US 7,455,374 B2 · Arrangement for connecting a drawer frame to the bottom of a drawer

Abstract

Arrangement for connecting a drawer frame (12) formed by a metal hallow chamber profile to the facing lateral edge of the associated plate-shaped drawer bottom (10), in which at least in part-regions of its lower end region opposite the end face of the edge of the drawer bottom (10) the drawer frame (12) has in each case a strip-shaped vertical contact web (26) for the lateral end face of the drawer bottom (10), and a supporting leg (28) which engages under the drawer bottom in the proper connection position is bent away from the lower end of the contact web. The supporting leg has integrally projecting from it fixing claws (32) which are pointed or sharpened at their free ends, project over the support surface of the supporting leg (28) and can be pressed into the material of a drawer bottom which is to be fixed. Each supporting leg (28) has at least one elongate punched-out slot (30) which is closed all round in its region between the strip-shaped contact web (26) and its free edge. The fixing claws (32) are attached integrally to one of the edges of the punched-out slot (30) and are extensions formed out of the material of the supporting leg (28) itself which are bent round substantially at right angles in the direction of the drawer bottom (10).

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Dependent claims

A connector component for connecting a drawer frame (12) to a drawer bottom (10), the arrangement comprising:

a strip-shaped vertical contact web (26) having a lower end;
and
a supporting leg (28) projecting from the lower end of the contact web (26), the supporting leg (28) including an inner strip-shaped leg portion (28a) having a first edge directly adjoining the lower end of the contact web (26) and an outer strip-shaped leg portion (28b) farthest away from the contact web (26), the outer strip-shaped leg portion (28b) having a free edge and an opposite edge directly adjoining a second edge of the inner strip-shaped leg portion opposite its first edge, the inner and outer strip-shaped leg portions (28a, 28b) being substantially parallel but offset relative to one another with the inner strip-shaped leg portion (28a) being offset a greater distance relative to the lower end of the contact web (26) than that of the outer strip-shaped leg portion (28b);
the support leg (28) having at least one fixing claw (32) with pointed free ends integrally punched-out and projecting substantially perpendicularly therefrom, the supporting leg (28) having at least one elongate punched-out slot (30) defined therein between the lower end of the contact web (26) and the free edge of the outer strip-shaped leg portion (28b), the outer strip-shaped leg portion (28b) extending longitudinally the entire length of the inner strip-shaped leg portion (28a) and the outer strip-shaped leg portion (28b) being substantially planar prior to assembly.

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A connector component for connecting a drawer frame (12) to a drawer bottom (10), the arrangement comprising:

a strip-shaped vertical contact web (26) having a lower end;
and
a supporting leg (28) projecting from the lower end of the contact web (26), the supporting leg (28) including an inner strip-shaped leg portion (28a) having a first edge directly adjoining the lower end of the contact web (26) and an outer strip-shaped leg portion (28b) farthest away from the contact web (26), the outer strip-shaped leg portion (28b) having a free edge and an opposite edge directly adjoining a second edge of the inner strip-shaped leg portion opposite its first edge, the inner and outer strip-shaped leg portions (28a, 28b) being substantially parallel but offset relative to one another with the inner strip-shaped leg portion (28a) being offset a greater distance relative to the lower end of the contact web (26) than that of the outer strip-shaped leg portion (28b);
the support leg (28) having at least one fixing claw (32) with pointed free ends integrally punched-out and projecting substantially perpendicularly therefrom, the supporting leg (28) having at least one elongate punched-out slot (30) defined therein between the lower end of the contact web (26) and the free edge of the outer strip-shaped leg portion (28b), the punched-out slot (30) is provided in the supporting leg (28) in a junction region between the inner and outer strip-shaped leg portions (28a, 28b) with the at least one fixing claw (32) projecting integrally from an edge of the punched-out slot (30) which extends substantially parallel to the contact web (26).

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An assembled furniture structure comprising:

a drawer frame (12) formed by a metal hollow chamber profile;
a plate-shaped drawer bottom (10) having a facing lateral edge;
and
a connecting component (14) connecting the drawer frame (12) to the facing lateral edge of the drawer bottom (10), the connecting component (14) comprising:
a strip-shaped vertical contact web (26) having a lower end;
a supporting leg (28) projecting from the lower end of the contact web (26), the supporting leg (28) including an inner strip-shaped leg portion (28a) having a first edge directly adjoining the lower end of the contact web (26) and an outer strip-shaped leg portion (28b) farthest away from the contact web (26), the outer strip-shaped leg portion (28b) having a free edge and an opposite edge directly adjoining a second edge of the inner strip-shaped leg portion opposite its first edge, the inner and outer strip-shaped leg portions (28a, 28b) being substantially parallel but offset relative to one another with the inner strip-shaped leg portion (28a) being offset a greater distance relative to the lower end of the contact web (26) than that of the outer strip-shaped leg portion (28b);
the support leg (28) having at least one fixing claw (32) with pointed free ends integrally punched-out and projecting substantially perpendicularly therefrom, the supporting leg (28) having at least one elongate punched-out slot (30) defined therein between the lower end of the contact web (26) and the free edge of the outer strip-shaped leg portion (28b), the outer strip-shaped leg portion (28b) extending longitudinally the entire length of the inner strip-shaped leg portion (28a) and the outer strip-shaped leg portion (28b) being substantially planar prior to assembly.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Arrangement for connecting a drawer frame to the bottom of a drawer

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Arrangement for connecting a drawer frame to the bottom of a drawer

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