IP Library Granted Patent US 9,756,943
Granted Patent B2
US 9,756,943 · App. 15/060,853 · Granted Sep 12, 2017

Cabinet system with affixible facings

Inventor: Michael F. Lee (Danville, VA)
A47B96/201A47B67/02A47B77/00A47B95/043A47B2095/046
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Patent No.
US 9,756,943
App. No.
15/060,853
Granted
Sep 12, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cabinet system having worksite-affixable facings, including components for a cabinet frame. The cabinet frame including a left side panel, a right side panel, a bottom panel having, a front top panel, and optionally, a back panel. The cabinet system further includes at least two side facings, at least one top facing, and at least one bottom facing, affixable, respectively, to the front edge of the left side panel, the front edge of the right side panel, the front edge of the bottom panel, and the front edge of the front top panel with a hidden fastening system.

Claims (27)

1. A cabinet system, comprising:

components for a cabinet frame, the cabinet frame, when assembled, comprising:

a left side panel having a top edge, bottom edge, a front edge, and a rear edge,

a right side panel, having a top edge, bottom edge, a front edge, and a rear edge opposite the left side panel,

a bottom panel having a front edge, rear edge and side edges, the side edges disposed between the bottom edge of the left side panel and the bottom edge of the right side panel,

a front top panel having a front edge, rear edge and side edges, the side edges disposed between the top edge of the left side panel and the top edge of the right side panel, and

at least two side facings,

at least one top facing,

at least one bottom facing, and wherein the at least two side facings, the at least one top facing, and the at least one bottom facing are removably affixable to the front edge of the left side panel, the front edge of the right side panel, the front edge of the bottom panel, and the front edge of the front top panel with a hidden fastening system; and

one or more mid-facing hangers having a front edge, rear edge and side edges, the side edges disposed between opposing faces of the left side panel and the right side panel,

and one or more mid-facings, and wherein the one or more mid-facings are affixable to the front edge of the at least one mid-facing hangers with a hidden fastening system.

2. The cabinet system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more mid-facing hangers each comprise one or more female cabinet-fascia coupling modules.

3. The cabinet system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more mid-facings each comprising one or more male cabinet-fascia coupling modules.

4. A cabinet system, comprising:

components for a cabinet frame, the cabinet frame, when assembled, comprising:

a left side panel having a top edge, bottom edge, a front edge, and a rear edge,

a right side panel, having a top edge, bottom edge, a front edge, and a rear edge opposite the left side panel,

a bottom panel having a front edge, rear edge and side edges, the side edges disposed between the bottom edge of the left side panel and the bottom edge of the right side panel,

a front top panel having a front edge, rear edge and side edges, the side edges disposed between the top edge of the left side panel and the top edge of the right side panel, and

at least two side facings,

at least one top facing, and

at least one bottom facing, and wherein the at least two side facings, the at least one top facing, and the at least one bottom facing are removably affixable to the front edge of the left side panel, the front edge of the right side panel, the front edge of the bottom panel, and the front edge of the front top panel with a hidden fastening system; and wherein one or more of the left side facing or the right side facing are configured to be affixed to a flanking cabinet boxes, thereby coupling the cabinet boxes together.

5. The cabinet system of claim 4 , further comprising a back panel having side edges, the side edges disposed between the rear edge of the left side panel and the rear edge of the right side panel.

6. The cabinet system of claim 4 , wherein the facings are wider than the panels to which they are affixed.

7. The cabinet system of claim 4 wherein the facings are removably mounted to the front surface of the cabinet box on-site.

8. The cabinet system of claim 4 wherein the facings are applied to the cabinet box after the cabinet box is mounted into place.

9. The cabinet system of claim 4 wherein the one or more of the left side facing or the right side facing are removably affixed by a fastening system including two adjacent male and two adjacent female coupling modules.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2026
From: COLUMBIA FOREST PRODUCTS, INC.; NMSA, INC.; COLUMBIA FOREST PRODUCTS CORPORATION; COLUMBIA PLYWOOD CORPORATION; COLUMBIA WEST VIRGINIA CORPORATION; GBC, INC. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS INSOURCING SPECIALISTS, INC.); DANVILLE DE QUEEN CORPORATION; COLUMBIA FOREST PRODUCTS AVIATION, INC.; COLUMBIA GEORGIA CORPORATION; COLUMBIA KENTUCKY CORPORATION; J.C. PALLET COMPANY, INC.; PRO PALLET, LLC
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 074818/0213 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2019
From: LEE, MICHAEL F.
To: COLUMBIA FOREST PRODUCTS, INC.
Reel/Frame 050620/0930 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62292149 · Feb 5, 2016
Related Publication 20170224115A1 · Aug 10, 2017