Furniture fitting with securing device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing furniture fittings lack a compact and secure fastening solution that allows for easy assembly on both sides of a furniture body without the need for separate designs, leading to potential loss of components and aesthetic issues.
Innovation Solution
A furniture fitting with a connecting element featuring a stop element that can be moved to two different positions, ensuring secure attachment and preventing separation, combined with a preassembled structural unit that includes a connecting element and stop elements designed as snap rings, allowing for symmetrical and aesthetically pleasing installation on either side of the furniture.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a connecting element is used to attach the furniture fitting to the furniture, then the furniture fitting can be securely attached, but the connecting element may detach or be lost during assembly
Solution Approach 1:
The stop element is integrated into the connecting element as a single pre-assembled unit, eliminating the risk of component separation. The stop element is received within the connecting element and moves together with it, ensuring that no small parts are lost during assembly or transport.
Solution Approach 2:
The stop element is pre-positioned on the connecting element before assembly, allowing the assembly person to simply guide the connecting element into the bore without needing to separately handle or position the stop element during the assembly process.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the furniture fitting is designed to attach to both left and right sides, then versatility is improved, but the fastening device becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting element is designed with symmetrical features including two tool holders that can receive assembly tools from either side, and two stop elements that can engage with stops on either the left or right side of the furniture fitting, allowing a single design to serve both mounting positions.
Solution Approach 2:
The stop elements are positioned asymmetrically relative to the connecting element's center, allowing them to engage with corresponding stops on either the left or right side of the furniture fitting, enabling universal mounting capability.
3Ease of operation
If the stop element is made detachable from the connecting element, then assembly flexibility is improved, but the risk of component loss increases
Solution Approach 1:
The stop element and connecting element are combined into a single pre-assembled unit where the stop element is received within the connecting element. This integration eliminates the risk of the stop element being lost while still allowing the connecting element to be detached from the furniture fitting during assembly or disassembly.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a securing device (100) for securing a furniture fitting (101) to a piece of furniture (110). The furniture fitting (101) can be selectively secured to the piece of furniture (110) by means of a left furniture fitting face (102) or a right furniture fitting face (103) using the securing device (100). The securing device comprises: - a connecting element (1), said connecting element (1) having two connecting element regions (4, 5) for securing the furniture fitting (101) to the piece of furniture (110), and - a securing body (20) with a through-opening (21). The connecting element (1) is arranged at least partly in the through-opening (21) and can be moved relative to the securing body (20), said connecting element (1) having at least one stop element (2, 3) which can be moved to a limited degree relative the connecting element (1).