ES1217149U - KITCHEN CABINET (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Kitchen furniture that has: - a pair of side faces whose longitudinal dimension defines the depth of the furniture; - a front face and a back face whose longitudinal dimension defines the width of the piece of furniture, wherein the height of said faces defines the height of the cabinet and in which between said faces an interior volume is defined in which a series of drawers are arranged characterized in that at least one of the drawers arranged in the lower area of the cabinet has of a front panel associated with the front face of the piece of furniture in which said panel is an oblique panel with its lower end towards the inside of the piece of furniture. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

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KITCHEN FURNITURE

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Field of the Invention

The present invention is part of the domestic furniture sector, in particular of furniture suitable for kitchens.

In particular, the present invention discloses a kitchen cabinet that has a greater storage capacity than prior art kitchen furniture since it makes better use of its interior volume.

Background of the invention

Various furniture are known for use in kitchens that have a series of drawers. One of the problems that such furniture has is the inability to use its entire internal volume since the lower space cannot have drawers since a baseboard must be left so that a user can approach the furniture without tripping over the bottom of the piece of furniture.

In general, a 10-18 cm socket is usually left at the bottom of the furniture. Description of the invention

The present invention solves the problems of the prior art and, therefore, allows to increase the storage capacity of the furniture of the prior art by disclosing a kitchen cabinet that has:

• a pair of side faces whose longitudinal dimension defines the depth of the furniture.

• a front face and a rear face whose longitudinal dimension defines the width of the furniture;

in which the height of said faces defines the height of the furniture and in which between said faces an interior volume is defined in which a series of drawers are arranged characterized in that at least one of the drawers arranged in the lower area of the furniture has of a front panel associated with the front face of the furniture in which said panel is an oblique panel with its lower end towards the interior of the furniture.

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In one embodiment, at least one of the drawers arranged in the lower area of the furniture has a front panel associated with the front face of the furniture in which said panel is an oblique panel with its lower end towards the interior of the furniture. That is, there is a piece of furniture with drawers both on the front and on the back.

Preferably, the furniture has a plurality of vertically separated drawers along the height of the furniture and the drawers that are not arranged in the lower area have a front panel said panel being substantially perpendicular to a support surface on which arrange the furniture.

In another embodiment, all the lower drawers have an oblique front panel with their lower end towards the interior of the furniture.

In order to determine if a drawer is a drawer in the lower zone, a definition is contemplated in which the drawers covering at least part of the defined area between a surface on which the furniture is arranged and 10 cm in the normal direction to this surface they are considered as available drawers in the lower area of the furniture. On the other hand, they can also be considered as drawers arranged in the lower area those that cover at least partially the last 30 cm of the furniture.

Preferably, the oblique panel is a panel inclined between 8 ° and 20 ° with respect to the vertical. For example, the oblique panel is a panel inclined at 12 ° from the vertical

The angle is variable and could be defined, for example, by the height of the oblique panel, in particular, the angle would be greater the smaller the height of the oblique panel.

In a particularly preferred embodiment, the furniture comprises a plurality of drawers in the lower area arranged adjacently in the transverse dimension of the furniture, i.e., along the width of the furniture. In addition, the furniture can comprise a plurality of drawers arranged adjacently along the height of the furniture.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the drawers are arranged with the ability to move in a direction parallel to a surface on which the furniture is arranged along the side faces. Preferably, the drawers move along guides arranged on the side faces of the furniture.

Brief description of the figures

The attached figures show, in an illustrative and non-limiting manner, examples of

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embodiment of the system according to the present invention, in which:

- Figure 1 shows a side view of a piece of furniture according to the present invention arranged in a kitchen.

- Figure 2 shows a side view of the furniture of figure 1.

- Figure 3 shows a perspective view of an example of furniture according to the present invention.

- Figure 4 shows a side view of a piece of furniture according to the present invention with drawers in its front face and in its rear face.

