EP3183995B1 - Frame structure for building a furniture assembly - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a frame structure for building a furniture arrangement, a method for building a furniture arrangement having a plurality of individual cuboid furniture bodies in a given room, preferably a kitchen, and a computer program product for executing the method.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Various ways in which furniture can be constructed are known in the prior art.

DE 94 05 649 U1 describes a modular system for assembling furniture that consists of individual parts that can be combined and connected with each other, including table tops, cabinet modules, drawer modules, front panels, back panels, side panels, base panels, support frames and support legs, cable holders, guide channels, diagonal braces and other movable ones Elements and modules, the system further comprising frames, which are composed of at least four profiles which are connected to each other in pairs at a right angle, the frames to be arranged on a support surface or to be fastened to it, and means for fastening the movable parts and modules exhibit.

DE 1 941 797 U1 describes a modular kitchen device, consisting of known furniture, such as half-height, hanging and vertical pieces of furniture that are suitable for holding electrical household appliances, which consist of a one-piece piece of furniture as well as several pieces of furniture of the same type, which are assembled into a single whole, can consist of what can be achieved by assembling different, prefabricated and standardized parts, consisting of metal stands that have a longitudinally extending groove, storage shelves that can be firmly connected to the stands, rear walls and standardized elements for the casing and to form inner partitions of the pieces of furniture and height-adjustable intermediate shelves and Flaps, and wherein connecting elements and small frames with guides and supports for drawers are provided for press-fit reception of the standardized parts, which can be moved between the fixed shelves of the half-height and vertical pieces of furniture standing on the floor, and with holes in the uprights Receiving the connecting elements are provided and arranged so that at least the elements forming the rear walls, the flaps and the frame carrying the drawers are interchangeable as desired and required.

DE 200 00 640 U1 describes a piece of furniture made of modular elements, which is specially designed for kitchen and other pieces of household furniture, the piece of furniture having side walls with extended elements which are coupled by longitudinal beams connected to the side walls, and wherein at least one bottom part connected to the longitudinal beams and to the longitudinal beams coupled plates are provided.

U.S. 4,768,845 A describes a piece of furniture made of modular elements.

In particular, kitchen furniture usually consists of individual bodies that can be combined and connected with one another in different ways as required. However, the surfaces that separate the corpus from one another are duplicated because each corpus has its own outer panels. This means that a large number of individual plates is required. In addition, the carcasses are usually assembled before they are transported to the customer and assembled there into the finished kitchen. Both the packing mass to be transported and the volume are therefore relatively large. In addition, the bodies for water and electrical installations or the like may have to be sawed up again after assembly, which means additional effort. When assembling at the customer's facility, each body must be individually aligned before the bodies are screwed together. If necessary, the feet of the carcass must then be readjusted again. This makes the assembly very time-consuming.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a structure and a method which enables a furniture arrangement to be produced quickly and easily, to be individually and flexibly adapted to a given space and to be installed there.

This object is achieved by a frame structure according to claim 1, by the method according to claim 8 or 9, by a computer program product according to claim 12 and by a furniture arrangement according to claim 4. The dependent claims relate to advantageous embodiments of the frame structure according to the invention and the method according to the invention .

The frame structure according to the invention for building a furniture arrangement has a plurality of frame elements designed as longitudinal elements, which completely encompass a base area arrangement composed of two or more rectangular subframe areas and subdivide the base area arrangement into the two or more subframe areas; wherein at least two of the partial frame surfaces are connected to one another by one or more common frame elements in such a way that they have a common side, and wherein a groove profile extending in the longitudinal direction of the frame element is formed on at least one frame element of the plurality of frame elements for inserting at least one surface element such that the inserted surface element is oriented essentially perpendicular to the relevant partial frame surface of the base surface arrangement which is framed by the at least one frame element.

A basic idea of the invention consists in constructing a furniture arrangement comprising a plurality of furniture bodies in such a way that it is constructed using the frame structure according to the invention, this providing a separate sub-frame for each individual furniture body. The sum of the subframes forms the base area arrangement, in other words the base area of the entire furniture arrangement. On the basis of these partial frames, which are initially provided, the furniture bodies are then built up by inserting surface elements. This is done using the frame elements according to the invention, which, due to the groove profile, allow the surface elements to be inserted in a simple manner in order to build up the furniture bodies, most efficiently in a parallel structure. It is advantageous, but not necessarily, that several subframes are connected via common frame elements in that they have a common side. In the case of contiguous partial frame surfaces, a kitchen unit can be built up, for example; a sub-frame spaced apart from this can be used, for example, to build an additional wall cabinet body.

The frame structure according to the invention thus represents a two-dimensional basic module for the furniture arrangement, which can be set up in a simple manner on the wall or in the middle of the room and fulfills several functions:
On the one hand, it serves as the basis for the further construction of the furniture arrangement, which can be installed in a simple manner, inter alia, by inserting individual surface elements, such as floors, side walls, etc. into the groove profile or profiles. On the other hand, the frame structure gives the entire arrangement a high degree of stability, as it connects the two or more cuboid units of the furniture arrangement, which are built on the basis of the two or more rectangular sub-frame surfaces that function as a basic element, as an integral, continuous frame structure.

When building furniture arrangements that are built on the frame structure according to the invention, both the frame elements themselves and the surface elements of the furniture arrangement can be prefabricated in large numbers and later individually adapted to the given space by cutting to length.

A furniture arrangement with the frame structure according to the invention is particularly suitable for kitchen, cupboard or shelf furniture, since cuboid areas for receiving objects can be assembled in a simple manner. The furniture arrangement has the advantage that double walls between two cuboid areas, as they are, for example, when putting together conventional carcass kitchens that are assembled from individual, prefabricated carcasses, due to the basic structure of the frame structure according to the invention consisting of two or more rectangular contiguous partial frame surfaces on which a corpus is then built up in each case, do not occur.

Each of the subframes preferably has at least one of the frame elements according to the invention.

The frame structure according to the invention particularly preferably has a right-angled profile extending in the longitudinal direction on at least two parallel frame elements of the plurality of frame elements for receiving at least one surface element in the right-angled profiles of the at least two parallel frame elements such that the surface element received is oriented parallel to the base arrangement.

