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US 12,599,232 B2Granted
Furniture body having a front panel
AssigneePronorm Einbauküchen GmbH
InventorsRoger Klinkenberg, Thorsten Gösling
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Abstract
A front panel for a furniture body allows an end face of movable furniture parts provided with a handle rail, bar or strip to be gripped from behind. A chamber accommodates a lighting device and has a light exit opening. The one-piece front panel has a wall curved multiple times, a first end portion which supports the chamber, and a base connected to the other end of the wall. The base at least jointly forms a channel with a second end portion of the curved wall and a mounting plane. An item of furniture having a front panel is also provided.
Claims11
An item of furniture, comprising:
- a furniture body including a movable furniture part having an end face with a handle rail,
- a one-piece front panel including:
- a chamber for accommodating a lighting device,
- a curved wall having a front, multiple curvatures, two ends, a first end portion carrying said chamber at one of said ends, and a second end portion, and
- a bottom attached to another of said ends of said curved wall, said bottom at least jointly forming a channel with said second end portion and a mounting plane,
- said chamber having a light exit opening causing light falling from said chamber through said light exit opening to create a light strip on said front of said curved wall,
- said handle rail being formed of a solid profile:
- said solid profile having a handle recess permitting said end face of said movable furniture part to be gripped from behind for operating the movable furniture part,
- said solid profile being inserted in a right-angled corner cut-out in said end face of said movable furniture part,
- said solid profile having a projection projecting over said end face of said movable furniture part, and
- said solid profile having an underside locking element engaging in said movable furniture part.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.