Cover for a movable furniture part

Abstract

Panel (11) for a movable furniture part, in particular a drawer (12), with a panel body (30) designed as a hollow body and defining a cavity (29), wherein a filling structure (31) for stiffening the panel body (30) is received in the cavity (29), wherein the filling structure (31) is arranged at individual stiffening areas (40, 42a, 42b) of the panel body (30) in the cavity (29), between which areas without filling structure (31) are formed, characterized in that the panel (11) has a handle recess (37) equipped with a recessed opening (36), wherein the area below the recessed opening (36) of the cavity (29) of the panel body (30) is equipped with the filling structure (31) as a stiffening area (40), wherein a filling element (35) projects into the area of ​​the recessed opening (36) and serves as a handle element serves, wherein the filling element (35) is multi-part, with a base part (38) and a handle part (39) detachably coupled to the base part (38),which is attached to the base part (38) in the vertical direction of the aperture (11) and connected to the base part (38) there.

Description

[0001] The invention relates to a panel for a movable furniture part, in particular a drawer, with a panel body designed as a hollow body and defining a cavity.

[0002] Front panels for movable furniture parts, such as drawers or other pull-outs, have been known for centuries. In principle, these panels can be distinguished as either outer or front panels, or inner panels, depending on their installation within the furniture. Outer panels are visible and, for example, form the front edge of a drawer. These outer panels are generally aesthetically pleasing and are usually made of wood or plastic. Inner panels, on the other hand, are concealed when the pull-out or drawer is closed, primarily by an outer panel. Such pull-out-within-a-pull-out systems with outer and inner panels are found, for example, in kitchens under sinks in the form of sink pull-outs, where a large outer panel conceals access to pull-outs located beneath the sink, each of which is itself equipped with an inner panel.

[0003] Nowadays, there are virtually no limits to the variety of materials used for such movable furniture parts, and therefore also for panels. For example, panel bodies designed as hollow shapes that define a cavity are used.

[0004] However, this creates problems regarding their stability.

[0005] The state of the art is cited in DE 20 2014 100 557 U1 and DE 23 50 354 A1.

[0006] The task is therefore to create a cover for a movable piece of furniture of the type mentioned at the beginning, which is also fully functional as a hollow body variant.

[0007] This problem is solved by an aperture having the features of independent claim 1. Further developments of the invention are described in dependent claims 2 to 11.

[0008] The aperture according to the invention is characterized in that a filling structure for stiffening the aperture body is incorporated in the cavity.

[0009] Therefore, it is possible to use relatively thin-walled materials, such as sheet metal, for the aperture body, which is stiffened by the infill structure housed within the cavity. Compared to conventional solid apertures, this results in weight savings, as the infill structure can be made of a material that is lighter than the material saved in the aperture itself.

[0010] It is not according to the invention if the filling structure substantially completely fills the cavity of the aperture body. This ensures that all essential areas of the aperture body are stiffened. According to the invention, only individual areas of the aperture body are stiffened.

[0011] According to the invention, the filling structure is arranged in the cavity at individual stiffening areas of the aperture body, between which areas without a filling structure are formed.

[0012] In a further development of the invention, the filling structure has at least one filling element received in the aperture body.

[0013] In a particularly preferred embodiment, the filling element is formed separately from the aperture body and can be inserted into the cavity as a whole. The advantage of separately formed filling elements is that they can be replaced if necessary.

[0014] It is possible that the filler element is made of plastic, specifically an injection-molded plastic part. Such plastic fillers are characterized by their relatively low weight, yet they are still relatively rigid, making them well-suited for stiffening the aperture body. However, it is also possible to manufacture the filler element from other materials, such as wood, for example, in the form of a plywood sheet, which is also characterized by its relatively low weight.

[0015] In a further development of the invention, the filling element is a molded body formed directly within the cavity during its initial shaping. In contrast to filling elements that are formed separately with respect to the aperture body, here the filling element is formed directly within the cavity during its initial shaping.

[0016] For example, it is possible that the molded body is a foam that can be cured in the cavity.

[0017] In a further development of the invention, the aperture body is a metal profile. For example, the metal profile could be an extruded profile or a bent profile. Suitable extruded profiles include, for example, aluminum extrusions, and suitable bent profiles include steel sheet bending profiles. However, it is also possible for the bent profile to be a roll-formed profile, such as a steel roll-formed profile or an aluminum roll-formed profile.

[0018] According to the invention, the aperture has a handle recess equipped with a trough opening, wherein the area below the trough opening of the cavity of the aperture body is equipped as a stiffening area with the filling structure, in particular a filling element.

[0019] According to the invention, the filling element projects into the area of ​​the trough opening and serves as a handle element.

