Furniture that can be used as a beach chair
The beach chair design addresses stability and load-bearing issues by using a second folding support and telescopic rods for improved force distribution and adjustable extension, enhancing user comfort and stability on sandy surfaces.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- BON MERCATO GMBH
- Filing Date
- 2025-11-05
- Publication Date
- 2026-05-07
AI Technical Summary
Existing beach chairs lack sufficient stability and load-bearing capacity, especially when used on sandy ground, and do not allow for efficient adjustment of the support elements to accommodate different user needs.
The beach chair design incorporates a second folding support hinged to a first folding support, which increases stability and load-bearing capacity by distributing force more evenly into the ground, and includes telescopic rods for adjustable extension and a front panel for additional support options.
The design provides enhanced stability and load-bearing capacity, reducing sinking into sandy ground and allowing for multiple height adjustments to accommodate different user needs without impairing the sliding function.
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[0001] The invention relates to a piece of furniture usable as a beach chair, comprising a seat and one or more support elements that can be moved between a retracted position below the seat and an extended position and that can be used as footrests, wherein the support element has one or more sliding rods with which it is slidably held on the furniture and the support element can be supported against a ground in the extended position by a first fold-out support.
[0002] The invention also relates to a piece of furniture usable as a beach chair, comprising a seat and one or more support elements that can be moved between a retracted position below the seat and an extended position and that can be used as footrests, wherein the support element has one or more sliding rods with which it is slidably held on the furniture. State of the art
[0003] Furniture of the type in question is known, particularly as garden or beach furniture, in the form of beach chairs. Reference is made, for example, to DE 10 2012 110 229 B4 or DE 20 2006 002 291 U1. The beach chairs known from these patents have a support element below the seat that can be moved relative to the seat from a retracted to an extended position in a drawer-like manner. This support element can be used as an extension of the seat and, in particular, as a footrest. The drawer-like movement of the support element results from the interaction of the sliding rods on the support element side with a guide element fixed to the furniture. In the extended position, the support element can be supported on the ground by a fold-out support element, which can be pivoted from a storage position to a support position when the support element is in its extended position. Summary of the invention
[0004] Based on the aforementioned prior art, the invention addresses the problem of designing a piece of furniture of the type in question to be advantageous with regard to its possible use.
[0005] According to a first inventive concept, one possible solution to the problem is given in a piece of furniture that can be used as a beach chair, in which the first folding support is connected to a second folding support which is pivotably hinged to the first folding support, wherein in the extended position the support element can be additionally supported on the ground in the state of use via the second folding support.
[0006] By arranging the second folding support provided according to the invention in addition to the first folding support, a significant increase in the load-bearing capacity of the support element, particularly in the extended position, is achieved. This results in increased stability of the support element, such that it can even be suitable for supporting the weight of a person sitting on the extended support element without impairing its function, especially its sliding function, and without causing damage. The second folding support, like preferably the first folding support, transfers forces introduced into the support element into the ground, preferably by means of a direct connection to the support element.This results in a further increase, for example a doubling, of the total bearing surface of the support element on the ground compared to an arrangement with only one fold-out support, as is known from the aforementioned prior art. Particularly when the furniture is used in the usual way as a beach chair placed on sandy ground, the improved force distribution has the further advantageous effect that the support element with its fold-out supports tends to sink less deeply into the sand under load than with known supports with only one fold-out support.
[0007] The first and / or second folding supports can be essentially identical in design, for example, each being rod-shaped. The first and second folding supports can form a support device, which can be provided multiple times per support element, for example, twice. The first folding supports of both support devices can be coupled to each other via a connector, for example, one running transversely to the longitudinal extent of the first folding supports. Such a coupling can also exist for the second folding supports of both support devices.
[0008] The fold-out supports can be made of the same material as the support element and, furthermore, essentially the same material as the furniture as a whole, for example, wood or hard plastic. Alternatively, a fold-out support can also be made of a metal material.
[0009] Another possible solution to the problem, according to a further inventive concept, could be found in a piece of furniture usable as a beach chair, in which a sliding rod is designed as a telescopic part, comprising a telescopic front rod section and a telescopic rear rod section. This further inventive concept can be significant independently of the first inventive concept, but also in combination with it.
[0010] Due to the telescoping capability of the sliding rod achieved in this way, it is possible to move the support element to a position further exposed to the seat surface in the direction of extension, even with a constant size of the storage space and thus a constant travel distance below the seat surface, than is possible with the support elements of the furniture known from the prior art and described above.
