GB2306603A - Self assembly cabinet construction system - Google Patents

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GB2306603A
GB2306603A GB9520373A GB9520373A GB2306603A GB 2306603 A GB2306603 A GB 2306603A GB 9520373 A GB9520373 A GB 9520373A GB 9520373 A GB9520373 A GB 9520373A GB 2306603 A GB2306603 A GB 2306603A
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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
    • A47B47/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements
    • A47B47/0025—Horizontal connecting members adapted to receive and retain the edges of several panel elements
    • A47B47/0033—Corners
    • 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
    • A47B95/00—Fittings for furniture
    • A47B95/008—Suspension fittings for cabinets to be hung on walls
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D3/00—Hinges with pins
    • E05D3/02—Hinges with pins with one pin
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B3/00—Window sashes, door leaves, or like elements for closing wall or like openings; Layout of fixed or moving closures, e.g. windows in wall or like openings; Features of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames
    • E06B3/96—Corner joints or edge joints for windows, doors, or the like frames or wings
    • E06B3/964—Corner joints or edge joints for windows, doors, or the like frames or wings using separate connection pieces, e.g. T-connection pieces
    • E06B3/9641—Corner joints or edge joints for windows, doors, or the like frames or wings using separate connection pieces, e.g. T-connection pieces part of which remains visible
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B12/00—Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior
    • F16B12/44—Leg joints; Corner joints
    • F16B12/46—Non-metal corner connections
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS AND DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION, CHECKS FOR WINGS AND WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/20—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for furnitures, e.g. cabinets

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Abstract

A cabinet is constructed from wooden panels 2 cut to size from sheet form and pairs of identical connectors attached to the panels 1 in opposite orientations so as to click together. Each connector 1 is attached to an edge of each panel 2 using a single screw by use of a template. Plastics mouldings are secured to the corners of the cabinet, and cover the connectors 1 and the sawn edges of the panels. The rear of the cabinet is secured by a bracket to a wall. A door made up from corner and frame mouldings is attached to the cabinet by hinge parts pinned together.

Description

DESCRIPTION Self-Assembly Cabinet Construction System.
This invention seeks to address the problems that are commonly associated with self-assembly furniture: cost of manufacture and ease of assembly.
Self-assembly cabinets are usually supplied with all the necessary pre-cut/pre-drilled panels and fittings for construction with the minimum of tools. The need to create, at manufacturing stage, recesses for fixing mechanisms and screw holes adds to the production cost and the presence of these limits the range of cabinets to pre-determined sizes.
The assembly of these cabinets can normally only be performed by following detailed instructions, since the supply of pre-cut/pre-drilled parts requires that the assembly be performed in only the pre-determined manner. There is also the possibility that some screwholes do not line up correctly, requiring remedial action, that the pack contains damaged parts or that some parts are missing. In the latter two circumstances it is often impossible to obtain quickly, or at all, the items in question as a complete replacement pack may need to be ordered.
The objectives of the Self-Assembly Cabinet Construction System are to reduce manufacturing costs and to make the assembly process easier. Manufacturing costs can be reduced by eliminating the need for pre-cut/pre-drilled panels and by reducing the number of different parts required. The wooden panels can be supplied in standard sheet form, enabling the panels to be cut to the exact sizes required. The panels are then joined by a number of identical pieces which, by using a special template, require only a minimum of expertise to attach to each panel and which enable each panel to simply click together. This produces a strong and rigid cabinet to the precise dimensions desired with the minimum of fuss.The cabinet can also be wall-mounted by attaching to special brackets ensuring that the ease of assembly extends to the process of hanging, and finished off by adding different types of doors.
The drawings attached are as follows: 1/6 How a single connecting piece can, when reversed, join adjacent wooden panels.
2/6 The combination of connecting pieces and panels to create the cabinet carcass.
3/6 Using a combination of plastic mouldings to finish-off edges and corners.
4/6 A view of a rear corner showing the addition of wall bracket and backboard.
5/6 A view of a front corner showing the addition of door and hinge.
6/6 Illustration of a pair of doors.
The rigidity and strength of the carcass depends on the connecting piece (1). This can be manufactured of metal or plastic. In principle two identical pieces are required to attach adjacent wooden panels (2). The pieces, once attached, simply click together to join those panels.
The size of the carcass determines how many pairs of connecting pieces are necessary to join the main four panels: top, bottom, left, right.
The corner moulding (3) attaches to all eight corners and serves the dual purpose of ensuring that adjacent panels are at 900 and covering the sawn edges of the panels. The two different edge mouldings both cover sawn edges, one (4) completes the front and back (if required), whereas the other (5) covers additionally the connecting pieces by fitting into grooves on those pieces.
The rear of the carcass is completed by attaching the (optional) wall bracket, which again uses the same piece to attach to the carcass (6) and the wall (7), and is attached to the rearrnost connecting piece (1).The screw also serves to lock the pair of connecting pieces together. The backboard (8) is sandwiched between the corner (3) and edge (4) mouldings.
Each door is constructed by creating a frame using four corner mouldings (9) and four frame mouldings (10). They are joined together using a further moulding (11) which permits the mix of different materials (e.g. wood/plastic). The panel which fits inside the frame can be of many different designs (e.g. painted) and materials (wood/plastic/glass). The doors attach to the carcass using hinge pieces: the first (12) screwed into the end of the covered connecting piece (1), the second (13) locating through corner (9), connector (11) and frame (10), whilst the whole is connected together using two pins (14) and (15).

Claims (5)

1) The cabinet requires one type of connecting piece, which, when attached in opposite directions to the end of adjacent panels, interlock to link the panels rigidly.
2) The corner moulding is to ensure that the cabinet corners remain square.
3) The edging strips hide both the connecting pieces and the sawn (unfinished) edges of the panels.
4) The cabinet can be hung on the wall using simple brackets, which aid accurate positioning.
5) Doors can be of two distinct types and can be assembled using a variety of different mouldingsfpanels combinations.
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WO2003075714A1 (en) * 2002-03-11 2003-09-18 Snaidero R. S.P.A. Composite kitchen cabinet with an improved structure

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GB386597A (en) * 1931-10-14 1933-01-19 Edward Mcelwain Neary An improved packing case
GB571768A (en) * 1942-11-20 1945-09-07 Walter Edward Irving Improvements in or relating to panel connections
GB1355809A (en) * 1970-05-01 1974-06-05 Bruun P Joint for connecting building slabs
GB1386977A (en) * 1971-05-03 1975-03-12 Bolsi L Collapsible metal case
GB2210130A (en) * 1987-09-18 1989-06-01 Reginald Valentine Wilks A joint
US5272850A (en) * 1991-05-06 1993-12-28 Icon, Incorporated Panel connector

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB386597A (en) * 1931-10-14 1933-01-19 Edward Mcelwain Neary An improved packing case
GB571768A (en) * 1942-11-20 1945-09-07 Walter Edward Irving Improvements in or relating to panel connections
GB1355809A (en) * 1970-05-01 1974-06-05 Bruun P Joint for connecting building slabs
GB1386977A (en) * 1971-05-03 1975-03-12 Bolsi L Collapsible metal case
GB2210130A (en) * 1987-09-18 1989-06-01 Reginald Valentine Wilks A joint
US5272850A (en) * 1991-05-06 1993-12-28 Icon, Incorporated Panel connector

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2003075714A1 (en) * 2002-03-11 2003-09-18 Snaidero R. S.P.A. Composite kitchen cabinet with an improved structure

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