[0020] In a further development of the invention, the panel body has two fastening interfaces on a rear side, each corresponding to an end face of the panel body, on which a panel connector for connecting the panel to wall elements, in particular side walls of a drawer, can be attached or fastened, wherein the areas of the cavity of the panel body behind the fastening interfaces are equipped as a stiffening area with the filling structure, in particular a filling element.

[0021] The invention further comprises a furniture part, in particular a drawer or pull-out, with two side walls connected by a panel, characterized by a panel according to one of claims 1 to 13.

[0022] Furthermore, the invention relates to a piece of furniture, comprising at least one furniture part, in particular a drawer or pull-out, which has two side walls connected to a panel designed according to one of claims 1 to 13.

[0023] Preferred embodiments of the invention are shown in the drawing and are explained in more detail below. The drawing shows: Fig. 1 a perspective view of a piece of furniture in the form of a drawer with a movable furniture part in the form of a drawer, which is equipped with the panel according to the invention, Fig. 2 the drawer out Fig. 1 in the extended state, Fig. 3 a rear view of a first embodiment of the aperture according to the invention, Fig. 4 a bottom view of the aperture of Fig. 3, Fig. 5 a rear view of a second embodiment of the aperture according to the invention, Fig. 6 a bottom view of the aperture of Fig. 5, Fig. 7 a perspective view of the second embodiment of the aperture according to the invention, Fig. 8 a partial view of the aperture of Fig. 7 with integrated filling structure in the form of a filling element, Fig. 9 a section through the aperture Fig. 5 along line IX - IX, Fig. 10 a cut through the aperture Fig. 5 along the line X - X, Fig. 11 a front view of the filler element of Fig. 8 and Fig. 12 a perspective view of the fill element from Fig. 11.

[0024] The Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3 to Fig. Figure 4 shows a first embodiment of the panel 11 according to the invention, which is part of a movable furniture component in the form of a drawer 12. The drawer 12, in turn, is received in a furniture compartment 13, which is shown here by way of example in the form of a toilet cistern compartment. In the example shown, the toilet cistern compartment comprises two opposing side walls 14a, 14b, a base 15, and a top wall 16. In the example shown, the top wall 16 has a window-like opening 17, which allows the toilet cistern compartment to be placed relatively close to a sink and allows the sink's piping, for example, the siphon, to project a short distance into the compartment through the window-like opening 17.

[0025] The cistern compartment contains a drawer 12, which is guided between a closed position retracted into the cistern compartment and, for example, a position in the cistern compartment by means of a guide device 18. Fig. The guide device 18 is slidably mounted in the open position shown in section 2. It comprises two guide units 19, one of which is located in... Fig. Figure 2 shows an example. The guide units 19 are each assigned to a side wall 14a, 14b of the cistern compartment and each comprise a body rail 20 fixed to the cistern compartment, for example to its side wall 14a, 14b, and at least one running rail (not shown) that is relatively movable relative to the body rail 20 and moves with it during the opening and closing movement.

[0026] It is conceivable that the guide unit is designed as a full extension, with a cabinet rail 20 and two running rails, one of which is a drawer rail coupled to the drawer 12, and the other is a center rail arranged between the drawer rail and the cabinet rail 20, which is guided movably both relative to the cabinet rail 20 and relative to the drawer rail. However, extensions are also possible in which only a single running rail, in this case the drawer rail, is provided.

[0027] The in the Fig. 1 and Fig. The drawer 12 shown and already mentioned comprises, in addition to the panel 11 already mentioned, a base 21, a back panel 22 and two opposing side panels 23a, 23b.

[0028] Drawer 12 is shown here as an example of an inner drawer, which has a front panel 11 in the form of an inner panel. A cistern pull-out (not shown) is positioned in front of the cistern compartment shown, which has a large outer panel that, when closed, conceals all cistern compartments, of which only one is shown in the figures. To access the cistern compartment, the pull-out cistern must first be opened, after which drawer 12 of the cistern compartment can be pulled out.

[0029] As especially in the Fig. 3 and Fig. As shown in Figure 4, the f / 11 aperture has a special design. Like conventional f / 11 apertures, the one shown in the Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 shown in the inventive aperture 11, a rear side 24, a front side 25 opposite this, a particularly in Fig. 4 underside 26 shown, one opposite top side 27 and two opposite end faces 28a, 28b.

[0030] The characteristic feature of the aperture 11 according to the invention is that it has an aperture body 30 designed as a hollow body and defining a cavity 29, wherein a filling structure 31 for stiffening the aperture body 30 is included in the cavity 29.