A groove profile in individual frame elements is particularly suitable for inserting and fixing partition walls or intermediate floors using a press connection. By providing a further profile in the form of a right-angled profile, for example, rear walls can also be inserted into the frame structure. A rear wall inserted in this way is then held in position on two opposite sides (or also on three or four sides) by the right-angled profiles on the corresponding frame elements.

The right-angled profile and the groove profile are preferably arranged next to one another on the same frame element of the plurality of frame elements in such a way that a surface element received in the right-angled profile is oriented perpendicular to a surface element pushed into the groove profile.

Particularly preferably, the groove and right-angled profiles are at least partially formed by the same profile strips, so that the structure of the frame according to the invention is structurally simple on the one hand and can be used multifunctionally on the other. Particularly important is the fact that a complete cuboid building block can be built with a frame element designed in this way, since surface elements arranged at right angles to one another, such as the floor, side or partition, can be held at the same time.

In other words, a single frame element can fix two perpendicularly oriented surface elements in the frame element at the same time, for example a floor element and a rear wall element, a partition and a rear wall element or an intermediate floor and a rear wall element at the same time. Preferably, two right-angled profiles and the groove profile are arranged next to one another on the same frame element of the plurality of frame elements in such a way that the surface element pushed into the groove profile is arranged between two surface elements received in the two right-angled profiles and is oriented perpendicular to them.

In this way, a single frame element can accommodate three surface elements at the same time, the middle surface element being oriented perpendicular to the other two, that is to say, for example, two rear wall elements and a partition wall or an intermediate floor. The two profile strips that form the groove each also form a section of a right-angled profile.

In a particular embodiment, the base area arrangement enclosed by the frame elements has a rectangular first subframe area and a rectangular second subframe area, the first subframe area and the second subframe area being oriented essentially perpendicular to one another. In this way, the furniture arrangement can also be set up in a corner of a room and extend along two adjacent walls of the room.

The frame elements are preferably made of wood.

The frame elements can be connected to one another by wooden connections. Screws, pins, split pins and other conventionally known connecting means can also be used for the connection. In addition, the frame elements can also be glued, glued, welded or otherwise joined together. High quality material can thus be used for the frame structure according to the invention. In addition, the connections can be designed individually.

A furniture arrangement according to the invention has: the frame structure according to the invention; at least one base element designed as a surface element, which is inserted into the groove profile of a frame element from the plurality of frame elements is inserted so that the base element is oriented essentially perpendicular to the base arrangement; and at least one wall element designed as a surface element, which is pushed into the groove profile of a frame element from the plurality of frame elements in such a way that the wall element is oriented essentially perpendicular to the base surface arrangement and essentially perpendicular or parallel to the base element.

In the case of the furniture arrangement according to the invention, it is sufficient to provide all the two-dimensional boundaries, for example partitions or intermediate floors, only once and thus to significantly reduce the material requirement. In a conventional corpus kitchen, which is put together from individual corpus, many walls are available twice. In addition, the furniture arrangement according to the invention can be aligned much more easily and quickly, since essentially only the frame structure has to be aligned. In the case of a cabinet kitchen, however, each cabinet has to be aligned individually.

The furniture arrangement preferably has height-adjustable support elements on frame elements from the plurality of frame elements on an underside of the furniture arrangement for aligning the furniture arrangement.

The support elements can be designed as adjustable feet. By attaching multiple support elements to the frame structure, the frame structure can be quickly aligned. With the help of further support elements on the floor elements, which support the front of the floor elements, a stable L is formed at 90 °.

The furniture arrangement preferably has a cross member for stabilizing the furniture arrangement; wherein wall elements, in particular intermediate wall and / or side wall elements of the furniture arrangement, on a side of the furniture arrangement opposite the base arrangement, have recesses for inserting the crossbeam, so that the inserted crossbeam is oriented parallel to the base arrangement and parallel to the at least one floor element.

The traverse stabilizes the entire furniture arrangement or part of it on the Front as a counterpart to the rear frame structure according to the invention. The traverse can also be pushed into three or more wall elements so that it stabilizes the furniture arrangement over a greater width. The furniture arrangement can have several cross members, also at different heights from the floor.

The traverse preferably has a recess over two side surfaces of the traverse for reaching into it, which recess extends in the longitudinal direction of the traverse in an area between two wall elements oriented perpendicular to the at least one floor element.

In this case, the traverse also has the function of a handle strip, for example to open a door of a cabinet part of the furniture arrangement or to open a drawer. To do this, you reach into the recess of the cross member and thus behind the door or the drawer front.

The furniture arrangement preferably has a fastening element for fixing a connection between two adjacent wall or floor elements.

The fastening element can for example be designed as a wedge and fastened to the surface of a surface element so that a groove in an edge of another surface element can be pushed over the wedge. The fastening element can also be designed as a bridge element, clamp or bracket and inserted into suitable bores in the adjacent elements at corners at which the adjacent elements are connected. In this way the connection between the neighboring elements becomes more stable. The furniture arrangement can also have fastening elements of different shapes.

The furniture arrangement preferably has a cuboid row, the width of the row being greater than the height of the row when the row is arranged on the floor of a room; and / or a cuboid tall cabinet, the height of the tall cabinet being greater than the width of the tall cabinet when the tall cabinet is arranged on the floor of the room; and / or a cuboid wall cabinet, the width of the wall cabinet being greater, smaller or equal to the height of the wall cabinet can, if the wall cabinet is arranged on a wall of the room above the floor of the room; and / or a cuboid island, wherein the island can consist of two rows, the backs of which are facing each other.

From this it is also clear that the base surface arrangement of the furniture arrangement does not have to be composed exclusively of contiguous, i.e. directly adjoining, partial frame surfaces, for example if the furniture arrangement contains a wall unit that is not connected to the other carcasses.

One row can serve as a kitchenette; a tall cabinet can be used to accommodate large kitchen furnishings such as a refrigerator; an island can be arranged in the middle of a room so that it is accessible from at least three sides.

A method according to the invention for building a furniture arrangement has the following steps: connecting a plurality of frame elements designed as longitudinal elements to form a frame structure in such a way that the frame elements fully encompass a base area arrangement composed of two or more rectangular sub-frame areas and subdivide the base area arrangement into two or more sub-frame areas; wherein at least two of the sub-frame surfaces are connected to one another by one or more common frame elements, in such a way that they have a common side, and inserting at least one surface element into a groove profile extending in the longitudinal direction on at least one frame element of the plurality of frame elements in such a way that the inserted Surface element is oriented perpendicular to the relevant sub-frame surface of the base arrangement, which is framed by the at least one frame element.

