EP1092369A1 - A piece of furniture, especially cupboard or bedside table - Google Patents

Abstract

The cupboard or bedside table has drawers (2, 2) arranged one above the other. Bolts (6) allow the drawers to be temporarily joined together so that they can be withdrawn as a single unit.

Description

The present invention relates to furniture, in particular a closet or bedside table with at least two drawers one above the other, each separated are extendable from each other in the horizontal direction.

Furniture, especially bedside tables or bedside tables for the Hospital areas are known to have drawers are arranged one above the other and which, if appropriate still closed via open compartments or doors Storage space. The well-known bedside tables on the one hand the disadvantage that the operability for the patient who in bed lies next to the bedside table, often awkward is. Higher items such as B. Bottles are mostly in a storage space, which is opened by a door is accessible, which is below the level of Lying surface of the patient lying in bed. It is difficult for the patient to get an overview of the Contents of the various subjects of such a bedside table or Procure bedside cabinets. There are several at the bedside table Drawers lying one above the other, so the Patient take them off one after the other if he for example, looking for something that he doesn't know in which of the drawers it is located.

The object of the present invention is a Furniture, especially a closet or bedside table to create the type mentioned at the beginning, in which it is possible is two or more superimposed existing Pull out drawers both individually and together.

A solution according to the invention provides this object Furniture, in particular an inventive cabinet or Bedside table of the type mentioned with the characteristic features of the main claim.

With such furniture, for example a bedside table, who is standing next to a sick bed remains the first conventional function of several superimposed ones Get drawers that can be pulled out separately. This is used for accommodation in a separate state various smaller items separately. If so the patient wants to accommodate larger items in the Bedside table that the clear height of the interior of a single drawer, then he can for example the floor from an upper drawer take out and then higher objects on the bottom of the lower drawer, which is a much higher one clear height, because in principle it stands Storage volume of both superimposed drawers Available. About the device according to the invention Patient then both drawers non-positively connect so that they can then be pulled out together are. If he wants separate drawers again, he has to just disconnect from each other and if necessary, the removable bottom back into the top Insert drawer.

Of course, you can use the same principle Connect drawers one above the other. On such package interconnected together pull-out drawers are easy to use compared to what is usually found in bedside tables of this type larger storage space, which is only accessible via a door. The patient has namely in the solution according to the invention Advantage that he doesn't have to lean out of bed, to reach the door handle that is relatively far below. Rather, the patient can use the handle on the top Grasp the drawer cover and thus the unit of several Pull out superimposed drawers at the same time.

A preferred development of the invention provides that as a device for the positive connection of both Drawers with each other at least one axially displaceable Bolt is provided. Such a bolt is in the Handling particularly easy.

A preferred variant of the invention provides that a axially displaceable bolts each in holes in the area the drawer trims of both or more drawers at Moving is performed, with the holes at each inserted position of both drawers, d. that is, in the Starting position, aligned with each other. It is just as good possible to connect several such bolts To use drawers, the bolts also on others The drawer can be arranged, that is for example in the area of the side wall or in the area of the Rear wall of the drawers.

A further development of the invention provides that a Mechanism is present to the bolt or bolts in the Hole in the top drawer in an up position hold in the bottom drawer regardless of the top Drawer is extendable, d. that is, the bolt is in the Normal state in which both drawers are separated from each other are locked.

According to a preferred development of the invention, Mechanism to lock the bolt in this up position hold, a radially attached pin or the like provided. According to a possible preferred constructive solution, such a pin is provided, the on a paragraph in the drawer cover or in one other part of the drawer lies in the upper position.

According to a development of the invention, one can For example, provide a slope that is different from the Paragraph on which the pin rests in the upper position, extends obliquely downwards. Such a slant can for example arranged around the circumference of the bolt his. With such a constructive solution, one can then the mechanism to lock the bolt in the up position hold, loosen by turning the bolt around its axis, because then the pin moves down over the slope, so that the bolt can move axially downwards and in the hole in the lower drawer reaches. So that becomes a non-positive connection of both drawers by the or the bolts are made and then you can either grasp one of the handles of the drawer panels and the Pull out the unit from several drawers together.

The features mentioned in the subclaims relate to preferred developments of the invention Task solution. Further advantages of the invention result from the detailed description below.

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eine Ansicht eines erfindungsgemäßen Nachttisches;

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einen vertikalen Schnitt entlang der Linie II II von Figur 1.

The present invention is described in more detail below on the basis of exemplary embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings. Show

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a view of a bedside table according to the invention;

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a vertical section along the line II II of Figure 1.