[0031] As especially in Fig. As shown in Figure 4, the aperture body 30 is shown by way of example in the form of a metal profile. In the example shown, the metal profile is a bent profile, which is formed three-dimensionally into the aperture body 30 from a flat sheet metal plate, in particular a steel sheet plate, by roll forming. As shown in particular in Fig. As shown in Figure 4, the two opposite longitudinal sides of the flat metal sheet plate are butted together on the underside 26. Consequently, the top side does not have such a butt joint, while the end faces 28a and 28b are free and are closed by suitable end-face cover elements 32. In the example shown, relatively thin-walled metal sheeting, such as steel or aluminum sheeting, is used for the panel body 30, necessitating stiffening by the infill structure 31 so that the panel 11 has good overall stability and does not bend, for example, when the drawer is opened and closed.

[0032] As especially in Fig. As shown in Figure 4, on the underside 26, approximately in the middle with respect to the width of the panel 11, there is a slot-shaped recess 50 into which a front base connector (not shown) with its hook element can dip, which in turn provides a central support for the base 21 of the drawer 12 and therefore prevents the base 21 from bending in the middle.

[0033] As especially in Fig. As shown in Figure 3, the panel body 30 has on its rear side 24 two respective end faces 28a, 28b of the panel body 30 assigned fastening interfaces 33a, 33b, to which a panel connector 34a, 34b is attached for connecting the panel 11 to the side walls 23a, 23b of the drawer 12.

[0034] A key element of aperture 11 is the fill structure 31, which, as in particular in the Fig. 11 and Fig. Figure 12 shows a filling element 35 that is incorporated into the aperture body 30. In the example shown, the filling element 35 is designed separately from the aperture body 30 and is inserted as a whole into the cavity 29.

[0035] Filler element 35 is an example ( Fig. 11 and Fig. 12) shown in the form of a flat, rib-like injection-molded plastic part.

[0036] The filling element 35 is in the Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3 to Fig. 4 first embodiment shown in approximately the middle between the two end faces 28a, 28b in the cavity 29 of the aperture body 30.

[0037] The shape of the filler element 35 is arbitrary, however, such a ribbed body is suitable because it has a lower weight compared to a solid body with essentially the same stiffness.

[0038] The Fig. 5, Fig. 6, Fig. 7, Fig. 8, Fig. 9 to Fig. Figure 10 shows a second embodiment of the aperture 11 according to the invention. Here too, the aperture 11 has an aperture body 30 designed as a hollow body and defining a cavity 29, made from a bent profile produced in particular by means of roll forming.

[0039] In contrast to the first embodiment described above, the aperture 11 according to the second embodiment has a grip recess 37 equipped with a trough opening 36, wherein the area below the trough opening 36 of the cavity 29 of the aperture body 30 is equipped as a stiffening area 40 with a filling element 35. Advantageously, the [missing information] is [missing information] Fig. 11 and Fig. 12 The filling element 35 shown is in the form of a rib-like injection-molded plastic part which is designed separately with respect to the aperture body 30 and can be inserted as a whole into the cavity 29.

[0040] As especially in Fig. As shown in Figure 5, the filling element 35 protrudes into the area of ​​the recess opening 36 of the handle recess 37 and serves as a handle element.

[0041] As especially in Fig. As shown in Figure 9, the filling element 35 according to the invention is multi-part, in particular two-part, comprising a base part 38, which simultaneously forms the filling element 35 for the first embodiment, and a handle part 39 detachably coupled to the base part 38. The handle part 39 is attached to the base part 38 in the vertical direction of the aperture 11 and is connected to the base part 38 there, for example, by means of a tongue-and-groove connection 51. The handle part 39 projects a short distance into the recess opening 37 and, unlike the base part 38, has flat outer surfaces, which improves the tactile feel when gripping the handle part 39.

[0042] As especially in the Fig. 8 and Fig.As shown in Figure 10, the multi-part filling element 35 is located on a first, central stiffening area 40 approximately in the middle between the two end faces 28a, 28b of the aperture 11.

[0043] According to the second embodiment, however, further filling elements 41 are accommodated in the cavity 29 of the aperture body 30. These additional filling elements 41 are also designed as separate components with respect to the aperture body 30 and expediently also fulfill the function of the end face cover. The additional filling elements 41 are also expediently designed as injection-molded plastic parts. An important aspect is that the additional filling elements 41 are arranged at the second and third stiffening areas 42a, 42b within the aperture body 30. The second and third stiffening areas 42a, 42b are located behind the mounting interfaces 33a, 33b, to which the aperture connectors 34a, 34b are attached. This ensures that precisely this area, which is subjected to tensile and compressive forces when the drawer 12 is pulled in and out, is stiffened.

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