CN106690912B - Pull-out step stool device, mounting element and piece of furniture - Google Patents

The invention relates to a pull-out step-stool device (1) for furniture (20), comprising: a footstool (4) having a carrying surface (12) connectable with a stool pull-out rail (41) of a stool pull-out guide (40). The stool support rail (42) of the stool extension guide can be connected directly to the furniture carcass (3) or to a possibly present mounting element (2) that can be fixedly connected to the furniture carcass. A drawer (6) is arranged below the support surface and can be connected to a drawer extension rail (61) of a drawer extension guide (60). The drawer extension rail has a drawer support rail (62) that can be connected to a furniture body or a mounting element or a footstool. Two stool pull-out rails are provided on the footstool and two drawer pull-out rails are provided on the drawer, the supporting element (14) of the footstool being connectable or disconnectable to the ground (15) in relation to the load. The invention also relates to a mounting element and to a piece of furniture.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a step stool apparatus that can be pulled out. Furthermore, a mounting element comprising a pull-out step-stool device according to the invention and a piece of furniture comprising a mounting element according to the invention should be proposed.

Background

Pull-out step-out devices are known and belong to the prior art. A pull-out footstool is shown, for example, in DE102007045215a1 and is arranged in the base of a piece of furniture. After the base element, which can be used as a footstool, has been pulled out, the person can stand on a climbing surface provided on the footstool, which makes it easier for the person to reach, for example, a shelf or a cupboard located at a higher level. The step stool is stowed in the base member and does not waste space as a self-contained object. However, due to the use of pull-out footstools, space is wasted in the furniture base for drawers which are also frequently provided in the furniture base. This base region of the piece of furniture is preferably used as a storage space in the kitchen and therefore as a region for additional drawers. If, in this region, a step known from the prior art is now installed instead of a drawer, the following possibilities no longer exist: a drawer for storing tools is arranged in the area of the footstool.

Disclosure of Invention

The object of the present invention is to avoid the above-mentioned disadvantages and to provide an improved step-out stool device in relation to the prior art.

This is achieved in a pull-out step stool apparatus for furniture according to the present invention, comprising: a footstool with an end face and a bearing face, which can be connected to a stool pull-out rail of at least one stool pull-out guide, whose stool support rail can be connected directly to the furniture body or to a mounting element which can be fixedly connected to the furniture body, wherein a drawer with a front curtain is arranged below the bearing face of the footstool, which drawer can be connected to at least one drawer pull-out rail of the drawer pull-out guide, which drawer pull-out rail has a drawer support rail which can be connected to the furniture body or to the mounting element or to the footstool, which drawer moves linearly along the drawer pull-out rail and between a closed position and an open position relative to the footstool and relative to the furniture body, two stool pull-out rails being arranged on the footstool and two drawer pull-out rails being arranged on the drawer, the stool-pulling out rail and the drawer-pulling out rail are constructed as separate components so that the drawer and the footstool can be moved out of the furniture body independently of each other, and the footstool has at least one supporting element which is in connection with the floor when loaded with a person resting on the footstool and the connection between the supporting element and the floor is interrupted when not loaded with a person resting on the footstool.

If the stool support rail of the stool extension guide can be connected directly to the furniture carcass or to a possibly present mounting element that can be fixedly connected to the furniture carcass, wherein a drawer is provided below the support surface of the footstool, wherein the drawer can be connected to the drawer extension rail of the at least one drawer extension guide, wherein the drawer extension rail has a drawer support rail that can be connected to the furniture carcass or to the mounting element or to the footstool, it is thus possible for an extendable drawer to be provided in the region below the support surface. Both the footstool and the drawer are located in combination in the region of the base and thus together form a base element. The drawer or the footstool or both can thus be pulled out of the seating region of the piece of furniture. In other words: the step stool device or step stool does not occupy the entire space of the base element, but leaves free space for the drawer.

When the two stool-drawing rails are provided on the footstool and the two drawer-drawing rails are provided on the drawer and the stool-drawing rails and the drawer-drawing rails are constituted as separate members, the drawer and the footstool can be moved out of the furniture body independently of each other. By using two different pull-out rail systems as separate components, it is possible to flexibly arrange the individual pull-out rails in the furniture body or in the mounting element separately from one another. If the stool pull-out rail and the drawer pull-out rail are coupled to one another or are constructed as one unit, this is a considerable loss of flexibility in the installation and arrangement of the drawer or the footstool.

When the movement of the footstool with respect to the furniture body is performed substantially straight between the moved-in position and the moved-out position along the stool-drawing guide means, or when the movement of the drawer with respect to the footstool and with respect to the furniture body is performed straight along the drawer-drawing rail and in the closed position and the open position, the two movements (the movement of the drawer and the movement of the footstool) may overlap. Therefore, the collision between the footstool and the drawer is undesirable when the direction of the moving path is the same.