In this way, the individual parts of the furniture arrangement can be produced in large numbers and in several standardized sizes. From this, the appropriate sizes for the respective room are selected and, if necessary, supplemented with individually made sizes. The sub-frames can be assembled and set up and / or arranged in the room. The individual compartments of the furniture arrangement are then partially or completely formed by inserting surface elements into the groove profiles. Thus, the furniture arrangement can be variably adapted to the conditions of any room by the construction method according to the invention from the planning to the finished construction and the furniture arrangement can be constructed and completed in an extremely rational manner in a very short time.

The method preferably has the step of: accommodating at least one surface element in rectangular profiles extending in the longitudinal direction on at least two parallel frame elements of the plurality of frame elements in such a way that the surface element received is oriented essentially parallel to the relevant partial frame surface of the base surface arrangement, which is oriented by the two parallel frame elements is laterally limited.

The right-angled profile and the groove profile are preferably arranged next to one another on the same frame element of the plurality of frame elements in such a way that a surface element received in the right-angled profile is oriented essentially perpendicular to a surface element pushed into the groove profile.

Preferably, two right-angled profiles and the groove profile are arranged next to one another on the same frame element of the plurality of frame elements in such a way that the surface element pushed into the groove profile is arranged between two surface elements received in the two right-angled profiles and is oriented essentially perpendicular to them.

The frame elements are preferably made of wood and connected to one another by wood connections.

The surface element pushed into the groove profile is preferably designed as a base element and oriented perpendicular to the base surface arrangement; and preferably the method has the further step: inserting at least one wall element designed as a surface element into the groove profile of a frame element from the plurality of frame elements in such a way that the wall element is oriented perpendicular to the relevant partial frame surface and perpendicular or parallel to the floor element. The method preferably has the further step: attaching height-adjustable support elements to frame elements from the plurality of frame elements on an underside of the furniture arrangement for aligning the furniture arrangement.

The method preferably has the further step: inserting a crossbeam to stabilize the furniture arrangement in recesses in wall elements of the furniture arrangement on a side of the furniture arrangement opposite the base arrangement, so that the inserted crossbeam is oriented parallel to the base arrangement and parallel to the at least one floor element.

The traverse preferably has a recess over two side surfaces of the traverse for reaching into it, which recess extends in the longitudinal direction of the traverse in an area between two wall elements oriented perpendicular to the at least one floor element.

The method preferably has the step: fixing a connection between two adjacent wall or floor elements with a fastening element.

The furniture arrangement preferably has a cuboid row, the width of the row being greater than the height of the row when the row is arranged on the floor of a room; and / or a cuboid tall cabinet, the height of the tall cabinet being greater than the width of the tall cabinet when the tall cabinet is arranged on the floor of the room; and / or a cuboid wall cabinet, the width of the wall cabinet being greater, smaller or equal to the height of the wall cabinet when the wall cabinet is arranged on a wall of the room above the floor of the room; and / or a cuboid island, wherein the island can consist of two rows, the backs of which are facing each other.

According to a further aspect, a method according to the invention has for the construction of a furniture body having a plurality of individual cuboid furniture bodies Furniture arrangement in a given room, preferably a kitchen, the steps: determining a two-dimensional outer contour of the furniture arrangement, a base area arrangement encompassed by the outer contour including the rectangular rear sides of all cuboid furniture bodies of the furniture arrangement; Defining sub-frame areas by dividing the base area arrangement surrounded by the outer contour into a minimum number of sub-frame areas; Provision of rectangular sub-frames consisting of at least four frame elements, which form a frame structure, for assembling the furniture arrangement in the given space, with each individual sub-frame delimiting exactly a previously determined rectangular area of the base arrangement and at least two of the sub-frames being connected by having at least one common frame element exhibit.

Because the outer contour is first determined on the basis of the available space, the furniture arrangement can be planned in such a way that it is optimally adapted to the room. In contrast to this, with conventional carcase kitchens, which are put together starting from the smallest building block, namely the individual carcasses, the problem often arises that smaller room sections, especially in the corners of the room, can no longer be used because they are too small to to take up another corpus. The approach according to the invention, namely first defining the outer boundaries of the furniture arrangement and then subdividing the area defined in this way, without having to take into account the predetermined body dimensions, avoids this problem.

By first choosing the minimum number of sub-frames and then subdividing the base area accordingly, on the one hand the number of required frame elements, i.e. the bars or strips that form the frame structure, is reduced and, on the other hand, a more stable basic structure is obtained, which in a reduced time can be built up compared to a conventional furniture arrangement.

The area surrounded by the outer contour is preferably divided into the minimum number of sub-frame areas in accordance with predetermined edge parameters, the edge parameters being a maximum height, width and / or area of the sub-frames, a function of the furniture bodies and / or objects to be arranged in the sub-frame areas and a Include change in the distance of an outer contour section to the floor of the given space.

Sometimes it is unfavorable to choose the absolutely smallest possible number of sub-frames because it can then happen, for example, that one of the sub-frames is so large that it no longer fits through the door of the room. It is also possible that the available frame elements have a maximum length that is insufficient for one of the subframes. In these cases, instead of one large sub-frame, two smaller individual sub-frames are manufactured. In addition, the type of division into the subframes can be specified in that a large object such as a refrigerator is to be built into the furniture arrangement at a certain point. No subframe boundaries should then run in this area. The subdivision into areas delimited by subframes can therefore also be carried out taking into account such specifications, although attempts are still made to create as few subframes as possible under the prevailing boundary conditions.

The method preferably has the following steps: dividing the subframe areas delimited by the subframes into smaller rectangular areas by inserting further frame elements corresponding to the rectangular rear sides of the furniture body; Forming the furniture body by inserting surface elements into the frame elements in accordance with an arrangement of the furniture bodies in the furniture arrangement.

On the basis of the subframes, the dimensions of the furniture bodies and, if applicable, their compartments are thus determined and the furniture bodies are then built up. This avoids doubling the partition walls.

The computer program product according to the invention for executing the method according to the invention, in particular for executing the steps of defining the outer contour and determining subframe areas, is designed to determine optimized dimensions of the subframes and positioning of the subframes in the given space with respect to the given space.

