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US 11,445,821 B2Granted
Lazy susan fitting for a corner cabinet
AssigneeVauth-Sagel Holding GmbH & Co. KG
InventorPeter Sagel
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Abstract
A lazy susan fitting for a cabinet having a top wall and a bottom wall has a supporting column of constant length, a top mount, a bottom mount, and a shelf supported at the supporting column. The top mount and a top end of the supporting column are configured to allow for mounting the supporting column to the top mount fixed to the top wall by moving the supporting column tilted out of the vertical in the top mount from below beyond a final installation position, and for aligning the supporting column in the top mount to the vertical. The bottom mount and the bottom end of the supporting column are configured for mounting the supporting column to the bottom mount fixed to the bottom wall by inserting the supporting column aligned to the vertical into the bottom mount from above.
Claims14
A lazy susan fitting for a cabinet having a body including a top wall and a bottom wall, the lazy susan fitting comprising:
- a supporting column having a top end, a bottom end and a constant length between the top end and the bottom end,
- a top mount configured to be fixed to the top wall and to laterally support the top end of the supporting column,
- a bottom mount configured to be fixed to the bottom wall and to downwardly and laterally support the bottom end of the supporting column,
- at least one shelf mount configured to be mounted to the supporting column at a position located between the top end and the bottom end, and
- at least one shelf having a central opening configured to be supported at the supporting column via the at least one shelf mount, the supporting column extending through the central opening,
- wherein the top mount and the top end of the supporting column are configured to allow
- for mounting the top end of the supporting column to the top mount by moving the top end of the supporting column tilted out of the vertical in the top mount fixed to the top wall from below,
- for initially moving the top end of the supporting column in the top mount upwards beyond a final installation position,
- for aligning the supporting column in the top mount to the vertical, and
- for lowering the top end of the supporting column aligned to the vertical in the top mount into the final installation position, and
- wherein the bottom mount and the bottom end of the supporting column are configured for mounting the bottom end of the supporting column to the bottom mount by inserting the bottom end of the supporting column aligned to the vertical into the bottom mount fixed to the bottom wall from above, when lowering the top end of the supporting column aligned to the vertical in the top mount into the final installation position,
- wherein the top mount comprises a latch configured to stop the top end of the supporting column in the top mount from inadvertently moving upwards out of the final installation position, and
- wherein the latch is a manually deactivatable snap-in or snap-out latch configured and arranged to be automatically activated by snapping-in or snapping-out, when the top end of the supporting column lowered in the top mount reaches the final installation position.
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A lazy susan fitting for a cabinet having a body including a top wall and a bottom wall, the lazy susan fitting comprising:
- a supporting column having a top end, a bottom end and a constant length between the top end and the bottom end,
- a top mount configured to be fixed to the top wall and to laterally support the top end of the supporting column,
- a bottom mount configured to be fixed to the bottom wall and to downwardly and laterally support the bottom end of the supporting column,
- at least one shelf mount configured to be mounted to the supporting column at a position located between the top end and the bottom end, and
- at least one shelf having a central opening configured to be supported at the supporting column via the at least one shelf mount, the supporting column extending through the central opening,
- wherein the top mount and the top end of the supporting column are configured to allow
- for mounting the top end of the supporting column to the top mount by moving the top end of the supporting column tilted out of the vertical in the top mount fixed to the top wall from below,
- for initially moving the top end of the supporting column in the top mount upwards beyond a final installation position,
- for aligning the supporting column in the top mount to the vertical, and
- for lowering the top end of the supporting column aligned to the vertical in the top mount into the final installation position, and
- wherein the bottom mount and the bottom end of the supporting column are configured for mounting the bottom end of the supporting column to the bottom mount by inserting the bottom end of the supporting column aligned to the vertical into the bottom mount fixed to the bottom wall from above, when lowering the top end of the supporting column aligned to the vertical in the top mount into the final installation position,
- wherein the supporting column comprises a single metal tube section extending between the top end and the bottom end,
- wherein the bottom end of the supporting column is a bottom bare end of the metal tube section, and
- wherein the bottom bare end of the metal tube section comprises a notch configured to receive a key of the bottom mount, when mounting the bottom end of the supporting column to the bottom mount for blocking rotational movements of the supporting column with regard to the bottom mount about the vertical.
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A lazy susan fitting for a cabinet having a body including a top wall and a bottom wall, the lazy susan fitting comprising:
- a supporting column having a top end, a bottom end and a constant length between the top end and the bottom end,
- a top mount configured to be fixed to the top wall and to laterally support the top end of the supporting column,
- a bottom mount configured to be fixed to the bottom wall and to downwardly and laterally support the bottom end of the supporting column,
- at least one shelf mount configured to be mounted to the supporting column at a position located between the top end and the bottom end, and
- at least one shelf having a central opening configured to be supported at the supporting column via the at least one shelf mount, the supporting column extending through the central opening,
- wherein the top mount and the top end of the supporting column are configured to allow
- for mounting the top end of the supporting column to the top mount by moving the top end of the supporting column tilted out of the vertical in the top mount fixed to the top wall from below,
- for initially moving the top end of the supporting column in the top mount upwards beyond a final installation position,
- for aligning the supporting column in the top mount to the vertical, and
- for lowering the top end of the supporting column aligned to the vertical in the top mount into the final installation position, and
- wherein the bottom mount and the bottom end of the supporting column are configured for mounting the bottom end of the supporting column to the bottom mount by inserting the bottom end of the supporting column aligned to the vertical into the bottom mount fixed to the bottom wall from above, when lowering the top end of the supporting column aligned to the vertical in the top mount into the final installation position,
- wherein the top mount comprises
- a latch having a lower stop face stopping the top end of the supporting column in the final installation position, and
- an upper stop arranged at a distance of at least ½ inch (1.27 cm) above the lower stop face and finally stopping the top end of the supporting column when initially being moved beyond the final installation position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.