When the drawer has a front shutter that covers the end face of the footstool in the closed position of the drawer and the footstool has an end face, the footstool is thereby kept hidden. The front cover closes the base of the furniture and the components behind the front cover remain hidden

When the drawer is held in the closed position by at least one retention closure device located on the drawer and/or the step stool, inadvertent opening of the drawer is thereby prevented. Furthermore, the holding-closing device can be used, for example, when pulling the front cover or when opening the drawer, for the footstool feet to be guided out of the furniture body together on the basis of the holding-closing force of the holding-closing device. Which is automatically carried with the footstool by pulling out the drawer. If the step is not required, it can then be pushed back into the furniture body after overcoming the retaining force of the retention closure.

When the holding-closure device is formed by at least one magnet on the drawer and/or the footstool, a compact, space-saving holding-closure device can be realized on the movable furniture part. For example, the magnets may also be invisibly disposed in the end faces of the front cover and/or the ottoman. So that the appearance is not disturbed.

When the stool ejection device is provided on the furniture body or the mounting element, wherein the step stool is moved from the retracted position into the extended position when the stool ejection device is actuated, the removal or the retraction of the step stool can be automated. The footstool can be automatically moved out of the furniture body when required by means of a switching device or a switching contact which can be actuated by a person. The movable return of the footstool can also be achieved by operating the switching contacts if the footstool is no longer needed.

In this case, it has proven to be advantageous if the drawer ejection device is provided on the furniture body or on the mounting element, wherein the drawer is moved from the closed position into the open position when the drawer ejection device is actuated. Thus, the movement of the step out of the furniture carcass is not only effected automatically, but (for example, when the switching device is actuated by a person) the drawer is moved out of the furniture. It is of course also conceivable for the drawer to be guided back into the piece of furniture automatically. When the drawer is moved into the open position when the drawer ejection device is actuated, in which case the step stool remains in the moved-in position, the drawer can be used without restriction to the step stool as a base element drawer and thus as an additional storage space.

When the drawer is guided together with the footstool when the stool ejection device is manipulated, and the drawer can be moved from its closed position to its open position in the moved-out position of the footstool, the storage space under the footstool can also be used after the removal of the footstool. This can be done even after the step is removed when the person needing the step suddenly needs to remove an item from the drawer located under the step.

If the stool ejection device and the drawer ejection device can be actuated independently of one another or simultaneously, it is, for example, possible to select whether the drawer is to be removed only or together with the footstool when the switching contact or the switching element is actuated. There are thus two possibilities: the footstool is moved out of the furniture body together with the drawer, or the footstool is held in the furniture body and the drawer is moved out of the furniture body separately.

It has proven to be advantageous if the actuation of the stool and/or drawer ejection device takes place via at least one switching contact which is provided on the drawer, on the footstool, on the furniture body and/or on the mounting element. The switching contact can be operated by a person. It is also conceivable for the stool ejection device and/or the drawer ejection device itself to have a switching contact. Furthermore, it is conceivable that the actuation of the stool ejection device and the drawer ejection device is carried out via a touch-lock function on the drawer and/or on the footstool. Thus, by pressing the drawer and/or the footstool, the switching contact is manipulated in the direction of the furniture and the footstool and/or the drawer is moved out of the furniture. Touch-latch functions are already known from furniture construction.

When the footstool has at least one supporting element, wherein the supporting element is connected to the ground when the person resting on the footstool is loaded, and when the connection between the supporting element and the ground is interrupted when the person resting on the footstool is not loaded, contact with the ground is only established in the state in which the footstool is removed. The support element leaves no track on the floor when it is removed from the furniture body. For example, contaminants may become trapped between the support element and the floor and thus damage the floor when the step stool is removed. This is avoided by the support element being lifted during the movement of the footstool.

It is also possible for the at least one support element to have at least one ground contact element, in particular in the form of a slide or rolling body, wherein the ground contact element is substantially continuously connected to the ground during movement of the step stool. Thus, the support element does not have to be disengaged from the ground, as long as the footstool reaches its removed position. The step stool is always supported on the basis of a permanent connection between the support element and the ground. Thus, it can also be used, for example, in an intermediate position between the extended position and does not have to be moved into the fully extended position.

Drawings

Further details and advantages of the invention are set forth in the following description with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. The attached drawings are as follows:

fig. 1a, 1b show an application of the pull-out footstool apparatus;

fig. 2 shows an intermediate position of the pull-out step-out apparatus in an oblique view;

FIG. 3 shows the step stool in the removed position;

FIG. 4 shows the drawer in an open position, the footstool moved into position;

FIG. 5 illustrates an exploded view of the components of the step stool apparatus;

figure 6 shows the bench apparatus with the ejection means in an intermediate position; and is

Fig. 7 shows a schematic view of the arrangement of the drawer pull-out guide and the stool pull-out guide.

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