EP3335595A1 - Groupe d'éléments améliorés permettant d'assembler les plinthes d'un meuble ou similaire - Google Patents

Groupe d'éléments améliorés permettant d'assembler les plinthes d'un meuble ou similaire Download PDF

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EP3335595A1
EP3335595A1 EP17206889.2A EP17206889A EP3335595A1 EP 3335595 A1 EP3335595 A1 EP 3335595A1 EP 17206889 A EP17206889 A EP 17206889A EP 3335595 A1 EP3335595 A1 EP 3335595A1
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Edoardo BILLOTTO
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B95/00—Fittings for furniture
    • A47B95/002—Plinths, e.g. between furniture and ceiling or wall
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B95/00—Fittings for furniture
    • A47B95/002—Plinths, e.g. between furniture and ceiling or wall
    • A47B2095/004—Base plinths

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  • the present invention relates to a group of improved elements for joining the plinths of a piece of furniture or the like.
  • plinths made of extruded plastic material or based on wood or metal (generally aluminum).
  • such plinths are frontally latched to the supporting feet of the piece of furniture, while their surface in sight is appropriately treated and coated so as to be esthetically pleasing.
  • This device has been present on the market for some time and is already widely appreciated for its qualities, but is not optimum for latching the feet positioned at the corners of the piece of furniture.
  • the plinths are connected to one another by means of an angle bar having a cross section which displays a substantially square or rectangular-shaped hollow central portion. Furthermore, sides depart parallel in pairs from the hollow portion, which sides laterally define the respective housings in which the head edges of the two plinths to be joined are fitted.
  • angle bar is strongly dependent of the manufacturing and construction tolerances of the plinth, because the latter must be correctly sized in order to be inserted and stably retained within the corresponding housing defined by the sides of the angle bar. It can be easily understood that this is particular inconvenient, also considering that rather frequently the plinths have manufacturing inaccuracies (e.g. they are not accurately cut), but also construction inaccuracies, in particular when they are obtained by extrusion.
  • angle bars are rather laborious because the non-optimal engagement of the head of the plinth in a first angle bar requires applying a corresponding proportional correction in the opposite direction when inserting the other head of the same plinth in a second angle bar, whereby forcing the installer to perform a plurality of attempts and corrections.
  • JP S63 189029 describes a solution in which the two plinths are associated with each other by means of an angle bar formed by two portions arranged in an "L"; furthermore, one of the two plinths is fixed to a foot by means of a latching device constituted by an element which on the back is provided with sliding means within one or more guide slots defined in said plinth, while frontally it is provided with wings for latching the foot itself.
  • the angle bar is fixed to said plinth by means of a screw, thus requiring to have available a screwdriver or other appropriate tool; furthermore, considering that some plinths are rather thin, the insertion and stable anchoring of a screw to the plinth is not always a feasible operation.
  • the group 2, according to the invention, for joining a first plinth 4 to a second plinth 4' of a piece of furniture or the like comprises two elements, 6 and 8 respectively, to be both associated with one of the two plinths to be joined.
  • the first element 6 comprises a plate 10, which is provided on a face (the front one) with connection means 12 to the foot 14 provided at the corner of the piece of furniture.
  • connection means 12 comprise a fork hook configured to engage the leg of the foot 4 in removable manner.
  • such fork hook comprises elastic wings 16 which surround and embrace the leg of the foot 14.
  • the elastic wings 16 are shaped so as to mutually define a first zone, intended to engage the upper leg of such foot, and a second flared zone, adapted to promote said engagement.
  • the plate 10 is provided with a hammer-shaped protrusion 18 which is intended to be inserted in a channel (not shown) which is counter-shaped with respect to said protrusion and which is obtained longitudinally on the plinths 4.
  • the connection between the first element 6 and the plinth 4 occurs in traditional manner by inserting the protrusion 18 in the channel so that the outermost hammer-shaped part of the latter is parallel in the development direction of the channel itself.
  • the first element 6 is turned by 90° so that the undercut hammer-shaped portions of the protrusion 18 abut on corresponding counter-shaped edges of the channel, thus preventing the first element 6 of the plinth 4 from being pulled out.
  • the plate 10 also comprises a lateral extension 20 which is provided at its rear face (i.e. the one facing the plinth) with first means 22 which are intended to cooperate with corresponding second means 24 obtained in the second element 8, as will appear clearer below in order to contrast the relative sliding of said first element 6 with respect to said second element 8.
  • the first cooperation means 22 comprises a plurality of recessed semi-circular ribs 23, which are vertical and parallel to one another.
  • the lateral extension 20 is slightly frontally offset with respect to the remaining part of the body of the plate 10 so that once the first element 6 is connected to the plinth 4, the lateral extension 20 delimits a loop with the plinth itself for inserting a corresponding terminal stretch 33 of the second element 8.
  • the second element 8 comprises a substantially "L"-shaped section bar, i.e. with two portions 30 and 32, preferably not equal, substantially orthogonal to one another.
  • the free longitudinal edge of the first portion 30 of the section bar i.e. the smaller one, is folded so as to define a wing 34, which is substantially parallel to the second portion 32, i.e. the greater one, of the section bar itself. Furthermore, the other edge of the first portion 30 extends beyond the second portion 32, thus defining a longitudinal shoulder 36 which is orthogonal to it.
