Positioning and supporting group for the wall assembly of a piece of furniture

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a positioning and supporting group for the rapid wall assembly of a piece of furniture which cantilever extends from the wall itself.

[0002] The group according to the invention is used, preferably but not necessarily, for the cantilevered assembly to the wall of a base of a piece of furniture using so-called base-bracket devices of the visible type.

[0003] Visible base-brackets are well-known to experts in the field and, in short, consist of a device which is fixed inside the shoulder of the base. A hook extends from said device, which is suitable for being connected, for example, to the window of a plate fixed to the wall.

[0004] The position of the hook can be regulated in height (vertical) and in depth (horizontal), so as to register the position of the base on the wall, and with respect to other adjacent bases.

[0005] A base-bracket of this type is described for example in European patent application EP2303068, to which reference should be made for further clarifications.

[0006] An example of a plate which can be used, in its general configuration, with said base-brackets is described, for example, in Italian patent applications MI2010A001674 of September 15, 2010 and MI2011A000590 of April 11, 2011, to which reference should be made.

[0007] An easy, rapid and safe assembly of furniture bases, using the base-bracket devices mentioned above, implies fixing the plates to the wall in a correct position, above all with a reciprocal interaxis substantially identical to that between the hooks of the base-brackets A positioning and supporting group according to the preamble of claim 1 is disclosed in DE 20 2009 000 241U.

[0008] Even small positioning errors, in fact, make it impossible to assemble the piece of furniture, which requires re-positioning of the plates on the wall, with a considerable loss of time and therefore with significant additional costs.

[0009] This drawback mainly arises when various adjacent bases must assembled and when even small differences in height of the interaxes of the plates accumulate, making it practically impossible to assemble all of the bases without adjusting the position of the plates fixed to the wall.

[0010] For the above reasons, the fixing of plates to the wall is an extremely delicate operation, which requires the intervention of expert assemblers.

[0011] The objective of the invention is to overcome the above drawback of the known art, by providing a positioning and supporting group wherein the fixing of the plates to the wall is effected automatically at a reciprocal interaxis which is perfectly identical to that between the hooks of the base-brackets fixed inside the shoulder of the bases.

[0012] The above objective is achieved by a group having the characteristics specified in the enclosed claim 1 and dependent claims.

[0013] The structural and functional characteristics of the invention and its advantages with respect to the known art, can be clearly understood from the following description, referring to the enclosed drawings which illustrate embodiment examples of the invention itself.

[0014] In the drawings:

• figure 1 is a raised front view illustrating the group according to the invention;
• figure 2 is an enlarged partial view of the group of figure 1;

• figure 3 is a perspective view of figure 2;
• figure 4 is a perspective view of the group of figure 1;
• figure 5 is a sectional view according to the traced plane V-V of figure 2;
• figure 6 is a sectional exploded view according to the traced plane VI-VI of figure 2;
• figures 7 to 9 are perspective views illustrating the method of use of the group of figures 1-6;
• figures 10 and 11 are two views respectively illustrating a base of a piece of furniture equipped with a base-bracket, and a positioning and supporting group not according to the invention, these figures indicating the dimensional conditions to be satisfied so that the base can be correctly assembled on said group.

[0015] A group according to the invention is indicated, as a whole, in the drawings with the letter G.

[0016] Figures 7 and 9 of the drawings illustrate a furniture M (for example a base), which must be cantilever-hooked to a series of plates 20A fixed to a wall P (figures 7 and 8).

[0017] The hooking is effected by means of a corresponding series of base-bracket devices 21A, each of which is fixed inside the shoulder 22A of the piece of furniture M.

[0018] For this purpose, the base-brackets 21A are equipped with a protruding hook 23A which is connected to a deep-drawn window 24A of the relative plate 20A.

[0019] As already specified, the base-brackets 21A and plates 20A, in their general configuration, can be, for example, of the type widely described and illustrated in the above-mentioned patent applications, to which reference should made for any possible further clarifications.