[0011] Two sliding rods can be provided for a support element, each of which acts telescopically and can therefore each have a telescopic front rod part and a telescopic rear rod part.
[0012] In a further embodiment, the support element may have a front plate. This can be formed essentially in a plane perpendicular to the orientation and / or the direction of travel of the sliding rod and, in the normal state of use, can extend upwards beyond a usable surface of the support element and / or downwards towards the floor.
[0013] The front plate can be positioned at the front to delineate the support surface of the support element, for example to secure a cushion or the like placed on the support surface against slipping in the extension direction of the support element.
[0014] If supporting the support element via the fold-out supports is not desired, such support can be achieved via the front panel. Using this method of support via the front panel allows for a lower contact surface for the support element relative to the floor than with support via one or both fold-out supports. This effectively allows for at least two height adjustments of the support element.
[0015] In this case, the lower edge of the front panel may be lifted from the ground by the unfolded first and second support arms, or even by the first support arm alone, when the support element is in the extended position.
[0016] The telescopic rear rod part is preferably associated with the furniture, in particular with a guide for the sliding rod in the furniture.
[0017] In a further embodiment, the telescopic front rod section can be permanently connected to the front plate. For example, in one possible embodiment where both the telescopic front rod section and the front plate are made of a wood-based material, a screw connection can be provided.
[0018] The telescopic tail section can also be designed to receive the telescopic front section. For example, the telescopic front section can be rod-shaped and guided within a tubular telescopic tail section in the extension direction of the support element. According to a preferred embodiment, the tubular telescopic tail section can have an inner cross-sectional area, viewed transversely to the extension direction, which can essentially correspond to the cross-sectional area of the telescopic front section viewed in the same direction.
[0019] When not in use, and therefore also when the support element is retracted under the seat, the first and second fold-out supports can be pivoted into a storage position. In this storage position, the fold-out supports extend essentially in the direction of displacement of the support element and thus remain essentially parallel to the sliding rods or their telescopic rear and / or telescopic front sections. In the furniture's normal operating position, this storage position can be essentially horizontal.
[0020] For ease of use, the fold-out supports can be secured in the stowed position by magnetic or locking mechanisms. This simplifies operation when extending or retracting the support element. Preferably, the fold-out supports are moved from the stowed position to the operating position by the user's intention, for example, by releasing the locking mechanism or by deliberately overcoming the magnetic holding forces. Such a locking mechanism is also advantageous when the support element is to be supported on the floor solely via the front panel.
[0021] According to one possible embodiment, the magnetic or locking elements can act between the first and second folding supports and / or between at least one folding support, for example the first folding support, and the sliding rod. In a preferred embodiment, this provides at least one locking mechanism between the folding supports via magnetic or locking elements. Furthermore, the folding supports can each be secured directly to the sliding rod, or only one folding support, for example the second folding support, can be secured indirectly via the other, for example the first folding support.
[0022] In a magnetic locking mechanism, a fold-out support can carry a permanent magnet which, in the locked position, can adhere to a magnetizable counterpart.
[0023] In a further embodiment, the sliding rod can have a wedge-shaped surface associated with a free end of the support element and the second folding support, which causes the sliding rod to taper towards the retracted position of the support element. The wedge-shaped surface can be formed by a wedge element attached between the sliding rod and, preferably, the front plate, which advantageously contributes to the stability of the support element, particularly in the extended position. Alternatively, the sliding rod or the corresponding telescopic front rod section can have a wedge-shaped thickening directly at its end, adjacent to the front plate.
