Classifications

• • 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

Definitions

• the present invention refers to a hidden and adjustable supporting group for the wall mounting of a suspended furniture piece .
• suspended furniture piece support is termed 'hidden' since it is adapted to be externally- mounted on the rear sheath of a suspended furniture piece, in particular generally coupled with a rear shoulder, which once bound to the wall, hides the suspended furniture piece support itself.
• 'hidden' since it is adapted to be externally- mounted on the rear sheath of a suspended furniture piece, in particular generally coupled with a rear shoulder, which once bound to the wall, hides the suspended furniture piece support itself.
• suspended furniture piece supports consist of a single plate element provided with several lateral projections that, in mounting phase, are coupled, generally fit-coupled, with holes previously made on a rear shoulder of the suspended furniture piece.
• the general object of the present invention is that of solving the abovementioned drawbacks of the prior art in an extremely simple, economical and particularly functional manner.
• Another object is that of making a hidden and adjustable supporting group for the wall mounting of a suspended furniture piece that ensures an easy and solid mounting.
• FIGS. 1a-Ic are side perspective views of a hidden and adjustable supporting group for the wall mounting of a suspended furniture piece according to the present invention during different mounting steps;
• FIG. 2a shows several embodiments of a detail of a component of the hidden and adjustable supporting group for the wall mounting of a suspended furniture piece according to the present invention
• FIGS. 3a-3c are side perspective views of another hidden and adjustable supporting group for the wall mounting of a suspended furniture piece according to the present invention during different mounting steps;
• Figures 4a and 4d show several embodiments of a detail of a component of the hidden and adjustable supporting group for the wall mounting of a suspended furniture piece according to the present invention
• - Figures 4b-4c are side perspective views of another hidden and adjustable supporting group for the wall mounting of a suspended furniture piece according to the present invention during different mounting steps;
• FIG. 5 is a side perspective view of another hidden and adjustable supporting group for the wall mounting of a suspended furniture piece according to the present invention.
• FIGS. 6a-6b are side perspective views of another hidden and adjustable supporting group for the wall mounting of a suspended furniture piece according to the present invention during different mounting steps;
• FIGS. 7a-7b are side perspective views of another hidden and adjustable supporting group for the wall mounting of a suspended furniture piece according to the present invention during different mounting steps;
• FIG 8a is a side perspective view of another hidden and adjustable supporting group for the wall mounting of a suspended furniture piece according to the present invention, partially in section;
• Figure 8b shows an enlarged detail, partially in section, of the supporting group of figure 8a
• Figure 9a is a side perspective view of another hidden and adjustable supporting group for the wall mounting of a suspended furniture piece according to the present invention, partially in section; - Figure 9b shows an enlarged detail, partially in section, of the supporting group of figure 9a,- and
• FIGS. 10 and 11 are perspective views of several different embodiments of a component of the hidden and adjustable supporting group for the wall mounting of a suspended furniture piece according to the present invention.
• a hidden and adjustable supporting group for the wall mounting of a suspended furniture piece according to the present invention is indicated with 10 overall.
• Such suspended furniture piece supporting group 10 comprises a plate element 13, visible in the two embodiments of figure 10 and 11, provided with a coupling element 14, for the engagement of the plate element 13 itself with a wall- fixed support member, and adjustment means 16, 16' of the depth and height of the coupling element 14.
• connection of such coupling element 14 with a wall- fixed support member, such as a common bar, and its depth and height adjustment with respect to the plate element 13 are entirely of known type.
• the suspended furniture piece supporting group 10 comprises stable binding means 17, 117, 117', 217', 317, 317', 417, 417', 617, 617' for the connection of the mentioned plate element 13 with at least one support element 111, 211, 311, 411, 511, 611, which is fixable to a suspended furniture piece 12 by means of suitable related fixing means 215, 215', 315, 315', 415, 415', 515.
• the suspended furniture piece supporting group 10 is not a single piece but comprises two separate elements, that is the at least one support element 111, 211, 311, 411, 511, 611 and the plate element 13, which before the mounting phase of the suspended piece to the wall are not necessarily in contact with each other.
• the at least one support element 111, 211, 311, 411, 511, 611 will be bound to the suspended furniture piece 12 while the plate element 13 will only or preferably only be bound to the at least one support element 111, 211, 311, 411, 511, 611.
• the at least one support element 111, 211, 311, 411, 511, 611 is fixable to the suspended furniture piece 12 in an independent manner with respect to the plate 13 , being pieces separated from each other, and in view of its geometry that will be detailed according to several of the following examples, it can preferably be fixed to the suspended support 12 in an industrial and automated manner, in such a manner preventing possible errors due to a human mounting.
• the geometry of the support element 111, 211, 311, 411, 511, 611 generally being much simpler than that of the plate element 13, which in fact is provided with coupling element 14 of the means for its adjustment 16, 16', it is much easier from an industrial standpoint to provide for and achieve automated cycles with the object of fixing such at least one support element 111, 211, 311, 411, 511, 611 to the related suspended furniture piece 12.
• the binding means 17, 117, 117', 217', 317, 317', 417, 417', 617, 617' achieve the stable connection of the plate 13 with the at least one related support element 111, 211, 311, 411, 511, 611.