[0020] As is evident from figures 10 and 11 of the drawings, and as is well-known to experts in the field, the interaxis "A" between the windows 24A of the plates 20A and the interaxis "A'" between the hooks 22A must be the same, to allow the piece of furniture M (base) to be connected to the plates 20A. Only if this condition is satisfied, can the hooks 23A be connected to the corresponding window 24A, without the necessity of effecting difficult repositioning interventions of the plates 20A on the wall P.

[0021] The group G according to the invention, satisfy this requirement rapidly and automatically.

[0022] With reference to figures 1-6 of the drawings, the group according to the invention is indicated as a whole with the letter G and is structurally composed of the characteristic combination of a bar or drawn wire 25A (made of metal or plastic material, for example) and three plates 20A.

[0023] The plates 20A are suitable for being fixed to the wall P by means of fixing means 30A.

[0024] Hereinafter, the fixing means 30A are also called first fixing means.

[0025] According to the invention, second reciprocal coupling means are positioned between the bar 25A and the plate 20A.

[0026] More specifically, in the bar 25A second coupling means are envisaged, consisting of a plurality of threaded holes 28A, suitably interspaced, for the fixing on the bar 25A of the plates 20A by means of screws 29A (figures 1-6). The screws 29A pass through holes 34A in the plate 20A (figures 5, 7 and 8). The plates 20A are then fixed to the wall P by means of pegs 30A (first fixing means) passing through loops 31A.

[0027] As is clearly illustrated and explained in figures 10 and 11 of the drawings, the heights C and E between the components of each plate 20A, are such as to ensure that at the moment of assembly of the piece of furniture M to the wall, the hooks 23A of the base-brackets 21A can be rapidly and automatically connected to the windows 24A of the relative plates 20A.

[0028] More specifically, according to the invention, the following conditions are satisfied: A=A', wherein A=C+E+E=C+2E. Wherein A is the interaxis between the windows 24A of the end plates 20A. And wherein A' is the interaxis between the hooks 23A of two base-bracket devices 21A fixed to the opposite shoulders 22A of the piece of furniture M (figure 10).

[0029] The group G according to the invention is used following the operative phases illustrated in figures 7-9 of the drawings, as follows: screwing the plates 20A onto the bar 25A by means of the screws 29A, so as to obtain a rigid group G, and then fixing the plates 20A (group G) to the wall (levelled), as illustrated in figure 8, by means of the pegs 30A.

[0030] The piece of furniture M can be subsequently assembled to the wall as illustrated in figure 9.

[0031] The objective mentioned in the preamble of the description has therefore been achieved.

[0032] The protection scope of the invention is defined by the enclosed claims.

Claims

1. A positioning and supporting group for the wall assembly (P) of a piece of furniture (M) cantilever extending from the wall (P) itself, wherein a plurality of plates (20A) is envisaged, destined for being fixed to said wall (P), by means of first fixing means (30A), and a plurality of devices (21A) fixed inside the shoulders (22A) of said piece of furniture (M), and destined for being connected by means of hooks (23A) to windows (24A) of said plates (20A), and wherein the interaxis "A" between the windows (24A) of said plates (20A) is substantially identical to the interaxis "A"' between said hooks (23A),
comprising the combination of a plurality of said plates (20A) with a fixing bar (25A) of the plates (20A) onto the bar (25A) itself, said plates (20A) and said bar (25A) being equipped for this purpose with second reciprocal coupling means (28A, 29A), so that, at the moment of assembly of the piece of furniture (M), the above interaxes "A" and "A"' are substantially the same, characterized in that said plates (20A) being three plates, two at the two ends of the fixing bar (25A) and the other in an intermediate position along the fixing bar (25A), and in that said second means (28A, 29A) consists of a threaded hole (28A) in the bar (25A) and a screw (29A) passing through a hole (34A) in the plate (20A).

2. The group according to claim 1, characterized in that said interaxis A is equal to C+2E, wherein C is the height between said second means (28A, 29A), and E is the height between said means (28A, 29A) and said windows (24A).

3. The group according to any of claim 1 to 2, characterized in that loops (31A) are provided for fixing said plate to said wall (P) by means of pegs (30A).