[0024] The wedge surface can form a support surface for the second folding support. This wedge surface, in conjunction with the second folding support, can also be used to adjust the height of the support element, if necessary. Brief description of the drawings
[0025] The invention is explained below with reference to the accompanying drawing, which, however, only depicts exemplary embodiments. A component that is explained only in relation to one of the exemplary embodiments and is not replaced by another component in a further exemplary embodiment due to the special feature highlighted therein, is thus also described for this further exemplary embodiment as a component that is at least possible. The drawing shows: Fig. 1 a schematic perspective view of a piece of furniture usable as a beach chair, with a support element in a retracted position; Fig. 2 a schematic section view of the furniture according to Fig. 1, however, with the support element moved into an extended position and supported by fold-out supports; Fig. 3 in a schematic vertical section view the furniture with the support element in the retracted position according to Fig. 1; Fig. 4 a schematic representation according to Fig. 3, concerning a first extension position of the support element; Fig. 5 a follow-up presentation to Fig. 4, concerning a second extension position of the support element; Fig. 6 a follow-up presentation to Fig. 5, relating to a first support position of the support element in the second extension position; Fig. 7 a follow-up presentation to Fig. 4, concerning a first pivoting displacement of the folding supports of the support element; Fig. 8 a follow-up presentation to Fig. 7, concerning the second support position of the support element via the two fold-out supports; Fig. 9 in perspective exploded view a sliding rod with a telescopic front rod part and a telescopic rear rod part as well as the two folding supports assigned to this sliding rod; Fig. 10 the cut along the line X - X in Fig. 3, concerning the area of magnetic adhesion between the folding supports; Fig. 11 the cut along line XI - XI in Fig. 7 by the telescopically acting sliding rod; Fig. 12 in perspective view a pair of fold-out supports relating to a second embodiment; Fig. 13 a sectional view according to Fig. 11, the embodiment according to Fig. 12 concerning; Fig. 14 a representation according to Fig. 12, concerning a third embodiment. Description of the embodiments
[0026] The presentation and description initially refers to Fig. 1, a preferably chair-like piece of furniture 1, in particular garden or beach furniture, further in particular in the form of a beach chair, with a bench 5 having a seat surface 2, which is laterally bounded by side sections 3 of a furniture base 4. A basket 6, which may preferably be pivotable relative to the seat surface 2 of the bench 5, may further be attached to the furniture base 4.
[0027] The basket 6 can form a backrest 7.
[0028] The furniture 1 can be suitable as wooden furniture, with optionally woven side sections 3 and / or a preferably woven basket 6.
[0029] A seat cushion P1 can be arranged on the seat surface 2 in the usual way.
[0030] On the underside of the seat 2 and above a base section 8, with which the furniture 1 as a whole rests on a floor 9, for example the sand floor, a storage space 10 can be formed in the furniture base 4, for receiving a storage space between a retracted position according to Fig. 1 into an extended position, for example according to Fig. 2 drawer-like movable support elements 11.
[0031] A continuous support element 11 can be provided across the width B of the furniture base 4, which is the width between the cheek sections 3. Alternatively, preferably two support elements 11 arranged side by side in the direction of the width B are provided.
[0032] The support element 11, which can be used in the extended position, for example as a footrest, essentially comprises two sliding rods 12 extending in the extension direction L of the support element 11, which is transverse to the width B. In the extension direction L, the sliding rods 11 are preferably connected at their ends by a [missing information], particularly in the retracted position according to the Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 essentially aligned in a vertical plane, connected to the front plate 13. In a preferred embodiment, the sliding rods 11 and the front plate 13 may be made of a wood-based material and thus be screwed together.
[0033] In the direction of width B, the essentially parallel sliding rods 12 of a support element 11 are spaced apart from each other.
[0034] A support pad P2 can be arranged on the sliding rods 12, in particular on a support surface 34 resulting on the sliding rods 12, in the extended position.
[0035] The front panel 13 extends from its connection to the sliding rods 12 both upwards and downwards beyond the sliding rods 12, with reference to the usual operating position of the furniture 1. Thus, in the retracted position, the front panel 13 can extend downwards at least approximately to the bottom part 8 of the furniture base 4, thereby essentially closing an opening 14 of the storage compartment 10 that results in the extension direction L.
[0036] The section of the front plate 13 extending upwards beyond the sliding rods 12 prevents, in the operating position of the support element 11, any support pad P2 that may be placed on it from being displaced in the extension direction L by means of support.
[0037] This section of the front panel 13, which projects upwards beyond the sliding rods 12, can also, in the retracted position, engage against the facing end face 14 of the seat 5 in a stop-limited manner (compare Fig. 1 and Fig. 3).
[0038] The support element 11 is slidably mounted on the furniture 1, particularly in the area of the storage compartment 10 of the furniture base 4, via the sliding rods 12. For this purpose, a guide rod 15 extending in the extension direction L can be provided on the storage compartment side of each sliding rod 12, which may further extend, for example, as shown in the Fig. 9 evident - can be formed in the manner of a wire with bent ends.
[0039] In the area of a first end, the guide rod 15 can form an eyelet 16 through which a screw 17 can engage in a front frame section 18 of the furniture base 4.
[0040] An end of the guide rod 15 opposite the end provided with the eyelet 16 can form an S-shaped arc section 32, the free end section 19 of which can engage in a bore 20 of a rear frame section 21 in a retaining manner.
[0041] Each sliding rod 12 can be designed as a telescopic part, essentially comprising a telescopic front rod part 22 and a telescopic rear rod part 23.
