixing the base 34 to the feet 32 envisages the use of a plurality of devices, each of which comprises a pair of elastically yielding opposite arms 35, that extend from the inner surface (not visible) of the base 34.
  • Said pair of arms 35 is fixed to a supporting plate 36 which is movably assembled on a guide 37 of the base 34.
  • the high feet in fact, have a high column 38 to which the arms 35 can be click-engaged ( figures 1 and 2 ), whereas with low feet ( figure 3 ) the column 38 has such a limited height that the arms 35 cannot be applied.
  • the invention allows this drawback to be overcome.
  • the system according to the invention comprises the combination of a base 34 and a positioning device 40.
  • said positioning device 40 is structurally composed of a supporting plate 41 provided with a collar 42 in which a substantially cylindrical and hollow piston 43 runs. Said piston 43 can be substituted by any other equivalent element.
  • the piston 43 is charged by a spring 44 housed in its interior and acting between a head 45 of the piston 43 itself and a stop 46 of the plate 41.
  • the stop 46 also has the function of guiding the sliding of the piston 43 by being inserted between diametrically opposite fissures 43' situated along the generatrices of the same piston 43.
  • a radial appendix 47 also extends from the head 45, whose function is explained hereunder.
  • the piston 43 has an undercut 48 which is suitable for being click-coupled with an edge 49 of the plate 41, when the piston 43 is charged (pushed downwards).
  • the plate 41 on the surface opposite the collar 42, has a plurality of first coupling means suitable for being coupled to second complementary coupling means situated on the inner surface (not visible) of the base 34. Said first and second coupling means are arranged at different heights.
  • said plurality of first coupling means comprise a pair of hooks 50 protruding from the top of the plate 41, said hooks 50 are suitable for being hooked to a channel-like profile 51 protruding from the inner surface of the base 34.
  • the plate 41 is also provided with one or more pairs of teeth 52, 52', positioned at different heights, below the hooks 50, suitable for being click-engaged (alternatingly) inside a complementary seat 53 of the base 34.
  • the base-positioning device unit is pre-assembled, as illustrated in figures 17-22 .
  • Figures 17-19 show the assembly phases of the base-device, in which the positioning device is assembled on a relatively high base.
  • the assembly is effected by first connecting the hooks 50 to the profile 51 ( figures 17 and 18 ) with a downward movement indicated by the arrow 54, and then rotating the device 40 as indicated by the arrow 55, in order to engage the teeth 52' with the complementary seat 53 ( figure 19 ).
  • the unit thus obtained is positioned, with a movement according to the arrow 56 of figure 23 , between the bottom panel 33 of the piece of furniture and the floor 31, as indicated in figures 23-28 , and blocked there by the disengagement of the piston 43 from the undercut 48.
  • This disengagement can be actuated, for example, by acting with a screwdriver C in the direction of the arrow 57 ( figures 24 and 27 ) on the radial appendix 47 of the head 45.
  • Figures 23-25 illustrate the positioning of a base on a high foot
  • figures 26-28 show the positioning of a base on a low foot.
  • a positioning device 40 provided with only one pair of teeth 52, is used.
  • the base 34 can be an aluminium profile, for example, but other materials are not excluded.
  • the base can be easily removed by lowering the piston 43, pushing the radial appendix 47 downwards.

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IT000899A ITMI20120899A1 (it) 2012-05-24 2012-05-24 Assieme zoccolo-dispositivo di posizionamento per posizionare detto zoccolo su mobili

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DE8526160U1 (de) * 1985-09-13 1985-10-31 Franke GmbH & Co KG, 7460 Balingen Klemmvorrichtung zur Festlegung von Sockelblenden an Möbeln
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