Furniture element
AssigneeAlfit Aktiengesellschaft
InventorAlfred Albiez
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Abstract
In a furniture element, in particular a drawer, in which at least two long flat structural elements form a corner with their long ends and are secured to each other by connectors that form a push connection with at least one structural element, in order to simplify assembly and make it possible to use prefabricated structural elements, the structural element that is intended for the push connection as a profile element is provided with an insertion guide for a supporting element of the connector element formed from profile projections that are moulded onto at least one flat side and that run the length of the element, and that when this element is in the inserted position it can be fixed in the insertion guide so as to ensure a form or force fit.
Claims15
A furniture element for forming a corner of a drawer comprising:
- at least two long, flat structural elements having sides and ends which join to form a corner, and
- connector means having a supporting element for providing a connection with at least one of said structural elements, said structural elements including a profile element with an insertion guide for receiving said supporting element, said profile element including profile projections which protrude from one side of said structural elements and extend the length of said structural elements, said profile projections being spaced from the longitudinal edge of said structural element and from each other, said profile projections forming grooves which face each other along the length of said structural elements, and said profile projections having cutouts in the bottom of the grooves configured and dimensioned for receiving and detachably retaining said supporting element.
A furniture element forming the side walls of a drawer comprising:
- at least two longitudinally extending wall members having sides and two profile projections formed as longitudinally extending L-shaped rails located on one side of said wall members and extending across the entire length of said wall members, each of said L-shaped rails being spaced from the longitudinal edge of said wall members and from the other of said L-shaped rail, each of said L-shaped rails attached to said side of said wall members to cooperatively define a groove which opens towards the other of said L-shaped rails, said L-shaped rails having an aperture;
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- a connecting element having a flexible plug connector for forming a corner between adjacent wall members, said plug connector being slidably insertable into the groove, and including a detent for engagement with the aperture of said rails.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.