Drawer element for a refrigeration device

Abstract

A drawer element for a refrigeration device. The drawer element includes a body with a bottom, two side or lateral walls and a rear wall. The drawer element further includes a front flap hinged to the body along the bottom thereof and moveable between a closed and an open position. The front flap is removeably engaged with the body to retain the front flap in the closed position unless released by a user. The front edges of the lateral walls and the front flap had a tongue and groove connection formed in at least the closed position.

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       18 . A refrigeration device including at least one drawer element, said drawer element comprising: 
 a body having at least a floor and two side walls;    said body further including a front flap hinged on said body moveable between a closed and an open position; and    said body further including said front flap hinged on said body at a pivoting axis arranged substantially at the level of said body floor.    
   
   
       19 . The refrigeration device according to  claim 18 , including said pivoting axis is formed by trunnions arranged on said side walls and directed away from said body.  
   
   
       20 . The refrigeration device according to  claim 18 , including said front edges of said side walls are not connected to one another in their upper area.  
   
   
       21 . The refrigeration device according to  claim 18 , including said front edges and said front flap have complementary snap-in means.  
   
   
       22 . The refrigeration device according to  claim 18 , including said front flap bears at least one snib, said snib can be shifted between a position, in which it permits said front flap to be opened, and a position, in which said snib bars opening said front flap.  
   
   
       23 . The refrigeration according to  claim 18 , including a grip area formed on an area of said front flap distant from said pivoting axis of said front flap.  
   
   
       24 . The refrigeration device according to  claim 23 , including a second grip area formed on an area of said front flap adjoining said pivoting axis.  
   
   
       25 . A refrigeration device including at least one drawer element, said drawer element comprising: 
 a body having at least a floor and two side walls;    said two side walls, each including a front edge;    said body further including a front flap hinged on said body moveable between a closed and an open position; and    said front edges of said side walls and said front flap form a tongue and groove connection at least in said closed position.    
   
   
       26 . The refrigeration device according to  claim 25 , including each of said front edges form a tongue of said tongue and groove connection, which engages in a groove formed in said front flap.  
   
   
       27 . The refrigeration device according to  claim 26 , including said groove delimited by a pair of ribs protruding from an outside wall of said front flap.  
   
   
       28 . The refrigeration device according to  claim 25 , including said tongue and groove connection in said open position of said flap remains on at least a part of its length.  
   
   
       29 . The refrigeration device according to  claim 25 , including said pivoting axis arranged substantially at the level of said body floor.  
   
   
       30 . The refrigeration device according to  claim 25 , including said front edges of said side walls are not connected to one another in their upper area.  
   
   
       31 . The refrigeration device according to  claim 25 , including said front edges and said front flap include complementary snap-in means.  
   
   
       32 . The refrigeration device according to  claim 31 , including said front flap is mounted on said body with clearance in the longitudinal direction of said front edges.  
   
   
       33 . The refrigeration device according to  claim 25 , including said front flap bears at least one snib ( 15 ), said snib can be shifted between a position, in which it permits said front flap to be opened, and a position, in which said snib bars opening said front flap.  
   
   
       34 . The refrigeration device according to  claim 33 , including said snib is stable in both said open and said closed positions.  
   
   
       35 . The refrigeration device according to  claim 33 , including said position of said snib is visible on the outside of said front flap.  
   
   
       36 . The refrigeration device according to  claim 25 , including a grip area formed on an area of said front flap distant from said pivoting axis of said front flap.  
   
   
       37 . The refrigeration device according to  claim 36 , including a second grip area formed on an area of said front flap adjoining said pivoting axis.