Storage furniture with tip-over prevention mechanism
AssigneeInter IKEA Systems B.V.
InventorFritz Wallis
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Abstract
A storage furniture is disclosed. The storage furniture includes a frame with a pair of side panels, each with a back end and a front end opposing the back end. At least one drawer is movable into and at least partly out of the frame when the at least one drawer is present in the frame. A fastener is configured to secure the frame to a vertical support when in an assembled orientation. The pair of side panels each have a top surface, and an opposing bottom surface in a facing relationship to a floor surface when in the assembled orientation. The bottom surface has a lesser front to back distance between the front end to the back end than the top surface.
Claims16
A storage furniture, comprising:
- a frame including a pair of side panels, each with a back end and a front end opposing the back end;
- at least one drawer movable into and at least partly out of the frame when the at least one drawer is present in the frame;
- a fastener configured to secure the frame to a vertical support when in an assembled orientation;
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- wherein the pair of side panels each have a top surface, and an opposing bottom surface in a facing relationship to a floor surface when in the assembled orientation, and wherein the bottom surface has a lesser front to back distance between the front end to the back end than the top surface;
- wherein the front end of each side panel includes a first straight and elongate portion adjoining the top surface and extending at least generally vertically relative to the floor surface, and a second portion adjoining the bottom surface and extending rearwardly with respect to the first straight and elongate portion;
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- wherein the top surface and the bottom surface extend parallel to one another, and wherein the second portion extends obliquely to the bottom surface and the first straight and elongate portion.
A storage furniture assembly, comprising:
- a frame having an upper end and a lower end that rests on a floor surface in an assembled orientation, the lower end having a lesser front to back distance than the upper end;
- at least one drawer movable into and at least partly out of the frame when present in the assembled orientation;
- a fastener configured to secure the frame to a vertical support;
- whereby when the frame is on the floor surface, the ability to rotate the frame forward of the vertical support from a first assembled orientation to a second assembled orientation is enhanced by the lower end having the lesser front to back distance than the upper end, and wherein the frame is prevented from rotating from the first assembled orientation to the second assembled orientation when the fastener is connected to the vertical support;
- wherein the frame includes two lateral sides extending from the lower end to the upper end, and wherein a lower portion of the two lateral sides descends below a bottommost one of the at least one drawer with an open space therebetween;
- wherein the two lateral sides each have a front end including a first straight and elongate portion adjoining the upper end and extending generally vertically relative to the floor surface, and a second straight and elongate portion adjoining the lower end and extending at an angle to the first straight and elongate portion to help stabilize the frame in the second assembled orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.