Detailed description of one embodiment

Figure 1 shows an environment of a kitchen in which there is a shelf (4) arranged on a kitchen cabinet (1) according to the present invention.

The kitchen furniture has the function of allowing the greatest storage capacity in its interior volume and allowing the user to work on its upper surface. Consequently, they must work to maximize the interior space, but minimize the obstruction of user access to the furniture's vicinity.

With this objective there are several rules in which it has been determined that the last 10-18 cm of the kitchen furniture must have a base or a base in which an entree is arranged with respect to the furniture, at least, on the front face ( 10) of the same so that a user (5) does not stumble upon the base of the furniture (1) when trying to approach to work on the upper face (12) thereof. Consequently, prior art furniture has an interior volume that is not used. The lower part of the furniture is totally unused.

The furniture (1) of the present invention has an upper face (12) for user work (5), a lower face (13) opposite to said upper face and which rests on a surface (2). The distance between the upper face (12) and the lower face (13) of the furniture (1) defines its height, i.e., the distance on the reference axis Z of Figure 1.

In addition, the furniture (1) has a front face (10) and a rear face (11) opposite to said front face (10) being the distance between said front and rear faces which defines the depth of the furniture (1), ie, the longitudinal distance or its distance on the reference axis X of Figure 1.

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Additionally, the furniture (1) has a pair of lateral faces (15) on both sides of the front and rear faces generating an internal volume between said faces that can be used as storage volume, for example, by means of the arrangement of drawers in said inner volume. The separation between said lateral faces in a transverse direction (Y axis) defines the width of the furniture.

In the case of the furniture of figure 1, the user can only work on the furniture (1) when approaching the front face (10) since the rear face (11) is supported on a wall. Consequently, to facilitate user access (5) to the furniture (1), it is sufficient to have a space in the lower part of the furniture that avoids possible obstructions. The solution to this problem maximizing the storage capacity of the furniture is shown in greater detail with reference to Figure 2.

Figure 2 shows a detail of the furniture (1) in which a first drawer (14) arranged near the upper face (12), a second drawer (14 ') vertically separated from the first drawer (14) and a third are arranged drawer (14 '') vertically separated from the second drawer and arranged near the bottom face (13) of the furniture (1).

The furniture of the present invention has a lower and an upper zone, the lower area of the furniture being understood as the area defined by the surface (13) on which the furniture rests to a surface arranged parallel to the surface (13) in the direction vertical (Z axis) up 30 cm. In addition, it should be understood as a lower drawer, any drawer that occupies, at least partially, the lower surface. In the case of Figure 2, the third drawer (14 ’) is a lower drawer and the first and second drawer (14, 14’) are not lower drawers (they do not partially or fully occupy the lower zone). Another way to determine if a drawer is a lower drawer is that if it occupies the last 30 cm of the furniture (1) (to be measured upwards in the Z direction from the lower face (13) it is called the lower drawer. In other embodiments of the In the present invention, a drawer that occupies the last 25 cm of the furniture is considered a lower drawer.

Returning to the example of figure 2, each of the drawers has a front panel (141, 141 ’), said front panels being elements that, to a large extent, define the front face (10) of the furniture (1). The upper drawers (14, 14 ') share a vertical front panel (141), that is, perpendicular to the surface (2) and / or the lower face (13) of the furniture (1) while the lower drawer (14' ') has an oblique front panel (141').

The oblique front panel (141 ’) is particularly an inclined panel such that the lower end, that is, the end closest to the lower face (13) of the oblique panel

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(141 ’) an angle of preferably 12 ° is inclined towards the interior of the furniture, although said angle can be variable, for example, between 8 ° and 20 °.

By having at least one oblique front panel (141 ') in the lower drawers (14' ') of the furniture (1), the front face has an oblique towards the interior of the furniture (1) in the lower part of the faces in which the user is likely to approach so that it is prevented from accidentally tripping over the lower part of the furniture (1). In addition, this space is used to arrange a drawer, so this interior space is unused in the furniture of the prior art.

