IP Library Granted Patent US 11,499,355
Granted Patent B2
US 11,499,355 · App. 16/489,169 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Item of furniture having an attachable plate-shaped composite element with integrated fitting

Inventors: Uwe Sobolewski (Bünde, DE); Norbert Poppenborg (Bad Salzuflen, DE); Stefan Andschus (Lübbecke, DE); Michael Tasche (Bielefeld, DE); Gerhard Götz (Bünde, DE)
Assignee: AMBIGENCE GMBH & CO. KG
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Patent No.
US 11,499,355
App. No.
16/489,169
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An item of furniture includes at least one furniture element and at least one fitting for guiding a movable furniture part. The fitting is integrated into a plate-shaped composite element that is mounted parallel to a wall of the at least one furniture element and is mounted inside the furniture element.

Claims (29)

1. An item of furniture, comprising:

at least one furniture body;

a movable furniture part, which is a flap or flap arrangement;

at least one fitting configured to guide the movable furniture part; and

two continuous cover layers,

wherein the at least one fitting is a flap fitting, which guides the movable furniture part, and is integrated into at least one plate-shaped composite element that is aligned parallel to a wall of the at least one furniture body and is arranged inside the at least one furniture body,

wherein the at least one fitting comprises a lever mechanism,

wherein the lever mechanism, except for installation elements on which the moveable furniture part is fastened, is completely retractable into an opening in an end face of the at least one plate-shaped composite element,

wherein the at least one composite element comprises at least one core,

wherein the two continuous cover layers are connected in a planar manner to the at least one core and/or the at least one fitting, and

wherein the two continuous cover layers are laminated in a planar manner onto the at least one core and/or the at least one fitting, and

wherein the at least one core and the at least one fitting are arranged between the two continuous cover layers.

2. The item of furniture of claim 1 , wherein the at least one plate-shaped composite element has lateral dimensions substantially corresponding to dimensions of the wall inside the at least one furniture body.

3. The item of furniture of claim 1 , wherein the wall is a side wall of the furniture body.

4. The item of furniture of claim 1 , wherein the at least one plate-shaped composite element is arranged spaced apart from the wall and forms an intermediate wall for at least one the furniture body.

5. The item of furniture of claim 1 , wherein the at least one plate-shaped element abuts the wall.

6. The item of furniture of claim 5 , wherein the at least one plate-shaped composite element is connected to the wall.

7. The item of furniture of claim 6 , wherein the at least one plate-shaped composite element is connected to the wall via interacting bolts and grooves or recesses.

8. The item of furniture of claim 6 , wherein the plate-shaped composite element is adhesively bonded to the wall of the at least one furniture body.

9. The item of furniture of claim 1 , wherein the at least one core is arranged in a plane with the at least one fitting.

10. The item of furniture of claim 1 , wherein at least one further composite element having an integrated fitting is arranged externally on at least one wall of the at least one furniture body.

11. The item of furniture of claim 1 , wherein at least one further composite element having an integrated fitting is arranged on the at least one plate-shaped composite element.

12. The item of furniture of claim 1 , wherein the composite element is arranged on the inside on at least one wall of the at least furniture body and at least one further composite element having an integrated fitting forms an intermediate wall of the at least one furniture body.

13. The item of furniture of claim 11 , wherein the fitting integrated into the at least one further composite element is positioned on a different side of the at least one furniture body than the fitting integrated into the at least one composite element.

14. The item of furniture of claim 13 , wherein the at least one furniture body has two opposing open sides, wherein the fitting integrated into the at least one further composite element is positioned on one open side of the furniture body, and the fitting integrated into the at least one composite element is positioned on the opposing other side.

15. The item of furniture of claim 1 , wherein an installation element configured to fasten on a building wall is integrated into the at least one plate-shaped composite element.

16. The item of furniture of claim 1 , wherein the at least one furniture body is glass, stone, or concrete.

17. The item of furniture of claim 1 , wherein the lever mechanism is configured to guide the movable furniture part.

18. The item of furniture of claim 17 , wherein the lever mechanism is located completely between the two continuous cover layers in a closed state of the movable furniture part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2019
From: SOBOLEWSKI, UWE; POPPENBORG, NORBERT; ANDSCHUS, STEFAN; TASCHE, MICHAEL; GÖTZ, GERHARD
To: AMBIGENCE GMBH & CO. KG
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2017 104 182.6 · Feb 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190383079A1 · Dec 19, 2019