US 11,937,693 B2
Furniture element
Daniel Rehage, Münster (DE); Andreas Matthes, Chemnitz (DE); and Waldemar Petker, Bünde (DE)
Assigned to Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG, Kirchlengern (DE)
Appl. No. 17/611,943
Filed by PAUL HETTICH GMBH & CO. KG, Kirchlengern (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 15, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/060510
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/233911, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 113 251.7 (DE), filed on May 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0225763 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. A47B 49/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 49/006 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A furniture element, which is a shelf or rack having at least one support plane, the furniture element comprising:
a carcass; and
a bottom panel;
a mechanism configured to open or close the carcass includes a force accumulator supporting an opening or closing movement of the carcass,
wherein mutually facing support surfaces of the bottom panel and the carcass or a support panel attached to an underside of the carcass each have at least one running groove in which rolling elements are guided,
wherein the carcass is movable relative to the bottom panel from an initial position to an intermediate position and further to an open position and back,
wherein in the intermediate position the carcass is rotated relative to the bottom panel in a direction of rotation and displaced in a predetermined direction,
wherein the furniture element further comprises a guide channel configured to predetermine the direction is arranged in the bottom panel,
wherein a guide element is displaceably mounted in the guide channel and the mechanism configured to open or close the carcass is coupled to the guide element, wherein the force accumulator is fixed to the bottom panel and coupled to the guide element to support a displacement movement in the guide channel.