Drawer
AssigneeJulius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
InventorsErich Rock, Josef Brunner, Klaus Brustle
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Abstract
A drawer includes two parallel metal drawer side walls, each being provided with a side wall rail for a runner roller of a pull-out guide. A front wall is releaseably connectable to the drawer side walls and lies in a mounted position between the drawer side walls. A connecting fitting member is premounted to the front wall for each drawer side wall. The fitting member has a stop which lies laterally beside the front wall and is pullable towards the front side of the respective drawer side wall to obtain a firm connection between the front wall and the drawer side wall.
Claims50
In a drawer including two parallel side walls and a front wall, each said side wall including a front end, said front wall having opposite lateral ends and being located in a position extending between said side walls and substantially rearwardly of said front ends of said side walls, and connecting fittings for releasably connecting each said lateral end of said front wall to the respective said side wall, the improvement wherein each said connecting fitting comprises:
- a fitting member connected to the respective said lateral end of said front wall, said fitting member having at least one stop located substantially laterally of said respective lateral end of said front wall;
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- pulling means, engageable with said fitting member and operable between the respective said side wall and said fitting member, for exerting a pulling force on said fitting member in a direction longitudinally rearwardly of said respective side wall, and thereby for urging said stop toward and into firm abutment against said front end of said respective side wall, thus obtaining a firm connection between said respective side wall and said front wall.
A connecting fitting for use in releasably connecting a lateral end of a front wall of a drawer to a side wall of the drawer at a position such that the lateral end of the front wall is positioned laterally of and substantially rearwardly of a front end of the side wall, said connecting fitting comprising:
- a fitting member to be connected to the lateral end of the front wall, said fitting member having at least one laterally extending stop to be located at a cooperative position laterally of the lateral end of the front wall and forwardly of the front end of the side wall, said stop defining means to be urged into firm abutment against the front end of the side wall and thereby for obtaining a firm connection between the side and front walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.