  • section bar which defines the second element 8 is dimensioned so that the distance between the facing surfaces of the folded wing 34 and of the second portion 32 substantially corresponds to the thickness of the end 40 of the plinth 4.
  • the second portion 32 On the side of the longitudinal shoulder 36 and at its end zone 33, the second portion 32 is concerned by the second means 24, which are intended to cooperate with the first means 22 of the first element 6.
  • these second cooperation means 24 comprise a plurality of protruding semi-circular ribs 25, vertical and parallel to one another.
  • the first means 22 of the first element 6 have a surface profile which is complementary to that of the second means 24 of the second element 8.
  • the first means 22 and the second means 24, obtained in the first element 6 and in the second element 8, respectively, are configured so as to increase the friction resulting from the contact and/or the sliding of the first element 6 towards the second element 8.
  • the end stretch 33 may be offset with respect to the remaining part of the second portion 32 of the second element 8 so that, once the latter is associated with the plinth 4, the end stretch 33 delimits a loop with the plinth itself for inserting the side extension 20 which, in this case, is coplanar with the remaining part of the body of the plate 10.
  • the other plinth 4' intended to define the joint may be associated with/constrained to the foot 14 of the piece of furniture by means of a device 5 which has the same construction features of the first element 6 of the group 2, or by means of any traditional latching device.
  • first means 22 which are intended to cooperate with corresponding second means 24 obtained in the second element 8 in order to contrast the relative sliding of said first element 6 with respect to said second element 8 may comprise other traditional types of interaction and/or mechanical coupling between two elements, such as for example means and counter-means for achieving a coupling by latching, or by fitting (e.g. of the male-female type), or by restraining, by interference, by even partial shape coupling etc.
  • the first element 6 is applied to the plinth 4 by appropriately inserting the hammer-shaped protrusion 18 in the longitudinal channel obtained in the plinth itself. Successively, the first element 6 is made to slide along the channel of the plinth 4 so as to distance it from the end 40 of the latter enough to allow the application of the second element 8.
  • the second element 8 is applied onto the end 40 of the plinth 4 so that its head edge 42 abuts frontally on the base of the first position 30, while it is retained laterally between the folded wing 34 and the second portion 32.
  • the first element 6 is made to slide towards the end of the plinth 40, and then towards the second element 8, until the lateral protrusion 20 of the first element 6 comes into contact with the end stretch 33 of the second portion 32 of the second element 8.
  • the first cooperation means 22 and the second cooperation means 24 mutually interact by adjusting the positioning of the first element 6 on the second element 8 and locking any involuntary sliding of the first element 6 away from the second element 8.
  • first cooperation means 22 and the second cooperation means 24 are constituted by vertical ribs which are respectively recessed and protruding, or vice versa, makes it possible to adjust the sliding of the first element 6 on the second element 8 in successive steps.
  • the first element 6 is made to slide towards the second element 8 on the plinth 4 until the latching means 12 of the first element are in position facing or aligned with a foot 14 which was already previously constrained to the other plinth 4' to be joined.
  • the plinth 4 thus arranged is approached to the feet 14 and, by applying an appropriate pressure, the elastic wings 16 of the latching means 12 are elastically deformed to allow them to embrace the foot 14.
  • the head edge 43 of the plinth 4' arrives to rest frontally on the second portion of the second element 8 while its outer edge 45 rests on the shoulder 36 of the second element itself.
  • the first element 6 is provided on its front face with an appendix 50 that develops at the lateral extension 20.
  • the group of elements 2 according to the invention also comprises a third element 60 to be inserted/applied at the other plinth 4' to be joined.
  • the third element 60 comprises two orthogonal faces 62, 64 between which a profile 66 develops internally which is complementary at least in part and thus rests on the cylindrical portion of the leg of the foot 14.
  • a hammer-shaped protrusion (not shown) is provided at a first face 62 of the third element 60 with constructive and functional features similar to those described above related to the first element 6.
  • a plurality of parallel ribs 68 are provided, preferably with enlarged head 70, at the other face 64 of the third element 60 between which the appendix 50 of the first element 6 can be inserted by elastic deformation.
  • the appendix has a convex head 52 of width greater than the distance between the enlarged heads 70 of two continuous ribs 68.
  • the embodiment of fig. 12 substantially corresponds to that of fig. 11 except in that the first element 6 comprises two protruding appendixes 50, one at a lateral extension 20 and one at the base body of the plate 10 of the first element 10. Furthermore, the face of the third element 60 is provided with ribs 68 has a greater development in order to allow both appendixes 50 of the first element 6 to be inserted within two distinct pairs of mutually adjacent ribs 68. Appropriately, the complementary profile 66 is shaped so as to embrace/envelop nearly half of the cylindrical surface of the leg of the foot 14.
  • the group of elements 2 according to the invention is particularly advantageous with respect to traditional ones, because:
  • the present invention differs from JP S63 189029 because the latter neither describes nor suggests any type of cooperation or above all any type of contact between the first element (i.e. the one which latches the foot) and the second element (i.e. the angular section bar in which the two plinths to be joined abut frontally).