The computer program product can, for example, be designed to take the edge parameters into account during planning or to allow manual inputs with regard to the division into the sub-frame areas.

According to a further aspect, a method according to the invention for assembling a furniture arrangement having a plurality of individual cuboid furniture bodies in a given room, preferably a kitchen, has the following steps: determining a volume to be taken up by the furniture arrangement in the given room; Assembling rectangular sub-frames from frame elements based on the volume to be occupied by the furniture arrangement; Forming a frame structure for the furniture arrangement by mounting further frame elements on the sub-frame; Aligning the frame structure in the predetermined space by attaching support elements to an underside of the frame structure; Inserting floor elements of the furniture body into sections of the frame structure which face the floor of the predetermined space; Supporting the floor elements by attaching support elements to the floor elements; Inserting wall elements of the furniture body, which are oriented perpendicular to the floor, into sections of the frame structure provided for this purpose; Attaching the individual wall elements to adjacent wall elements or floor elements to stabilize the furniture arrangement.

In this way, an individually planned and individually prefabricated furniture arrangement can be set up in a short time and in an extremely rational manner.

The method preferably has the following steps: inserting wall elements of the furniture body, which are oriented horizontally to the floor, into sections of the frame structure provided for this purpose; and / or inserting rear wall elements of the furniture body into sections of the frame structure provided for this purpose; and / or insertion of cross members into corresponding recesses in the wall elements on a side of the furniture arrangement opposite the frame structure; and / or attaching front elements to a side of the furniture arrangement opposite the frame structure; and / or attaching side elements to sides of the furniture arrangement that delimit the furniture arrangement.

In this way, a furniture arrangement can be built that contains various elements such as cupboard elements, shelf elements or kitchen line elements.

The frame structure is preferably designed as a frame structure according to the invention; and / or the furniture arrangement is designed as a furniture arrangement according to the invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

Fig. 1

shows a section of an embodiment of a frame according to the invention.

Figs. 2A-2C

show different cross-sections of frame elements of an embodiment of a frame according to the invention.

Figs. 3A-3E

show various connections between frame elements of an embodiment of a frame according to the invention.

Figs. 4-7

show embodiments of furniture arrangements according to the invention in different stages of construction.

Figs. 8A-8B

show cross members in exemplary embodiments of furniture arrangements according to the invention.

Figs. 9A-9G

show fastening elements in exemplary embodiments of furniture arrangements according to the invention.

Fig. 10

shows a section of an embodiment of a furniture arrangement according to the invention.

Figs. 11A-11E

show various exemplary embodiments of furniture arrangements according to the invention.

Figs. 12-14

show various exemplary embodiments of furniture arrangements according to the invention.

Figs. 15-27

show method steps of an exemplary embodiment of the method according to the invention for assembling the frame structure according to the invention and the furniture arrangement according to the invention.

Figure 28A

shows a conventional body kitchen in an exploded view.

Figure 28B

shows an embodiment of a furniture arrangement according to the invention in an exploded view.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES AND PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

In the following, the present invention is described and explained in detail on the basis of exemplary embodiments and the exemplary figures.

Fig. 1 shows a section of a frame structure 100 according to the invention, which is built on the wall of a room, with a sub-frame 110, of which two horizontal frame elements 111 can be seen, and two vertical frame elements 111, which divide the sub-frame 110 into smaller rectangles.

The upper horizontal frame element 111 is designed as a simple bar, while the lower horizontal frame element 111 and the two vertical frame elements 111 each have a groove profile 112 for inserting surface elements 130 (not shown). The vertical frame elements 111 each have a right-angled profile 113 to the right and left of the groove profile 112 for the insertion of rear wall elements 130c (not shown). The rear wall elements 130c are held at the bottom by the right-angled profile 113 of the lower horizontal frame element 111, which runs above the groove profile 112 of the lower horizontal frame element 111.

On the underside of the frame structure 100, more precisely on the underside of the lower horizontal frame element 111, support elements 140 in the form of height-adjustable feet with which the frame structure 100 can be aligned are attached.

In Figs. 2A-2C three cross-sections of frame elements 111 with different profiles are shown by way of example. Figure 2A shows a cross-section of a frame element 111, such as the vertical frame elements 111 in FIG Fig. 1 exhibit. A groove 112 runs in the middle of the frame element 111 in the longitudinal direction of the frame element 111. To the left and right of the groove profile 112, right-angled profiles 113 run opposite one another, so that at the edges of the frame element 111 support surfaces 113a are formed, for example for rear wall elements 130c will. Figure 2B shows a cross section of a Frame element 111, which for example also the lower horizontal frame element 111 in Fig. 1 having. The frame element 111 again has a groove profile 112. A right-angled profile 113 runs to the left of the groove profile 112, so that a support surface 113a is formed on the left edge of the frame element 111. Depending on the installation position of the frame element 111 in the frame structure 100, the right-angled profile 113 can also be formed to the right of the groove profile 112 instead of the left. The frame element 111 in Figure 2C has no groove profile 112, but only a right-angled profile 113 in the shape of an L, the edge of a surface element 130 coming to rest on the support surface 113a.

Figs. 3A-3E show various possibilities of how frame elements 111 made of wood can be connected by wood connections to form a rectangular sub-frame 110 or a subdivided frame structure 100. Figs. 3A-3C show connections in which the two frame elements 111 to be connected are oriented in the same direction (length connections). Figs. 3A and 3B show views of the same connection rotated 90 degrees. One of the frame elements 111 has a pin 114 at one end, which is pushed into a slot 115 at one end of the other frame element 111. To secure the connection, a wooden nail 116 is inserted into openings 117 in the area of the pin 114 and the slot 115. In Figure 3C a length connection is shown in which the pin 114 is designed as a dovetail which is inserted into a correspondingly shaped slot 115. In addition, both ends of the frame elements 111 to be connected have a step section 118 so that the respective steps come to lie one above the other. Figs. 3D and 3E show connections in which the two frame elements 111 to be connected form a right angle (corner connections). With the corner connection in Figure 3D the pin 114 of a frame element 111 is inserted into the slot 115 of the other frame element 111 such that the pin 114 points in the longitudinal direction of the frame element 111 with the slot 115. Figure 3E shows a further embodiment of a corner connection with a pin 114 on one frame element 111 and a slot 115 on the other frame element, the corner connection being designed as a scissor corner blade.

