Connecting fitting, item of furniture, device for connecting furniture parts, and method for assembling a piece of furniture
AssigneeHettich Franke GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsSteffen GRATHWOL, Benjamin SAUTER, Marcel SCHLAICH, Philipp STEEB
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Abstract
A connecting fitting for a piece of furniture, in particular an item of upholstered furniture, has a first part which can be fixed to a first furniture part and a second part which can be fixed to a second furniture part, the first part having a receptacle for a bearing edge of the second part and the second part being pivotable relative to the first part about the bearing edge within a first angular range.
Claims20
A connecting fitting (3) for a piece of furniture (5), comprising:
- a first part (10) which is configured to be fixed to a first furniture part (1),
- a second part (20) which is configured to be fixed to a second furniture part (2), wherein the first part (10) has a receptacle (11) for a bearing edge (21) of the second part (20) and the second part (20) is pivotable relative to the first part (10) about the bearing edge (21) in a first angular range,
- a guide surface (15) provided on the first part (10), which guide surface (15) contacts the second part (20) with a sliding surface (26) during pivoting in a second angular range and additionally displaces the second part (20) in translation relative to the first part (10), and
- a locking element at the end of the guide surface (15), wherein the locking element is configured for locking the second part (20) against pivoting.
A device for connecting furniture parts, comprising:
- a first connecting fitting (3, 40) having a first part (10, 10a) which can be fixed to a first furniture part (1) and a second part (20, 20a) which can be fixed to a second furniture part (2), and
- a second connecting fitting (30, 50) having a first part (10b, 110) which can be fixed to the first furniture part (1) and a second part (20b, 120) which can be fixed to the second furniture part (2),
- wherein the first part (10b, 110) of the second connecting fitting (30, 50) comprises a receptacle (11, 111) for a bearing edge (21, 121) of the second part (20b, 120) of the second connecting fitting (30, 50), and the second part (20b, 120) can be pivoted relative to the first part (110) about the bearing edge (21, 121) in a first angular range,
- wherein a guide surface (15) is provided on the first part (10, 10a) of the first connecting fitting (3, 40), which guide surface (15) connects the second part (20a, 20) of the first connecting fitting (3, 40) to a sliding surface (26) during pivoting and additionally displaces the second part (20, 20a) of the first connecting fitting in translation relative to the first part (10, 10a) of the first connecting fitting, and the first part (10, 10a) of the first connecting fitting has a locking element at the end of the guide surface (15), on which the second part (20, 20a) of the first connecting fitting can be locked against pivoting.
A method for assembling a piece of furniture (5) having a first furniture part (1) to which a first part (10) is fixed and a second furniture part (2) to which a second part (20) of a connecting fitting (3) is fixed, comprising the following steps:
- placing a bearing edge (21) of the second part (20) against a receptacle (11) of the first part (10);
- pivoting the second part (20) relative to the first part (10);
- moving a sliding surface (26) on the second part (20) along a guide surface (15) on the first part (10) during said pivoting, wherein the second part (20) is additionally displaced in translation relative to the first part (10), and
- locking the second part (20) to the first part (10) at an end of the guide surface (15) against a pivoting movement.
The method for assembling a piece of furniture (5) having a first furniture part (1) to which a first part (10) is fixed and a second furniture part (2) to which a second part (20) of a connecting fitting (3) is fixed, and also comprising a second connecting fitting (30) having a first part (110) which can be fixed to the first furniture part (1) and a second part (120) which can be fixed to the second furniture part (2), comprising the following steps:
- placing a bearing edge (121) of the second part (120) of the second connecting fitting (30) to a receptacle (111) of the first part (110) of the second connecting fitting (30);
- pivoting the second part (120) relative to the first part (110);
- moving a sliding surface (26) on the second part (20) of the first connecting fitting (3) along a guide surface (15) on the first part (10) of the first connecting fitting (3) during said pivoting, wherein the second part (20) is additionally displaced in translation relative to the first part (10), and
- locking the second part (20) to the first part (10) at the end of the guide surface (15) against a pivoting movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.