Figure 3 shows a perspective view of an example of furniture according to the present invention. In the example of figure 3, a piece of furniture (1) is shown, which has an upper surface (12) that can be accessed by a user to work on it and a lower surface (13) opposite to said upper surface.

The furniture (1) of Figure 3 has a pair of upper drawers with vertical front panels (141) arranged adjacent along the width of the furniture (ie, transversely or along the Y axis) and a pair of drawers lower with oblique front panels (141 ') adjacent to the upper drawers along the height of the furniture (1) (ie vertically or along the Z axis). However, the present invention contemplates that the number of upper and lower drawers may be greater both in the transverse direction and in the vertical direction.

In this example, it is shown that the drawers can have different sizes and that, in particular, the lower drawers with oblique front panels (141 ’) are arranged in the lower part of the furniture. Therefore, it can be deduced that, in the present invention, the drawers closest to the lower face of the furniture (1) are called lower drawers regardless of their distance to the furniture or the support surface.

Figure 4 shows another embodiment of the present invention in which a piece of furniture (1) is arranged in which the user can access the upper surface (12) to work both on the front part (10) and on the part rear (11).

In this exemplary embodiment, it is convenient to avoid possible accidental tripping of the user on both sides, so that it is possible to have drawers on both sides so that both the front face (10) and the rear face (11) have lower drawers whose front panels (141 ') are oblique towards the interior of the furniture (11).

Among the advantages associated with the furniture described in the present invention, it is worth highlighting that, by removing the lower drawer, it is possible to directly access the floor surface (for example, for the purpose of cleaning). With the prior art, direct access to the ground is not possible.

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Additionally, in the prior art devices (with traditional baseboard) the lower drawer is at an approximate distance of 10-18 cm from the ground. All this space is wasted as a useful storage area for the kitchen.

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Claims (12)

5 10 fifteen twenty 25 30 1. Kitchen furniture that has: • a pair of side faces whose longitudinal dimension defines the depth of the furniture; • a front face and a rear face whose longitudinal dimension defines the width of the furniture. in which the height of said faces defines the height of the furniture and in which between said faces an interior volume is defined in which a series of drawers are arranged characterized in that at least one of the drawers arranged in the lower area of the furniture has of a front panel associated with the front face of the furniture in which said panel is an oblique panel with its lower end towards the interior of the furniture. 2. Furniture according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one of the drawers arranged in the lower part of the furniture has a front panel associated to the front face of the furniture in which said panel is an oblique panel with its lower end towards The interior of the furniture. 3. Furniture according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a plurality of vertically separated drawers along the height of the furniture and the drawers that are not arranged in the lower area have a front panel said panel being substantially perpendicular to a surface of support on which the furniture is arranged. 4. Furniture, according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that all the lowermost drawers have an oblique front panel with their lower end towards the interior of the furniture. 5. Furniture, according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the drawers covering at least part of the defined area between a surface on which the furniture is arranged and 30 cm in the normal direction to said surface are considered as drawers available in the lower area of the furniture. 5 10 fifteen twenty 25 6. Furniture according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the drawers that cover at least partially the last 30 cm of the furniture are drawers arranged in the lower area of the furniture. 7. Furniture, according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the oblique panel is a panel inclined between 8 o and 20 or with respect to the vertical. 8. Furniture according to claim 7, characterized in that the oblique panel is a panel inclined at 12 ° from the vertical. 9. Furniture according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the furniture comprises a plurality of drawers in the lower area arranged adjacently along the width of the furniture. 10. Furniture according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the furniture comprises a plurality of drawers arranged adjacently along the height of the furniture. 11. Furniture according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the drawers are arranged with the ability to move in a direction parallel to a surface on which the furniture is arranged along the side faces. 12. Furniture, according to claim 11, characterized in that the drawers move along guides arranged on the side faces of the furniture.