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EP3903638A1 (fr) * 2020-04-30 2021-11-03 Volpato Industrie S.p.A. Set d'éléments perfectionnés pour assembler une plinthe au pied d'un meuble ou similaire
IT202000022456A1 (it) * 2020-09-23 2022-03-23 Volpato Ind S P A Complesso di elementi perfezionato per la giunzione di uno zoccolo al piedino di un mobile o simile
EP4762995A1 (fr) * 2024-12-20 2026-06-24 Volpato Industrie S.p.A. Système amélioré pour assembler des plinthes au pied d'un meuble ou similaire

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JPS63189029A (ja) 1987-02-02 1988-08-04 Nec Corp タイミング抽出回路
JPS63189029U (fr) * 1987-05-29 1988-12-05
EP1362530A1 (fr) * 2002-05-17 2003-11-19 SCILM S.p.A. Dispositif pour coupler la plinthe d'une pièce de mobilier au pied de cette pièce de mobilier

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JPS63189029A (ja) 1987-02-02 1988-08-04 Nec Corp タイミング抽出回路
JPS63189029U (fr) * 1987-05-29 1988-12-05
EP1362530A1 (fr) * 2002-05-17 2003-11-19 SCILM S.p.A. Dispositif pour coupler la plinthe d'une pièce de mobilier au pied de cette pièce de mobilier

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP3903638A1 (fr) * 2020-04-30 2021-11-03 Volpato Industrie S.p.A. Set d'éléments perfectionnés pour assembler une plinthe au pied d'un meuble ou similaire
IT202000022456A1 (it) * 2020-09-23 2022-03-23 Volpato Ind S P A Complesso di elementi perfezionato per la giunzione di uno zoccolo al piedino di un mobile o simile
EP4762995A1 (fr) * 2024-12-20 2026-06-24 Volpato Industrie S.p.A. Système amélioré pour assembler des plinthes au pied d'un meuble ou similaire

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