Piece Of Furniture With At Least One Drawer Or The Like

Abstract

The piece of furniture ( 10 ) is provided with at least one drawer ( 12 ) or the like which can be pulled out from the body of the piece of furniture by means of a first and a second pull-out guides ( 13 ), each guide having a closing device ( 16 ) for the drawer ( 12 ). The piece of furniture ( 10 ) also comprises stopping means ( 24′, 28 ) conformed and arranged to stop the drawer ( 12 ) in a first closing position in which the drawer ( 12 ) is spaced apart from the body of the piece of furniture, the stopping means ( 24′, 28 ) being elastically yielding and/or overcomable by pressure on the drawer ( 12 ) in the closing direction up to a second closing position in which the drawer ( 12 ) is more adjacent to the piece of furniture ( 10 ); locking means ( 24″, 30 ) are also provided, conformed and arranged for releasably locking the drawer ( 12 ) in the second closing position, the locking means ( 24″, 30 ) being releasable by means of traction on the drawer ( 12 ) in the opening direction thereof.

1 . A piece of furniture provided with at least one drawer or the like which can be pulled out with respect to the body of the piece of furniture, the piece of furniture comprising:
 a first and a second side wall;   a first and a second pull-out guide for each drawer, each of said pull-out guides having a fixed guide part connected to a respective side wall of the piece of furniture and a movable guide part fixable to the drawer;   a closing device for each drawer, associated with each pull-out guide ( 13 ), each closing device comprising a base body connected to one of the fixed or the movable guide parts, the base body having a sliding track for a slider operatively engageable with the other of the fixed or the movable guide parts and stressed in the closing direction of the drawer by an elastic portion;   characterized by comprising:   a stopping device conformed and arranged to stop each drawer in a first closing position in which the drawer is spaced apart at a preset distance from the body of the piece of furniture, said stopping device being elastically yielding or overcomable by pressure on the drawer in the closing direction up to a second closing position in which the drawer is more adjacent to the body of the piece of furniture, and   a locking device conformed and arranged to releasably lock the drawer in said second closing position, said locking device being releasable by pulling the drawer in its opening direction thereof and being selectively operable by said pressure on the drawer in the closing direction, which causes the movement of the drawer from said first to said second closing position.   
     
     
         2 . The piece of furniture of  claim 1 , wherein the stopping device and the locking device are conformed and arranged for stopping and respectively locking the slider of the closing device by a pin projecting from the slider. 
     
     
         3 . The piece of furniture of  claim 1 , wherein the stopping device and the locking device are formed respectively on a front side and on a rear side of a first and a second protruding element, the protruding elements projecting transversely opposed to each other, from opposite longitudinal edges of said sliding track for the slider, said protruding elements located at the rear end of the sliding track, in a position spaced apart from the rear end. 
     
     
         4 . The piece of furniture of  claim 3 , wherein each of said protruding elements has a triangular section having a first inclined front surface and a second inclined rear surface converging towards each other, which form respectively said stopping device and said locking device for the slider of said closing device. 
     
     
         5 . The piece of furniture of  claim 3 , wherein said sliding track is prolonged rearwards of the projecting elements. 
     
     
         6 . The piece of furniture of  claim 1 , wherein said closing device for each drawer is conformed to be attachable to the side wall of the piece of furniture or to the drawer, together with or separately from said stopping device and to said locking device. 
     
     
         7 . The piece of furniture of  claim 1 , wherein said stopping device and said locking device are configured in the form of additional elements attachable to the piece of furniture. 
     
     
         8 . The piece of furniture of  claim 1 , wherein said stopping device and said locking device are formed in one piece with the base body of said closing device. 
     
     
         9 . The piece of furniture of  claim 1 , wherein said stopping device and said locking device are formed on a separate body attachable to a base body of the closing device configured for mounting the separate body. 
     
     
         10 . The piece of furniture of  claim 9 , wherein said base body of the closing device at a rear end of the sliding tract comprises a fixing device couplable with a complementary fixing device or with a part of said separate body. 
     
     
         11 . The piece of furniture of  claim 1 , wherein said stopping device is made up of an elastically yielding element conformed and arranged for stopping the drawer at said first closing position and wherein said locking device is of magnetic type. 
     
     
         12 . The piece of furniture of  claim 11 , wherein said locking device of magnetic type comprises a permanent magnet arranged at the rear end of said sliding track to lock a pin of ferromagnetic material of the slider at said second closing position of the drawer. 
     
     
         13 . The piece of furniture of  claim 1 , wherein the closing device also has a fluid-type linear decelerator connected to one of the fixed or the movable guide parts, the linear decelerator being operable by said slider or by an opposing element integral with the other of said parts of the guide. 
     
     
         14 . The piece of furniture of  claim 13 , wherein said linear decelerator is of air oil type, comprising a cylindrical body fixed to an end of the base body of said closing device, the cylindrical body forming a chamber for a piston having a rod connected in articulated manner to said slider of the closing device. 
     
     
         15 . The piece of furniture of  claim 1 , wherein the base body of the closing device is fixed to the fixed part of the pull-out guide, said slider being operatively engageable with the movable part of the guide by a pin integral therewith. 
     
     
         16 . The piece of furniture of  claim 1 , wherein said sliding track for the slider features a first rectilinear section which extends according to the longitudinal direction in which the drawer is pulled out and a second transverse section which branches off from the first section at a front end thereof facing towards the front of the drawer.