Arrangement for fixing furniture fittings to frame profiles of plate-type or board type furniture elements

• US 7,389,564 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2003
• Issued: 06/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mepla-Werke Lautenschlager GmbH & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: Mepla-Werke Lautenschlager GmbH & Co. KG
• Inventors: Lautenschlager, Gerhard Wilhelm
• Primary Examiner(s): Sandy; Robert J
• Assistant Examiner(s): MACARTHUR, VICTOR L
• Application Number:
  US10/485,589
• Publication Number:
  US 20050013660A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,947 Days
• Field of Search: 403/252, 403/255, 163/82, 163/83, 312/111, 312/140
• US Class Current: 16/382
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 5/0238 with parts engaging profile grooves
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/20 for furnitures, e.g. cabinets
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/9725 Mitre joints
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/982 Mitre joints
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 12/32 using clamps, clips, wedges, sliding bolts, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 12/50 Metal corner connections
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2200/20 Connections with hook-like parts gripping behind a blind side of an element to be connected
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2200/205 the hook being a separate retainer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/7026 Longitudinally splined or fluted rod
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/7035 Specific angle or shape of rib, key, groove, or shoulder

Abstract

A furniture fitting including frame sections which are preferably extruded and are intended to enclose furniture parts in the form of plates or panels, wherein the flame sections have an open groove extending in the longitudinal direction receive and retain a retaining part of the fitting. The groove is narrowed by two shoulders which are parallel to one another with end faces facing one another, wherein the retaining part has a flange portion which can be supported on the free upper face of the shoulders and in which there is provided at least one bore for rotatably retaining the shank, which engages in the groove, of a clamping element which selectively fixes the retaining part on the frame section or releases it for disassembly or longitudinal displacement in the longitudinal direction of the groove.

Claims

1. A furniture fitting, comprising

a retaining pail (36),

a clamping element (48),

a frame section (16) having a groove (20) defined therein extending in a longitudinal direction, the frame section for receiving the retaining part (36), the groove (20) is narrowed by two parallel shoulders (22a, 22b), each shoulder having an end face (24a, 24b) facing one another,

the retaining part (36) has an integral flange portion (38) supported by the shoulders (22a, 22b), the retaining part (36) has a bore (44) defined therein for receiving the clamping element (48), the clamping element (48) having a shank (46) which extends into the groove (20) to releasably attach the retaining part (36) to the frame section (16), when released the retaining part (36) being longitudinally displaceable along the groove (20), and

wherein the retaining part (36) has adjacent to the bore (44) a strip-shaped projection (40) protruding substantially perpendicularly from a first surface of the flange portion (38) and a locking tab (42) extending into the groove (20), one of the shoulders (22a, 22b) being received between the first surface of the flange portion (38) and the locking tab (42),

and wherein the shank (46) is mounted so as to pivot in the bore (44) in the flange portion (38), the dimensions of the strip-shaped projection (40) and the shank (46) together as measured above the locking tab (42) is essentially equal to a distance between the end faces (24a, 24b) of the shoulders (22a, 22b), and

wherein the shank (46) has, in an area defined between the end faces (24a, 24b) of the shoulders (22a, 22b), a flat surface (50) which reduces a diameter of the shank (46) by at least an amount by which the locking tab (42) protrudes from the strip-shaped projection (40) towards the one of the shoulders, and a pair of walls (62) offset from one another and extending substantially perpendicularly relative to a second surface of the flange portion (38) of the retaining part (36);

between the walls (62) a wing-shaped end of at least one hinge linkage (32, 34) of a furniture hinge (26) is mounted so as to pivot on a bearing lug retained in at least one bore (64, 66) defined in the walls (62).

2. The furniture fitting according to claim 1, wherein the clamping element (48) includes a disc-shaped head portion (52) having an enlarged diameter relative to a diameter of the bore (44) defined in the flange portion (38) of the retaining part (36).

3. The furniture fitting according to claim 2, wherein the disc-shaped head portion (52) has two regions with different radii, a first region having a maximum radius and a second region having a reduced radius in a circumferential direction over a specified angle range an amount between a radius of the shank (46) and the maximum radius of the disc-shaped head portion (52), transitions surfaces (54) being formed between the regions of the maximum and the reduced radii of the disc-shaped head portion (52);

and in an area of the bore (44) that receives the shank (46) of the clamping element (48), protrusions (56) are provided extending from a second surface, opposite that of the first surface, of the flange portion (38) of the retaining part (36);

the transition surfaces (54) between the regions of the maximum and the minimum reduced radii of the disc-shaped head portion (52) contacting the protrusions (56) when the clamping element (48) is rotated.

4. The furniture fitting according to claim 1, wherein the clamping element (48) has a recess (57) defined in an end surface.

5. The furniture fitting according to claim 1, wherein a handle (57′

) is provided at an outer end of the clamping element (48).

6. The furniture fitting according to claim 1, wherein a radial projection (58) extends from a circumferential surface of the shank (46) disposed so as to be received within a curved recess (60) defined in the strip-shaped projection (40) of the retaining pail (36) facing the shank (46).

7. The furniture fitting according to claim 6, wherein the radial projection (58) is disposed in a circumferential area of the shank (46) of the clamping element (48) that is diametrically opposite the flat surface (50) of the shank (46).

8. The furniture fitting according to claim 1, wherein between the walls (62) of the retaining part (36), a first end of each of two hinge linkages (32, 34) of a multi-linkage hinge (26) are mounted so as to pivot, a second end opposite the first end of each of the two hinge linkages (32, 34) are articulated on a bracket (28) configured to attach to a bearing wall of a body of a piece of furniture.

9. The furniture fitting according to claim 1, further comprising a protuberance (68) extending from the flange portion (38) and disposed above the second surface of the flange portion (38) is received within a complementary shaped groove (70) defined in the frame section (16).