• Such binding means 17, 117, 117', 217', 317, 317', 417, 417', 617, 617' for the stable connection of the plate 13 with the at least one related support element 111, 211, 311, 411, 511, 611 can be of various types.
• the at least one support element 111, 211, 311, 411, 511, 611 is a plate 111 and the binding means 17, 117, 117', 217', 317, 317', 417, 417', 617, 617' for its stable connection with the related plate element 13 are at least one element 117' projecting from one side of the mentioned plate 111, visible in figure Ia, and at least one related shaped hole 117 obtained on one surface, preferably lateral, of the plate element 13.
• the at least one projecting element 117' of the plate 111 and the related at least one shaped hole 117 of the plate 13 are shaped in such a manner so as to permit a first insertion position, indicated in figure Ib, easily reachable with a horizontal movement of the plate element 13 indicated by the arrow in figure Ia, and, following a small vertical movement indicated by the arrow in figure Ib, a second stable binding position visible in figure Ic.
• the at least one support element 111, 211, 311, 411, 511, 611 can alternatively be at least one screw element 211 and in such case the binding means 17, 117, 117', 217', 317, 317', 417, 417', 617, 617' for the stable connection with the related plate element 13 are at least one shaped head 217' of the at least one screw 211 itself and at least one shaped related hole obtained on one surface, preferably lateral, of the plate element 13.
• the shaped head 217' of the at least one screw element 211 and the related at least one shaped hole of the plate element 13 are shaped so as to permit a first insertion position, easily reachable with a horizontal movement of the plate element 13, and, after a small vertical movement, a second stable binding position.
• the fixing means 215, 215', 315, 315', 415, 415', 515, for the at least one screw element 211 on the suspended furniture piece 12 are a threaded profile 215 of the at least one screw 211 itself and at least one related hole 215' obtained in the furniture piece 12.
• the at least one support element 111, 211, 311, 411, 511, 611 is at least one expansion block element 311 and the related binding means 17, 117, 117', 217', 317, 317', 417, 417' , 617, 617' for its stable connection with the plate 13 are at least one shaped head 317' of the at least one expansion block element 311 and at least one related shaped hole 317 obtained on one surface, preferably lateral, of the plate element 13.
• the at least one shaped head 317' of the at least one expansion block 311 and the related at least one shaped hole 317 are shaped in such a manner so as to permit a first insertion position, indicated in figure 3b and easily attainable with a horizontal movement of the plate element 13 as indicated by the arrow in figure 3a, and after small related vertical movements as indicated by the arrow in figure 3b, a second stable binding position, visible in figure 3c .
• the fixing means 215, 215', 315, 315', 415, 415', 515, of the at least one expansion block element 311 with the furniture piece 12 are at least one longitudinal extension, provided with annular saw tooth crests 315, that is extended starting from the at least one shaped head 317' on the opposite side with respect to the plate element 13 and at least a related hole 315' obtained in the furniture piece 12.
• the at least one support element 111, 211, 311, 411, 511, 611 is at least one parallelepiped element 411 and the binding means 17, 117, 117', 217', 317, 317', 417, 417', 617, 617' for its stable connection with the plate 13 are at least one shaped guide profile 417' inside the at least one parallelepiped element 411 itself and at least one surface 417 of the plate element 13, preferably lateral, shaped in a complementary manner to the guide 417' .
• the at least one lateral surface 417 is slidable in the related shaped guide 417' between a first insertion position, figure 4b, and a second stable binding position, figure 4c.
• the fixing means 215, 215', 315, 315', 415, 415', 515 are, as visible in figure 4a, at least one portion with transverse development 415 respect to the at least one parallelepiped element 411, provided with annular saw tooth crests, which are extended from the at least one parallelepiped element 411 from the opposite side with respect to the guide 417' and at least one related hole 415' obtained in the furniture piece 12.
• the fixing means 215, 215', 315, 315', 415, 415', 515 can be at least one screw element 515 which crosses the at least one related parallelepiped element 411 and engages it against the suspended furniture piece 12.
• the at least one support element 111, 211, 311, 411, 511, 611 is at least one parallelepiped element 611 and the binding means 17, 117, 117', 217', 317, 317', 417, 417', 617, 617' for its stable connection with the plate element 13 are at least one opening 617', preferably lateral, internally provided with shaped profiles, and at least one surface 617, preferably lateral, shaped in a complementary manner to the at least one opening 617' .
• the at least one cavity 617' with shaped profiles internally and the at least one surface 617 of the plate element 13 shaped in a complementary manner to the at least one cavity 617', are shaped so to easily permit achievement of a stable binding position by means of a snap coupling, as shown in figures 6a and 6b.
• the suspended furniture piece supporting group 10 can also comprise means 18 for the supplementary fixing of the plate element 13 to the suspended furniture piece 12.
• supplementary binding means 19 can also be provided for the plate element 13 with the related at least one support element 111, 211, 311, 411, 511, 611.
• the plate connection 13 with the at least one support element 111, 211, 311, 411, 511, 611 is ensured both by the binding means 17, 117, 117' , 217', 317, 317', 417, 417', 617, 617', and by the supplementary binding means 19.
• these supplementary binding means 19, 19' of the plate element 13 with respect to the at least one support element 111, 211, 311, 411, 511, 611 are snap couplings between at least a portion 19' of the at least one support element 111, 211, 311, 411, 511, 611 and at least one portion 19 of the plate element 13.
• a snap binding 19, 19' is shown, placed in an upper portion of the plate element 13 with an upper support element 111, 211, 311, 411, 511, 611, while in figure 9b, another snap binding 19, 19' is shown, placed in a lower lateral portion of the plate element 13 with a lateral support element 111, 211, 311, 411, 511, 611.

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