In Fig. 4 the frame structure 100 is off Fig. 1 shown, which is expanded by a base element 130b, which is pushed into the groove profile 112 of the lower horizontal frame element 111. The floor element 130b is designed as a wooden panel, on the underside of which a strip 135 is attached parallel to the wall of the room. There are 135 on the bar Further support elements 140 are attached so that the furniture arrangement 1 is supported not only on the frame structure 110, which is located on the rear side of the furniture arrangement 1, but also via the floor elements 130b near the front side of the furniture arrangement 1.

The floor element 130b has a groove profile 112 so that a wall element 130a (not shown) can be inserted into the groove profile 112 of the floor element 130b and into the groove profile 112 of the left vertical frame element 111, which is oriented perpendicular to the floor element 130b.

In Fig. 5 the furniture assembly 1 is off Fig. 4 supplemented by two wall elements 130a, which are pushed into the grooves 112 of the vertical frame elements 111. Both wall elements 130a are designed as wooden panels and each have a recess 133 in the form of a right-angled milled cutout at the upper front corner for receiving a cross member 150 (not shown). The left wall element 130a is in the Fig. 4 The groove 112 shown in the base plate 130b is inserted. The right wall element 130a extends to the floor of the room and has a further right-angled cutout 136 at the lower end for receiving a panel (not shown) which closes the open area between the room floor and floor element 130b towards the front.

In Figure 6A the furniture assembly 1 is off Fig. 5 supplemented by a rear wall element 130c oriented parallel to the room wall, which is held in place by the three right-angled profiles 113 of the two vertical frame elements 111 and the lower horizontal frame element 111. The rear wall element 130c can be additionally fixed to the frame elements 111, for example, by magnets or other fastening elements (not shown).

Figure 6B shows a further embodiment of a furniture arrangement 1 with three rear wall elements 130c. In this example, a great advantage of the furniture arrangement 1 according to the invention becomes clear. If areas of the rear wall on the rear 11 of the furniture arrangement 1 are to remain free, for example so that sockets on the wall of the room are accessible or to provide a water connection, the respective rear wall element 130c can simply be adapted or sawed out before it is inserted into the furniture arrangement 1. For example, the left rear wall element 130c is shown in FIG Figure 6B in comparison to the others two rear wall elements 130c shorter. This leaves an area on the rear side 11 of the furniture arrangement 1 between the upper edge of the left rear wall element 130c and the upper horizontal frame element 111. The middle rear wall element 130c has two circular cutouts 137 in order to be able to reach sockets, for example. In the case of a conventional furniture arrangement made up of individual bodies, on the other hand, a body that is usually already assembled has to be sawed up again at the corresponding points, which is much more complex.

In Fig. 7 the furniture assembly 1 is off Figure 6A supplemented by a cross member 150 designed as a wooden strip to stabilize the furniture arrangement 1, which is held in the recesses 133 of the wall elements 130a and runs parallel to the upper horizontal frame element 111 at the same height as this. The traverse 150 has a recess 151 which is designed as a milled recess running in the longitudinal direction of the traverse 150. As a result, the traverse 150 becomes a grip strip in sections in order to be able to open doors 170 or drawers 180 (not shown) of the furniture arrangement 1.

Figure 8A shows a section of the traverse 150. For the recess 151, material was removed from the top and the front of the traverse 150, so that a grip strip is created. The traverse 150 has a groove 112 on its underside and on its rear side, into which the milled edges of the wall element 130a are inserted so that the traverse 150 does not slip in the recess 133.

Figure 8B shows a traverse 150 with recess 151 built into a furniture arrangement 1. By reaching into the recess 151, the door element 170 on the front of the furniture arrangement 1 protruding above the lower edge of the traverse 150 can be grasped and the door element 170 pivoted outward. A worktop 190 as a cover for the furniture arrangement 1 and a front element 131 on the front of the furniture arrangement 1 can also be seen.

To fasten the connections between two elements of the furniture arrangement 1 (frame, surface or other elements), fastening elements 160a; 160b is used.

In Figs. 9A-9D exemplary fastening elements 160a for fixing a connection between two surface elements 130 are shown, the two Surface elements 130 are arranged perpendicular to one another in such a way that an edge of the first surface element 130 comes to rest on a surface of the second surface element 130. The fastening elements 160a are wedge-shaped elements that are fastened (e.g. screwed) to the surface of the second surface element 130 ( Figure 9A ). The edge of the first surface element 130 has a groove profile 112 so that the edge of the first surface element 130 can be pushed over the fastening element 160a ( Figure 9B ). Several fastening elements 160a are preferably screwed onto the surface of the second surface element 130 along the connecting line of the two surface elements 130 ( Figure 9C ). Figure 9D shows the wedge-shaped fastening elements 160a in detail. A fastening element 160a has a bore 163 in each case on the two opposite end sections, so that the fastening element 160a can be fixed on the second surface element 130, for example with the aid of screws.

Other exemplary fasteners 160b are shown in FIG Figs. 9E-9G shown. A fastening element 160b can, for example, be designed as a U-shaped clamp and have two pins 161 which are connected via a bridge section 162. The pins 161 are provided with a thread and are inserted into a double bore 161, the two connected elements of the furniture arrangement 1 each having a bore hole. The double bore 165 can be made in a cutout for the bridge element 162 so that the fastening element 160b does not protrude beyond the furniture arrangement 1. The fastening element 160b fixes the connection of two elements of the furniture arrangement 1 in a vertical ( Figure 9F ) or more horizontal ( Figure 9G ) Direction.

Fig. 10 shows an opened drawer 180 of a furniture arrangement 1, which illustrates how the front cover 180a of the drawer 180 protrudes above the lower edge 150a of a cross member 150 so that the drawer 180 can be opened easily and conveniently.