[0042] The telescopic front rod section 22 can be made of a wood-based material, or, for example, a wooden rod with a rectangular cross-section viewed perpendicular to the extension direction L. This telescopic front rod section 22 is firmly connected to the front plate 13, for example, by screws.
[0043] In the area of this free end of the telescopic front rod section 22, a wedge piece 24 can be provided, in particular to increase the stability of the connection between the sliding rod 12, especially the telescopic front rod section 22 and the front plate 13, which is arranged on the underside of the telescopic front rod section 22 and may optionally also be connected to the front plate 13, for example by screwing or gluing.
[0044] The associated end of the telescopic front rod section 22 rests on an associated surface of the wedge piece 24, preferably over its entire surface. A connection, for example by screwing or gluing, can also be provided here.
[0045] A wedge surface 25 directed downwards – with reference to the usual operating position of the furniture 1 – results in a tapering of the sliding rod 12 in this connection area to the front panel 13, starting from the front panel 13 in the opposite direction of the extension L, correspondingly in the direction of the insertion position of the support element 11.
[0046] The telescopic rear rod section 23 can, as also shown, be designed as a hollow profile section, for example, in the form of a square tube adapted to the outer cross-sectional contour of the telescopic front rod section 22. In this respect, it can, for example, be a hollow profile section made of a metal material (compare Fig. 9).
[0047] The telescopic front rod section 22 is guided in the telescopic rear rod section 23 in the extension direction L in a stop-limited manner.
[0048] To limit the stop, a stop pin 26, for example a screw, can engage through elongated recesses 28 formed in side walls 27 of the telescopic rear rod part 23 and penetrate the telescopic front rod part 22 on the inside of the profile in the area of a transverse bore 29.
[0049] On the side of the telescopic front rod part 22 facing away from the profile-like telescopic rear rod part 23, an outwardly angled tab 30 can be provided, with a bore-like guide opening 31 through which the furniture-side guide rod 15 engages to guide the sliding rod 12 as a whole.
[0050] In the retracted position, the tab 30 of the telescopic rear rod section 23 can rest against the S-shaped arc section 32 formed in this end region of the guide rod 15 and / or the stop pin 26 can rest against the rear end of the elongated recess 28 as viewed in the extension direction L (see also Fig. 3).
[0051] From this retracted position, a sliding displacement of the support element 11 in the extension direction L can be achieved by grasping, in particular, the front plate 13, whereby, if necessary, initially only a sliding displacement of the sliding rod 12 as a whole can be achieved via a first displacement path a relative to the guide rod 15 (compare Fig. 4) and only thereafter, under further tensile force, is a telescoping of the telescopic front rod section 22 and the telescopic rear rod section 23 carried out via an additional second displacement path a', in which telescoping essentially extends the telescopic front rod section 22 from the telescopic rear rod section 23, which is fixed in the extension direction L due to the end stop, up to the stop limit (compare Fig. 5).
[0052] Naturally, in the course of such an outward relocation, there is also an overlap of the aforementioned withdrawal steps (shift paths a and a') of the Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 possible.
[0053] Due to the sole guidance of the support element 11 by means of the guide rod 15 passing through the tab 30 of the respective sliding rod 12, a limited tilting of the support element 11 from the horizontal extension in a substantially vertical direction is possible in the extended position of the support element 11.
[0054] This can be used to support the extended support element 11 directly on the floor 9 with the lower edge 33 of the front plate 13 (compare Fig. 6) In the transition of the sliding rods 12 into the front plate 13, a first support height h is created with a support level 34 for the support cushion P2, rising from the front plate 13 towards the seat surface 2.
[0055] As an alternative to supporting the support element 11 on the floor 9 via the front plate 13, supporting the support element 11 via a separate support device 35 can also be achieved.
[0056] This support device 35 preferably consists of two folding supports each associated with a sliding rod 12, a first folding support 36 and a second folding support 37.
[0057] The folding supports 36 and 37 can, as also shown, consist of a wood-based material with a rod-shaped form, wherein the first folding support 36 is hinged in the area of a free end via a pivot pin 38, for example in the form of a screw, to the sliding rod 12, in particular to the telescopic front rod part 22.
[0058] This first folding support 36 preferably extends along the inner surface of the sliding rod 12 facing one of the other sliding rods 12 of the same support element 11. The geometric folding axis x extends in a region of the telescopic front rod section 22 between the telescopic rear rod section 23 and the connection of the telescopic front rod section 22 or the sliding rod 12 as a whole to the front plate 13, more preferably in a region between the telescopic rear rod section 23 and the wedge piece 24.
