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US 12,241,297 B2Granted
Item of furniture, in particular a cabinet
AssigneeSteelcase Inc.
InventorFlorian Fries
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Abstract
An item of furniture includes a first and a second side wall, a rear wall, a base arrangement, and a cover arrangement which delimit a receiving space. An opening is located between the first and the second side wall and in a closed position is closable by a closure flap that includes a first and a second guide device. A first and a second suspension frame are arranged on an upper end face of the first and second side wall, respectively, and point in a direction of the cover arrangement. The first and second guide device are arranged in a region of a first and second side, respectively, of the closure flap and are in mechanical contact with the first and second suspension frame, respectively, over the entire movement path of the closure flap from the open position into the closed position.
Claims20
An item of furniture, comprising:
- a first and a second side wall, a rear wall, a base arrangement, and a cover arrangement, which delimit a receiving space;
- an opening located between the first and the second side wall;
- a closure flap movable back and forth between an open position in which the receiving space is accessible from outside the item of furniture via the opening, and a closed position in which the opening is closed by the closure flap, the closure flap including a first and a second guide device;
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- a first suspension frame and a second suspension frame;
- wherein the first suspension frame rests on a substantially horizontally disposed upper end face of the first side wall which points in the direction of the cover arrangement and the second suspension frame rests on a substantially horizontally disposed upper end face of the second side wall which points in a direction of the cover arrangement;
- wherein the first guide device is arranged in a region of a first side of the closure flap and is in mechanical contact with the first suspension frame over an entire movement path of the closure flap from the open position into the closed position;
- wherein the second guide device is arranged in a region of a second side of the closure flap and is in mechanical contact with the second suspension frame over the entire movement path of the closure flap from the open position into the closed position;
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- wherein the first suspension frame comprises a support portion which rests on the substantially horizontally disposed upper end face of the first side wall, a contact portion which, proceeding from the support portion, extends in a direction of the base arrangement and ends spaced apart therefrom and within the receiving space bears against an inner side of the first side wall, and an engagement device which is arranged on the contact portion in a region of the opening and extends in a direction of the receiving space and is configured to engage the first guide device of the closure flap, the second suspension frame comprises a support portion which rests on the substantially horizontally disposed upper end face of the second side wall, a contact portion which, proceeding from the support portion, extends in a direction of the base arrangement and ends spaced apart therefrom and within the receiving space bears against an inner side of the second side wall, and an engagement device which is arranged on the contact portion in a region of the opening and extends in a direction of the receiving space and is configured to engage the second guide device of the closure flap.
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An item of furniture, comprising:
- a first side wall, a second side wall, a rear wall, a base arrangement, and a cover arrangement, which delimit a receiving space;
- an opening located between the first and the second side walls;
- a closure flap movable back and forth between an open position in which the receiving space is accessible from outside of the item of furniture via the position in which the opening is closed by the closure flap, the closure flap including a first and a second guide device;
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- a first suspension frame and a second suspension frame;
- wherein the first suspension frame rests on a substantially horizontally disposed upper end face of the first side wall which points in the direction of the cover arrangement and the second suspension frame rests on a substantially horizontally disposed upper end face of the second side wall which points in a direction of the cover arrangement;
- wherein the first guide device is arranged in a region of a first side of the closure flap and is in mechanical contact with the first suspension frame over an entire movement path of the closure flap from the open position into the closed position;
- wherein the second guide device is arranged in a region of a second side of the closure flap and is in mechanical contact with the second suspension frame over an entire movement path of the closure flap from the open position into the closed position, and
- wherein each of the first guide device and the second guide device comprises a guide groove which is open in the open position of the closure flap in a direction of the first side wall and the second side wall, respectively, and is configured to receive an engagement device of the first suspension frame and the second suspension frame, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.