Figs. 11A-E show different types of furniture bodies 10 from which a furniture arrangement 1 can consist. However, a furniture body 10 is not limited to the types shown. Figs. 11A-D each show a type (line 10a in Figure 11A , Tall cabinet 10b in Figure 11B , Wall cabinet 10c in Figure 11C and panel 10e in Figure 11D ) from left to right in an exploded view, in successive assembly steps and in assembled form. The frame structure 100 is always selected first in each case a rectangular outer frame 110 and further dividing frame members 111 assembled. The rear wall elements 130c are then inserted into the frame structure 100 for the panel 10e. For the row 10a, the tall cabinet 10b and the upper cabinet 10c, the bottom elements 130b, the side elements 132 on two opposite sides of the respective furniture body 10 and the vertical wall elements 130a (partition walls) follow. Next, a traverse 150 can be used (line 10a), or cover elements 134 are placed as an upper surface delimitation (tall cabinet 10b and wall cabinet 10c). The rear wall elements 130c are then inserted into the sub-frame 110. Finally, if necessary, further wall elements 130a can be used as intermediate floors (upper cabinet 10b).

Figure 11E shows another type (island 11d) in different, unfinished assembly steps. Links in Figure 11E the sub-frame 110 is shown with four outer frame elements 111 and two additional frame elements 111 for subdivision. In the case of the island 10d, the subframe 110 can also be used as a receptacle on the rear. In Figure 11E in the middle, further vertical frame elements 111 are added for the purpose of subdivision. The vertical frame elements 111 are located on both sides of the upper horizontal frame element 111, so that compartments can be formed on both sides of the frame structure 100. In addition, there are two lower horizontal frame elements 111 so that floor elements 130b can be inserted on both sides of the island 10d. Right in Figure 11E the inserted floor elements 130b can be seen as well as inserted wall elements 130a as partition walls and the rear wall elements 130c in the middle of the island 10d. Side elements 132 are attached to two opposite outer sides. On the other two outer sides, cross members 150 are pushed into the corresponding milled cutouts 133 in the wall elements 130a.

An island 11d can be arranged free-standing or with one or two of its side surfaces adjoining a room wall or two room walls (corner) in the room. Likewise, a single row 10a can be arranged free-standing or with one or two of its side surfaces adjoining a room wall or two room walls (corner) in the room.

Figs. 12-14 show examples of various furniture arrangements 1 according to the invention, each designed as a kitchen. The furniture arrangement 1 in Fig. 12 extends over two walls of a room and thus runs across a corner. The furniture arrangement 1 has a tall cabinet 10b, two rows 10a and an upper cabinet 10c. These furniture bodies 10 include shelf areas, built-in kitchen appliances such as stove and oven, a sink and drawers 180 and worktops 190. The furniture arrangement 1 in Fig. 13 is positioned on a single room wall and has a panel 10e, a row 10a and a wall unit 10c. It should be noted that the frame structure 100, which is basically oriented vertically, can also be expanded in a horizontal direction in order, for example, to frame an illumination 200. The furniture arrangement 1 in Fig. 14 has a row 10a and a top cabinet 10c. Additional panels or fittings (not shown), which are fastened with the aid of standard bores in the side walls 132 or cover elements 134, can be attached to the outer surfaces of the furniture arrangement 1 according to the invention.

The method according to the invention for assembling the furniture arrangement 1 will be discussed in greater detail below. First, the individual room situation of the customer is determined and the room is measured by a planner ( Fig. 15 ). The volume V to be taken up by the finished furniture arrangement 1 in the room is then determined ( Fig. 16 ).

Based on this, software generates a system planning in the background, the system consisting of individual sub-frames 110 that are individually adapted to the room ( Figure 17A ). The sub-frames 110 are basically planned so that each sub-frame 110 delimits rectangular sub-frame areas A1-A4, the sub-frame areas A1-A4 being selected so that a minimum number of sub-frame areas A1-A4 forms the rear surface of the volume V (base area arrangement A10) . As a result, the sub-frames 110 can be manufactured from a few, long frame elements 111. In Figure 17A the base area arrangement A10, which does not have to be contiguous, corresponds to the total area of the sub-frame areas A1 + A2 + A3 + A4. A first base section A1 + A2 is arranged on one wall of the room and a second base section A3 + A4 is arranged on the other wall of the room and is oriented perpendicular to the first base section.

The division of the base area arrangement A10 into the minimum number of sub-frame areas A1-A4 is not always clear. For example, the base arrangement A10 can consist of Figure 17A even so in the minimum number of four rectangular subframe areas A1-A4 are divided, as in Figure 17B is shown. The decision for one or the other variant can be made taking additional criteria into account. For example, there can be the requirement to install a tall refrigerator in the area of the sub-frame area A1. In this case a division is according to Figure 17A cheaper. A division according to Figure 17A is also suitable because the distance between the upper outer contour 120 and the floor changes and a vertical dividing line can be drawn there, which in the example of Figure 17A the sub-frame areas A1 and A2 separates.

It is also possible that, for reasons of production or space, a maximum length of the longitudinal or transverse strips (frame elements 111) of the sub-frames 110 is specified. It may then be necessary to select one or more of the sub-frame areas A1-A4 Figure 17A or Figure 17B to be divided into two smaller rectangular sub-frame areas (see the division of the left sub-frame area into A1 and A1 'in Figure 15C ).

Each sub-frame 110 is then provided with further frame elements 111 for further subdivision and assembled according to the plan. It is transported to the customer and installed there in the given space ( Figs. 18-20 ). It is also possible to transport the frame elements 111 individually to the customer and only assemble them there to form the subframes 110.

The vertical frame elements 111 are usually cut to the standard heights of the row and the tall cabinet and the grooves 112 are pre-milled. The horizontal frame elements 111, on the other hand, are individually cut to length in accordance with the spatial planning. Recesses and connections of the frame elements 111 are also milled on the basis of the spatial planning, so that the sub-frames 110 can already be assembled at the factory. Appropriate software can be used to help with the planning steps. Even with different plans, the sub-frames 110 remain the same, only the milled and strut positions for the vertical frame elements 111 change according to the plan. This enables flexible solutions for the customer.

The frame structure 100 does not have to be built up on a room wall, but can also stand partially or completely free in the room.

Now the entire frame structure 100 can be aligned by means of adjustable feet (support elements 140) ( Figure 21B ). The adjustable feet 140 are preferably attached to the underside of the lower horizontal frame element 111 at the positions of the vertical frame elements 111 and adjusted to the appropriate height. Further adjustable feet 140 are attached to the corresponding positions on the floor elements 130b (not shown). In comparison, it requires a lot more effort to align a conventional carcase kitchen, because each carcase has to be provided with four adjustable feet 140 each ( Figure 21A ). As a result, more leveling feet 140 are required, all of which have to be adjusted individually. In addition, after connecting the individual bodies, it may be necessary to readjust the adjustable feet 140 again. This step is omitted in the structure according to the invention.