[0059] The second folding support 37 is pivotally hinged to the first folding support 36. For this purpose, a further pivot pin 39, for example in the form of a screw, with a pivot axis y aligned parallel to the previously described pivot axis x, can also be provided. This pivot pin 39 passes through the folding supports 36 and 37 approximately midway along their respective longitudinal extensions. The second folding support 37 extends outside the first folding support 36 and thus, in a vertical projection, essentially overlaps the sliding rod 12.
[0060] The folding supports 36 and 37 are in a stowed position according to the Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 essentially horizontally aligned, in particular the second folding support 37 below the sliding rod 12 and, if applicable, in conjunction with it.
[0061] In this stowed position, the free supports 40 of the folding supports 36 and 37 point rearward in the direction of the extension L towards the backrest 7.
[0062] Furthermore, in the storage position, which in one possible embodiment can be assumed not only in the retracted position of the support element 11 but also in the extended position, a magnetic means 41 can act between the folding supports 37 of a support device 35 and the sliding rod 12, in particular the telescopic rear rod section 23, which indirectly secures the first support device 36 via the second support device 37. According to the illustration in Fig. 10 For this purpose, at least one of the folding supports 37 can be provided with a permanent magnet part 42, which adheres to the magnetizable telescopic rear rod part 23 in the locked position. The permanent magnet part 42 can be ring-shaped and attached to the surface of the second support device 37 by means of a screw passing through the center of this ring shape.
[0063] The magnetic locking mechanism between the second folding support 37 and the sliding rod 12 can be achieved essentially in a horizontal plane.
[0064] In one possible embodiment, both second folding supports 37 of both support devices 35 can also be provided with such magnetic means 41 for direct adhesion to the respective sliding rod 12.
[0065] Alternatively, as can be seen from the Fig. 12 and Fig. As can be seen in Figure 13, a magnetic means 41 acts directly between the folding supports 36 and 37 of a support device 35, which magnetic means 41 secures at least the second support device 37 to the first support device 36 and vice versa. For this purpose, one folding support can be provided with a permanent magnet part 42 which, in the secured position, adheres to a correspondingly positioned magnetizable counterpart 43 of the other folding support. The magnetic securing mechanism directly between the two folding supports 36 and 37 can be achieved essentially in a vertical plane.
[0066] Alternatively, a combination of direct magnetic attachment between the support devices 36 and 37 according to the Fig. 12 and Fig. 13 and a further magnetic connection between a support device, preferably the second support device 37, and the sliding part 12 according to the Fig. Numbers 1 to 11 are provided for. Such a design shows the Fig. 14.
[0067] As from the Fig. 7 and Fig. As can be seen in Figure 8, the two folding supports 36 and 37 of a support device 35 can, in the extended position of the support element 11, first be pivoted about the folding axis x towards the front plate 13 – if necessary by overcoming the magnetic holding forces on the sliding rod 12 – after which a pivoting of the second folding support 37 relative to the folding support 36 – if necessary by overcoming the magnetic holding forces acting directly between the folding supports – can be carried out on the sliding rod 12 about the folding axis y (see Figure 8). Fig. 8).
[0068] The folding supports 36 and 37 are shown in relation to a side view according to Fig.8 enters a mutually crossed support position, in which the second folding support 37, with its bearing end 45 facing away from the support end 40, comes into a support position for the associated sliding rod 12. The bearing end 45 lies in a wedge between the wedge piece 24 and the back of the front plate 13 in the usual operating position, with the wedge surface 25 loading the bearing end 45 towards this wedge and forcing it into the contact position against the front plate 13.
[0069] The two supporting elements 40 of the folding supports 36 and 37 preferably extend essentially in a common horizontal plane, which is essentially defined by the lower bearing surface of the base part 8.
[0070] By using the support device 35 in the previously described orientation of the fold-out supports 36 and 37, a second support height h' results, in which the support plane 34 of the sliding rods 12 runs essentially parallel to the plane of the seat surface 2. The cushions placed on top (seat cushion P1 and support cushion P2) can thus form a flat surface.
[0071] The double, crossed arrangement of the fold-out supports 36 and 37 also allows for a significant increase in the load-bearing capacity of the support element 11. This even makes the support element 11 suitable for use as a seat. The forces acting on the support element 11 and transferred via the fold-out supports 36 and 37 can be distributed – per support element 11 – via at least four support ends 40 and transferred into the ground 9. Overall, compared to support via only one fold-out support in the illustrated embodiment, the bearing surface on the ground 9 is doubled.
