Furniture item having a furniture closure
OwnerFritz Hakemanninventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a furniture closure for doors, shutters and drawers, in particular for cabinets and the like in the vehicle sector. In order to provide a furniture closure which, while being particularly straightforward to design and produce, ensures sealed and secured closure of doors, shutters (3) and drawers, a profile rail (5) having a seal (6), a grip strip and a locking element (7) is arranged along the peripheral region thereof and can be pivoted about a horizontal axis (23). The seal (6) has a spring force which retains the locking element (7) in the closure position and can be compressed for the opening position.
Claims34
A furniture item having an opening (12) and a catch member at the opening (12), and comprising:
- a panel used to cover the opening (12), the panel being movable between open and closed positions, the panel having contact surfaces (4) projecting over the opening (12),
- a mating surface (13) provided on the furniture item, on which the contact surfaces (4) of the panel engage in the closed position, and
- a closure for the panel, the closure being movable from a retaining position, in which it retains the panel in the closed position, into a releasing position, in which it releases the panel from the closed position, and comprising:
- a profile rail (5) for attachment to a marginal area of the panel, the profile rail (5) being movable from an open position to a closed position corresponding to the open position and the closed position of the panel,
- a locking member (7) joined to the profile rail and constructed for releasably engaging the catch member at the opening (12) in the furniture item when the closure is in the retaining position,
- a seal (6) joined to the profile rail and having a spring tension for biasing the locking member (7) into engagement with the catch member at the opening (12), wherein the seal (6) provides exclusive biasing of the locking member (7), and wherein the seal (6) is in an uncompressed state when the closure is in the retaining position, and
- a gripping strip (8) connected to the profile rail and movable towards the opening (12) for compressing the seal (6) and releasing the locking member (7) from engagement with the catch member (14) at the opening (12).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.