# US 2021/0274934 A1 · Framed full access cabinet

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- Number: US 2021/0274934 A1
- Document ID: US20210274934A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/326,888
- Filed: 2021-05-21
- Published: 2021-09-09
- Earliest claimed: 2017-04-20
- Applicants: David O. Boone Revocable Trust
- Inventors: David Oliver Boone
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210274934A1

## CPC

- A47B 88/95: characterised by connection means for the front panel
- A47B 47/042: {Panels connected without frames}
- A47B 57/585: {with connection means slidable in a rail}
- A47B 88/43: at cabinet side
- A47B 88/941: {Drawers being constructed from two or more parts}
- F16B 12/22: using keyhole-shaped slots and pins
- F16B 12/24: using separate pins, dowels, or the like
- F16B 12/46: Non-metal corner connections
- A47B 2088/4235: {having a latch mechanism coupling or disconnecting a drawer with drawer side slide from the rest of the slide members}
- A47B 2230/0033: Expansible dowels or dowel-pins
- A47B: TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (furniture jointing F16B)
- F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D)

## Abstract

A full access frame can be designed with a thin frame with stiles that are about half the width of conventional stiles, such that inner sides of the stiles and rails include hidden/blind connection points to facilitate hidden or blind mounting of the full access frame to cabinet sides with mounted dowel connectors that attach to the hidden/blind connection points. A framed full access cabinet includes a full access frame mounted on front of a cabinet box, such that drawer rails and door hinges can be mounted on inner cabinet sides of the cabinet box. The dowel connectors and the hidden/blind connection points can be respectively slide-in dowels and slide-in inserts or alternatively snap-in dowels and snap-in inserts.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A full access cabinet, comprising:
a) a full access frame, comprising:
a right stile, comprising a plurality of right connection points positioned on an inner side of the right stile; and
a left stile, comprising a plurality of left connection points positioned on an inner side of the left stile;
b) a right cabinet side, comprising a plurality of right dowel connectors, which protrude from an outer end of the right cabinet side; and
c) a left cabinet side, comprising a plurality of left dowel connectors, which protrude from an outer end of the left cabinet side;
wherein the right dowel connectors are attached to the right connection points, such that the right cabinet side is attached to the inner side of the right stile; and
wherein the left dowel connectors are attached to the left connection points, such that the left cabinet side is attached to the inner side of the left stile;
such that the right connection points and the left connection points are hidden, to facilitate hidden mounting of the full access frame.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The full access cabinet of claim 1, wherein the right stile and the left stile each have a width in a range of ⅝″ to ⅞″.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The full access cabinet of claim 1, further comprising:
right and left drawer rails, which are mounted on inner sides of respectively the right cabinet side and the left cabinet side.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The full access cabinet of claim 3, further comprising:
a drawer, which is mounted in the right and left drawer rails.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The full access cabinet of claim 1, wherein the right cabinet side and the left cabinet side are perpendicularly connected to respectively the right stile and the left stile.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The full access cabinet of claim 1, wherein the right cabinet side and the left cabinet side each further comprise:
predrilled apertures with glue deposits in bottoms of the predrilled apertures;
wherein rear ends of the right dowel connectors and the left dowel connectors are each permanently connected by insertion of the rear ends into a corresponding predrilled aperture with a glue deposit.

### Claim 7

A full access cabinet, comprising:
a full access frame, comprising:
a right stile, comprising a plurality of right connection points positioned on an inner side of the right stile; and
a left stile, comprising a plurality of left connection points positioned on an inner side of the left stile;
wherein the right connection points are configured to attach to right dowel connectors of a right cabinet side, such that the right cabinet side is attachable to the inner side of the right stile; and
wherein the left connection points are configured to attach to left dowel connectors of a left cabinet side, such that the left cabinet side is attachable to the inner side of the left stile;
such that the right connection points and the left connection points are hidden, to facilitate hidden mounting of the full access frame.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The full access cabinet of claim 7, wherein the right stile and the left stile each have a width in a range of ⅝″ to ⅞″.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The full access cabinet of claim 7, further comprising:
a) the right cabinet side, comprising a plurality of the right dowel connectors, which protrude from an outer end of the right cabinet side; and
b) the left cabinet side, comprising a plurality of the left dowel connectors, which protrude from an outer end of the left cabinet side;
wherein the right dowel connectors are attached to the right connection points, such that the right cabinet side is attached to the inner side of the right stile; and
wherein the left dowel connectors are attached to the left connection points, such that the left cabinet side is attached to the inner side of the left stile.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The full access cabinet of claim 9, further comprising:
right and left drawer rails, which are mounted on inner sides of respectively the right cabinet side and the left cabinet side.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The full access cabinet of claim 10, further comprising:
a drawer, which is mounted in the right and left drawer rails.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The full access cabinet of claim 9, wherein the right cabinet side and the left cabinet side are perpendicularly connected to respectively the right stile and the left stile.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The full access cabinet of claim 9, wherein the right cabinet side and the left cabinet side each further comprise:
predrilled apertures with glue deposits in bottoms of the predrilled apertures;
wherein rear ends of the right dowel connectors and the left dowel connectors are each permanently connected by insertion of the rear ends into a corresponding predrilled aperture with a glue deposit.