[0072] The first folding supports 35 and / or the second folding supports 37 of a support element 11 can, in a further embodiment, be connected to each other via transverse strips running transversely to the extension direction L for simplified handling.
[0073] All disclosed features are essential to the invention (individually, but also in combination with one another). The disclosure of this application hereby incorporates in full the disclosure content of the associated / attached priority documents (copy of the earlier application), also for the purpose of including features of these documents in the claims of the present application. The dependent claims, even without the features of a referenced claim, characterize independent inventive developments of the prior art, in particular for the purpose of filing divisional applications based on these claims. The invention specified in each claim may additionally comprise one or more of the features described above, in particular those identified by reference numerals and / or listed in the reference numeral list.The invention also relates to design forms in which individual features mentioned in the preceding description are not realized, in particular insofar as they are recognizably unnecessary for the respective purpose or can be replaced by other technically equivalent means. List of reference symbols 1 piece of furniture 2 seats 3 Cheek section 4 Furniture base 5 bench seats 6 basket 7 Backrest 8 Base section 9 Floor 10 Storage room 11 Support element 12 sliding rod 13 Front panel 14 Front surface 15 Guide rod 16 eyelets 17 screw 18 Framework section 19 Final section 20 bore 21 Framework section 22 Telescopic front bar section 23 Telescopic rear bar section 24 wedge pieces 25 wedge area 26 Stop pin 27 side wall 28 Exclusion 29 Cross bore 30 tab 31 Guide opening 32 S-bend section 33 bottom edge 34th printing level 35 Support device 36 first folding support 37 second folding support 38 joint pins 39 joint pins 40 supports 41 Magnetic media Part 42 43 Opposites 45th edition 46 crossbars a first displacement path a' second displacement path h first support height h' second support height x Folding axle y folding axis B Width L Exit direction P1 seat cushion P2 support pad QUOTES INCLUDED IN THE DESCRIPTION
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Claims
[1] Furniture (1) usable as a beach chair, comprising a seat (2) and one or more support elements (11) which can be moved between a retracted position below the seat (2) and an extended position and which can be used as footrests, wherein the support element (11) has one or more sliding rods (12) with which it is slidably held on the furniture (1) and the support element (11) can be supported against a ground (9) in the extended position by a first fold-out support (36), characterized by , that the first folding support (36) is connected to a second folding support (37) which is pivotally hinged to the first folding support (36), wherein in the extended position the sliding rod (12) can be additionally supported on the ground (9) via the second folding support (37) in the state of use. [2] Furniture (1) usable as a beach chair, comprising a seat (2) and one or more support elements (11) that can be moved between a retracted position below the seat (2) and an extended position and that can be used as footrests, wherein a support element (11) has one or more sliding rods (12) with which it is slidably held on the furniture (1), or furniture (1) according to claim 1, characterized by , that a sliding rod (12) is designed as a telescopic part, with a telescopic front rod part (22) and a telescopic rear rod part (23). [3] Furniture according to any of the preceding claims, characterized by , that the support element (11) has a front plate (13). [4] Furniture according to claim 3, characterized by , that the telescopic front rod part (22) is firmly connected to the front plate (13). [5] Furniture according to claim 2 or one of claims 3 or 4, insofar as it relates back to claim 2, characterized by, that the telescopic rear rod part (23) is designed to receive the telescopic front rod part (22). [6] Furniture according to any one of claims 3 to 5, characterized by , that a lower edge (33) of the front plate (13) in the extended position is lifted from the floor (9) by the unfolded first and second folding supports (36, 37). [7] Furniture according to claim 1, or, insofar as a first and second folding support is included, according to any one of claims 2 to 6, characterized by , that the first and second folding supports (36, 37) can be pivoted into a storage position in which they are arranged essentially horizontally. [8] Furniture according to claim 7, characterized by , that the storage position of the first and second folding supports (36, 37) is secured by magnetic or locking means (41). [9] Furniture according to claim 8, characterized by, that the magnetic or locking means (41) act between the first and second folding support (36, 37) and / or between at least one folding support (36, 37) and the sliding rod (12). [10] Furniture according to claim 1, or, insofar as it relates back to claim 1, to any of claims 2 to 9, characterized by , that the sliding rod (12) associated with a free end of the support element (11) and the second folding support (37) has a wedge surface (25) which provides a tapering of the sliding rod (12) in the direction of the retracted position.
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