The floor elements 130b are pushed into the frame structure 100 and can also be screwed or glued in the groove 112 ( Fig. 22 ). The arrangement is brought into 90 ° as a stable L by further adjustable feet 140 on the front part of the floor (not shown).

Wall elements 130a are pushed into the respective grooves 112 of the frame structure 100 as vertical partition walls and can be screwed or glued there. Side elements 132 are attached to the outer sides of the furniture arrangement 1. The floor elements 130b are connected to the wall elements 130a with fastening elements 160a; 160b connected ( Fig. 23 ).

The horizontally oriented wall elements 130a are pushed into the respective grooves 112 of the frame structure as intermediate floors or cover elements 134 and can be screwed or glued there and with fastening elements 160a; 160b are connected to the vertical wall and side elements 130a, 134 ( Fig. 24 ).

The rear wall elements 130c are pushed into the right-angled profiles 113 of the frame structure 100 and can be held there, for example, with magnets or other fastening elements ( Fig. 25 ). The rear walls 130c can be individually colored or coated.

On the front side of the furniture arrangement 1, corresponding cutouts 133 of the wall elements 130a can traverse 150 for stabilization and as grip strips be inserted. A cross member 150 can extend over several compartments of the furniture arrangement 1, that is to say, for example, be inserted into three or more milled wall element recesses 133. The recess 151 for the function as a handle bar does not have to extend over the entire length of the cross member 150 ( Fig. 26 ).

Finally, the front and door elements 131, 170 and the interior of the furniture arrangement 1 are assembled. For this purpose, all necessary holes for drawers 180, pull-outs, fittings or the like in the surface elements 130 have already been pre-drilled according to the planning. Fig. 27 shows an exemplary structure of a fully assembled furniture arrangement 1 with a tall cabinet 10b, two rows 10a and an upper cabinet 10c.

In Figs. 28A / B is again an exploded view of a corresponding conventional furniture arrangement consisting of carcasses ( Figure 28A ) and a furniture arrangement 1 according to the invention ( Figure 28B ) shown. While 83 plates and screens are used in the conventional arrangement, this number is reduced to 44 plates and screens in the arrangement 1 according to the invention.

LIST OF REFERENCES

1

Furniture arrangement

10

Furniture body

10a

row

10b

Tall cabinet

10c

Wall unit

10d

Island

10e

Panel

11th

back

100

Frame structure

110

Subframe

111

Frame element

112

Groove profile

113

right-angled profile

113a

Support surface

114

Cones

115

slot

116

nail

117

Step section

120

Outer contour

121

Outer contour section

130

Surface element

130a

Wall element

130b

Floor element

130c

Rear wall element

131

Front element

132

Side element

133

Recess

134

Cover element

135

strip

136

Milling

137

Milling

140

Support element

150

traverse

150a

Lower edge

151

Recess

160a; 160b

Fastener

161

Pen

162

Bridge section

165

Double drilling

170

Door element

180

drawer

180a

Front cover

190

Countertop

200

lighting

b

broad

H

height

t

depth

A1-A5

Subframe area

A10

Base arrangement

V

volume to be taken

Claims (15)

1. A frame structure (100) for assembling a furniture arrangement (1), comprising

   a plurality of frame elements (111) configured as longitudinal elements which completely encompass a base surface arrangement (A10) composed of two or more rectangular partial frame surfaces (A1-A5) and divide said base surface arrangement (A10) into the two or more partial frame surfaces (A1-A5),

   wherein at least two of the partial frame surfaces (A1-A5) are connected to one another by one or more common frame elements (111) and are laterally adjacent to one another; and

   wherein a groove profile (112) extending in the longitudinal direction of the frame element (111) is formed on at least one frame element (111) of the plurality of frame elements (111) for the insertion of at least one surface element (130) such that

   the inserted surface element (130) is oriented substantially perpendicularly to the respective partial frame surface (A1-A5) of said base surface arrangement (A10) that is framed by the at least one frame element (111).
2. The frame structure (100) according to claim 1, comprising

   a right-angled profile (113) extending on at least two parallel frame elements (111) of the plurality of frame elements (111) in the longitudinal direction for receiving at least one surface element (130) in the right-angled profiles (113) of the at least two parallel frame elements (111) in such a way that the received surface element (130) is oriented in parallel to said base surface arrangement (A10), and

   wherein, if applicable,

   the right-angled profile (113) and the groove profile (112) are arranged next to one another on the same frame element (111) of the plurality of frame elements (111) in such a way that a surface element (130) received in the right-angled profile (113) is oriented perpendicularly to a surface element (130) inserted in the groove profile (112).
3. The frame structure (100) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein
   two right-angled profiles (113) and the groove profile (112) are arranged next to each other on the same frame element (111) of the plurality of frame elements (111) in such a way that the surface element (130) inserted into the groove profile (112) is arranged between two surface elements (130) received in the two right-angled profiles (113) and oriented perpendicular to these.
4. A furniture arrangement (1), comprising

   the frame structure (100) according to one of the preceding claims;

   at least one floor element (130b) configured as a surface element (130) which is inserted into the groove profile (112) of a frame element (111) of the plurality of frame elements (111) in such a way that the floor element (130b) is oriented substantially perpendicularly to said base surface arrangement (A10); and

   at least one wall element (130a) configured as a surface element (130) which is inserted into the groove profile (112) of a frame element (111) of the plurality of frame elements (111) in such a way that the wall element (130a) is oriented substantially perpendicularly to said base surface arrangement (A10) and substantially perpendicularly or in parallel to the floor element (130b).
5. The furniture arrangement (1) according to claim 4, comprising
   height-adjustable support elements (140) at frame elements (111) of the plurality of frame elements (111) on an underside of said furniture arrangement (1) for aligning said furniture arrangement (1).
6. The furniture arrangement (1) according to one of claims 4 to 5, comprising

   a cross member (150) for stabilizing said furniture arrangement (1); wherein

   wall elements (130a), in particular intermediate wall and/or side wall elements (132) of said furniture arrangement (1) on a side of said furniture arrangement (1) opposite said base surface arrangement (A10) have recesses (133) for inserting the cross member (150) so that the inserted cross member (150) is oriented in parallel to said base surface arrangement (A10) and in parallel to the at least one floor element (130b), and