Ansprüche

1. Positionierungs- und Stützgruppe für die Wandbaugruppe (P) eines Auslegers eines Möbelstücks (M), der sich von der Wand (P) selbst erstreckt, wobei eine Mehrzahl von Platten (20A) vorgesehen ist, die zur Befestigung an der Wand (P) mittels eines ersten Befestigungsmittels (30A) bestimmt ist, und eine Mehrzahl von Vorrichtungen (21A) innerhalb der Schultern (22A) des Möbelstücks (M) befestigt und zur Verbindung mittels von Haken (23A) mit Fenstern (24A) der Platten (20A) bestimmt ist und wobei die Zwischenachse "A" zwischen den Fenstern (24A) der Platten (20A) im Wesentlichen identisch zu der Zwischenachse "A"' zwischen den Haken (23A) ist, umfassend die Kombination einer Mehrzahl der Platten (20A) mit einem Befestigungsstab (25A) der Platten (20A) an dem Stab (25A) selbst, wobei die Platten (20A) und der Stab (25A) für diesen Zweck mit einem zweiten reziproken Kopplungsmittel (28A, 29A) ausgestattet sind, so dass zu dem Zeitpunkt des Zusammenbaus des Möbelstücks (M) die obigen Zwischenachsen "A" und "A"' im Wesentlichen gleich sind,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
die Platten (20A) drei Platten sind, nämlich zwei an den beiden Enden des Befestigungsstabs (25A) und die andere in einer Zwischenposition entlang des Befestigungsstabs (25A), und dass das zweite Mittel (28A, 29A) aus einem Gewindeloch (28A) in dem Stab (25A) und einer Schraube (29A) besteht, die durch ein Loch (34A) in der Platte (20A) verläuft.

2. Gruppe nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Zwischenachse A gleich C+2E ist, wobei C die Höhe zwischen dem zweiten Mittel (28A, 29A) ist und E die Höhe zwischen dem Mittel (28A, 29A) und dem Fenster (24A) ist.

3. Gruppe nach einem der Ansprüche 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass Ausnehmungen (31A) zur Befestigung der Platte an der Wand (P) mittels von Stiften (30A) vorgesehen sind.

Revendications

1. Groupe de positionnement et de support pour l'assemblage mural (P) d'un meuble (M) qui s'étend en porte-à-faux depuis le mur (P) lui-même, dans lequel une pluralité de plaques (20A) est prévue, destinées à être fixées audit mur (P), à l'aide d'une premier moyen de fixation (30A), et une pluralité de dispositifs (21A) fixés à l'intérieur des épaulements (22A) dudit meuble (M), et destinés à être connectés au moyen de crochets (23A) à des fenêtres (24A) desdites plaques (20A), et dans lequel l'entraxe « A » entre les fenêtres (24A) desdites plaques (20A) est substantiellement identique à l'entraxe « A' » entre lesdits crochets (23A),
comprenant la combinaison d'une pluralité desdites plaques (20A) avec une barre de fixation (25A) des plaques (20A) sur la barre (25A) elle-même, lesdites plaques (20A) et ladite barre (25A) étant équipées à cet effet d'un deuxième moyen d'accouplement réciproque (28A, 29A), de sorte que, au moment de l'assemblage du meuble (M), les entraxes « A » et « A' » ci-dessus sont substantiellement identiques, caractérisé en ce que
lesdites plaques (20A) sont au nombre de trois, deux aux deux extrémités de la barre de fixation (25A) et l'autre dans une position intermédiaire le long de la barre de fixation (25A), et en ce que ledit deuxième moyen (28A, 29A) est constitué d'un trou fileté (28A) formé dans la barre (25A) et d'une vis (29A) qui passe dans un trou (34A) formé dans la plaque (20A).

2. Groupe selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit entraxe A est égal à C+2E, où C est la hauteur entre lesdits deuxièmes moyens (28A, 29A), et E est la hauteur entre lesdits moyens (28A, 29A) et lesdites fenêtres (24A).

3. Groupe selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 2, caractérisé en ce que des boucles (31A) sont prévues pour fixer ladite plaque audit mur (P) à l'aide de chevilles (30A).

Drawing