First, reference is made to FIG. 1. There is a Shown bedside table, which is designated overall by 1 and at least two drawers, namely a lower drawer 2 and has an upper drawer 2 '. The two drawers 2 and 2 'lie directly one above the other and are each like conventional drawers in a horizontal direction in one The guide can be pulled out or, if necessary, also extended.

Reference is now made to FIG. 2 below. From the enlarged sectional view you can see that the two drawers 2 and 2 'each have a drawer bottom have, the drawer bottom of the upper drawer 2 ' is denoted by 4. In the drawing according to FIG. 2 on the right, lies the front of the drawer and you can see one there Art handle element, so that the two drawers each are extendable to the right in the drawing of Figure 2. Figure 2 shows an illustration in which both drawers 2 ' or 2 are extendable independently of each other, since between there is no mechanical connection to the drawers.

For such a mechanical connection of both drawers 2 ' or 2 with one another is a locking device 9 provided that it is in principle an axially each in holes 7 ', 7, d. that is, vertically in the present case displaceable bolt 6 is. In the position according to the figure 2, in which the two drawers 2 ', 2 are separated from each other are, the bolt 6, as you can see in the Hole 7 in the top drawer. About a suitable one Mechanism is the bolt 6 in this upper position lockable. For this purpose, the bolt 6 has a radial as you can see outwardly projecting molded pin 10 in the upper Locking position as shown in Figure 2 on a Paragraph 11 rests in the drawer panel 5 '. This will the bolt 6 is held in this upper position and the lower drawer 2 can be independent of the upper drawer 2 'are pulled out.

If you now turn the bolt 6 about its vertical axis, for example by 180 °, then the molded radial protruding pin 10 over the slope 12 which the bore 7 ' in the drawer cover 5 'surrounds, slide down. How can be seen in Figure 2, is the point of contact for the pin 10 on the slope 12 on the left side of the bolt 6 in the drawing by a distance lower than paragraph 11 the right side of the bolt 6. How to go through the recognizes dashed line, the slope 12 of the on the left side also behind the bolt 6 until the height of paragraph 11. So if you have the Rotates bolt 6 by approx. 180 °, then the bolt slides down and thus gets into the hole 7 in the lower Drawer cover 5. Both drawers 2 ', 2 non-positively connected. If you are one of the Pulls out drawers 2, 2 ', the drawer panels 5, 5' are connected to each other via the bolt 6, then both drawers pulled out together.

The drawer bottom 4 of the upper drawer 2 'is afterwards removable so that both drawers have a common one Form storage space with greater height.

The locking mechanism with the bevel 12 and the pin 11 can of course also be designed differently. Besides, can one also the device for connecting the two drawers 2, 2 'form among themselves differently than the axially sliding bolt 6. In addition, one or more such bolt 6 or comparable locking mechanisms different locations of the two drawers can be provided, to releasably connect the two drawers.

Claims (9)

Furniture, especially cupboard or bedside table at least two superimposed drawers, the each separately in the horizontal direction are extendable, characterized in that a Device (6) for the positive connection of both Drawers (2, 2 ') are provided one below the other, such that that the two drawers (2, 2 ') after connecting are extendable together and that the connection of both Drawers can be detached from one another. Furniture, in particular closet or bedside table according to claim 1, characterized in that as a device for non-positive connection of both drawers (2, 2 ') with each other at least one axially displaceable bolt (6) is provided. Furniture, in particular bedside table or cabinet according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that as a device (6) for the positive connection of both drawers (2, 2 ') a bolt (6) is provided one below the other each in bores (7, 7 ') of the drawer panels (5, 5 ') of both drawers is guided when moving, whereby the bores (7, 7 ') with each inserted position align both drawers (2, 2 '). Furniture, especially bedside table or closet after one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that a Mechanism (10, 11) is provided to push the bolt (6) in its hole (7 ') in the upper drawer (2') in to keep its upper position in the lower one Drawer (2) independent of the upper drawer (2 ') is extendable. Furniture, especially bedside table or closet after one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the Mechanism to move the bolt (6) in an upper position to hold a pin attached radially to the bolt (6) (10) or the like. Furniture, especially bedside table or closet after one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the Pin (10) in its upper position on a shoulder (11) in the drawer cover (5 ') of the upper drawer (2 ') rests. Furniture, especially bedside table or closet after one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that in the drawer front (5 ') of the upper drawer (2') one starting from the paragraph (11) downwards extending slope (12) is provided. Furniture, especially bedside table or closet after one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the Mechanism around the pin (6) in its upper position to keep releasable by turning the bolt around its axis and the bolt (6) then in the bore (7) in the Cover (5) of the lower drawer (2) and both Drawers non-positively connects. Furniture, especially a bedside table or cabinet according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the Bottom at least the top drawer, if more than two one above the other the bottom of the drawers upper drawers is removable.

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