   wherein, if applicable,

   the cross member (150) has a recess (151) across two side surfaces of the cross member (150) for engaging therein, wherein said recess extends in the longitudinal direction of the cross member (150) in a region between two wall elements (130a) oriented perpendicularly to the at least one floor element (130b).
7. The furniture arrangement (1) according to one of claims 4 to 6, wherein

   said furniture arrangement (1) includes a cuboid row (10a), the width (b) of the row (10a) being greater than the height (h) of the row (10a) when the row (10a) is placed on the floor of a room; and/or wherein

   said furniture arrangement (1) includes a cuboid tall cabinet (10b), the height (h) of the tall cabinet (10b) being greater than the width (b) of the tall cabinet (10b) when the tall cabinet (10b) is arranged on the floor of the room; and/or wherein

   said furniture arrangement (1) includes a cuboid wall cabinet (10c), the width (b) of the wall cabinet (10c) being greater, less or equal to the height (h) of the wall cabinet (10c) when the wall cabinet (10c) is arranged on a wall of the room above the floor of the room; and/or wherein

   said furniture arrangement (1) includes a cuboid island (10d), wherein the island (10d) can consist of two rows (10a), the rear sides (11) of which face one another.
8. A method for assembling a furniture arrangement (1), comprising the steps of:

   connecting a plurality of frame elements (111) configured as longitudinal elements to form a frame structure (100) in such a way that the frame elements (111) completely encompass a base surface arrangement (A10) composed of two or more rectangular partial frame surfaces (A1-A5) and divide said base surface arrangement (A10) into the two or more partial frame surfaces (A1-A5), wherein

   at least two of the partial frame surfaces (A1-A5) are connected to one another by one or more common frame elements (111) in such a way that they are laterally adjacent to one another; and

   inserting at least one surface element (130) into a groove profile (112) extending on at least one frame element (111) of the plurality of frame elements (111) in the longitudinal direction in such a way that the inserted surface element (130) is oriented perpendicularly to the respective partial frame surface (A1-A5) of the base surface arrangement (A10) that is framed by the at least one frame element (111).
9. A method for assembling a furniture arrangement (1) including a plurality of individual cuboid furniture bodies (10) in a given room, preferably a kitchen, comprising the following steps:

   determining a two-dimensional outer contour (120) of said furniture arrangement (1), wherein a base surface arrangement (A10) encompassed by the outer contour (120) contains the rectangular rear sides (11) of all cuboid furniture bodies (10) of said furniture arrangement (1),

   defining partial frame surfaces (A1-A5) by dividing said base surface arrangement (A10) encompassed by the outer contour (120) into a minimum number of partial frame surfaces (A1-A5),

   providing rectangular partial frames (110) which consist of at least four frame elements (111) and form a frame structure (100) for mounting said furniture arrangement (1) in the given room, wherein each individual partial frame (110) covers exactly one previously determined partial frame surface (A1-A5) of said base surface arrangement (A10) and at least two of the partial frames (110) are connected by having at least one common frame element (111).
10. The method according to claim 9, wherein
    dividing the surface surrounded by the outer contour (120) into the minimum number of partial frame surfaces (A1-A5) is performed in accordance with predetermined boundary parameters, said boundary parameters comprising a maximum height, width and/or area of the partial frames (110), a function of the furniture bodies (10) and/or objects to be arranged in the partial frame (110) and a change in the distance of an outer contour section (121) to the floor of the given room.
11. The method according to one of claims 9 or 10, comprising the steps of:

    dividing the partial frame surfaces (A1-A5) bounded by the partial frames (110) into smaller partial frame surfaces by inserting further frame elements (111) corresponding to the rectangular rear sides (11) of the furniture bodies (10);

    forming the furniture bodies (10) by inserting surface elements (130) into the frame elements (111) in accordance with an arrangement of the furniture bodies (10) in said furniture arrangement (1).
12. A computer program product for executing the method according to one of claims 9 to 11, in particular for executing the steps of defining the outer contour (120) and determining partial frame surfaces (A1-A5), wherein said computer program product is configured to determine dimensions of the partial frames (110) and positions of the partial frames (110) in the given room that are optimized with respect to the given room.
13. A method for assembling a furniture arrangement (1) including a plurality of individual cuboid furniture bodies (10) in a given room, preferably a kitchen, comprising the steps of:

    determining a volume (V) to be occupied by said furniture arrangement (1) in the predetermined space;

    assembling rectangular partial frames (110) from frame elements (111) based on the volume (V) to be occupied by said furniture arrangement (1);

    forming a frame structure (100) for said furniture arrangement (1) by mounting further frame elements (111) on the partial frame (110);

    aligning the frame structure (100) in the given room by attaching support elements (140) to an underside of the frame structure (100);

    inserting floor elements (130b) of the furniture bodies (10) into sections of the frame structure (100) facing the floor of the predetermined room;

    supporting the floor elements (130b) by attaching support elements (140) to the floor elements (130b);

    inserting wall elements (130a) of the furniture bodies (10) oriented perpendicularly to the floor into sections of the frame structure (100) provided for this purpose;

    fastening the individual wall elements (130a) to adjacent wall elements (130a) or floor elements (130b) in order to stabilize said furniture arrangement (1).
14. The method according to claim 13, comprising the steps of:

    inserting wall elements (130a) of the furniture bodies (10) oriented horizontally to the floor into sections of the frame structure (100) provided for this purpose; and/or

    inserting rear wall elements (130c) of the furniture bodies (10) into sections of the frame structure (100) provided for this purpose; and/or

    inserting cross members (150) into corresponding recesses (133) of the wall elements (130a) on a side of said furniture arrangement (1) opposite the frame structure (100); and/or

    attaching front elements (131) to a side of said furniture arrangement (1) opposite the frame structure (100); and/or

    attaching side elements (132) to the sides of said furniture arrangement (1) delimiting said furniture arrangement (1).
15. The method according to one of claims 8 to 11 or 13 to 14, wherein

    the frame structure (100) is configured as the frame structure (100) according to one of claims 1 to 3; and/or

    the furniture arrangement is configured as the furniture arrangement (1) according to one of claims 4 to 7.

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