Base for a drawer

Abstract

A drawer base for a drawer includes a spacer arranged on the drawer base, preferably via a fixing means, such that a first thickness of the drawer base in the vertical direction in the state of use of the drawer base through the spacer in the region of at least two, in particular three or four, side surfaces of the drawer base is greater than a second thickness in the vertical direction in the state of use of the drawer base in a central region, preferably in the region of a center point, of the drawer base by the spacer in the region of at least two, in particular three or four, side surfaces of the drawer base, and the second thickness is less than 16 mm, preferably less than 12 mm, particularly preferably less than 8 mm.

1 . A drawer base for a drawer, comprising:
 a spacer arranged on the drawer base, preferably by at least one fixing means, such that a first thickness of the drawer base in the vertical direction in the state of use of the drawer base through the spacer in the region of at least two, in particular three or four, side surfaces of the drawer base is greater than a second thickness in the vertical direction in the state of use of the drawer base in a central region, preferably in the region of a center point, of the drawer base, wherein the second thickness is less than 16 mm, preferably less than 12 mm, particularly preferably less than 8 mm,   wherein the spacer has at least one of the following configurations:
 is formed as a strip, and is formed separately from the drawer base, and 
 is formed of at least two folds of the drawer base such that two side surfaces of the drawer base have a greater thickness than a central region of the drawer base. 
   
     
     
         2 . The drawer base according to  claim 1 , wherein the spacer:
 is made of wood-like or plastic-like or metal-like material, and/or   has essentially a cuboid shape or a U-shape or an L-shape or a T-shape or an X-shape, and/or   has at least one chamfer on a surface facing or turning away from the drawer base, and/or   is hollow, preferably with at least one stiffening strut, and/or   is a molded part or is formed by machining, and/or   has a third thickness, wherein the third thickness is at least one third, preferably at least one half, and particularly preferably at least the material thickness of the second thickness.   
     
     
         3 . The drawer base according to  claim 1 , wherein the drawer base is transferable from a transport state into a state of use such that in the region of at least two, in particular three or four, side surfaces of the drawer base in the state of use of the drawer base, the first thickness in the vertical direction in the state of use of the drawer base is greater than the second thickness in the vertical direction in the state of use of the drawer base in the central region, preferably in the region of the center point, of the drawer base. 
     
     
         4 . The drawer base according to  claim 3 , wherein the at least two folds are designed as 180° folds or as 90° folds, wherein preferably a plurality of alternating 180° folds are provided per side surface and/or the at least two folds are fixed to each other or to the drawer base by an adhesive bond. 
     
     
         5 . The drawer base according to  claim 3 , wherein the at least two folds are designed as, preferably hingeless, articulated connections in the form of a film hinge, preferably an adhesive hinge or adhesive layer, particularly preferably hot melt adhesive or PU-based hot melt adhesive, and/or in the form of a flexible layer, preferably an elastic film, and/or in the form of a residual material of the drawer base formed by a milled recess or a recess in the drawer base, wherein it is preferably provided that at least one articulated connection is arranged on the outside of the side surface of the drawer base or between layers of the drawer base formed by the fold. 
     
     
         6 . The drawer base according to  claim 5 , wherein the drawer base has a projection or a chamfer or a groove in the region of each of the at least two folds, on which the articulated connection is arranged at least in some areas. 
     
     
         7 . The drawer base according to  claim 1 , wherein the first thickness in a drawer base plane extending from the side surface in the direction of the center point of the drawer base extends over a maximum of 15%, preferably a maximum of 10%, particularly preferably a maximum of 5%, of a width of the drawer base and/or over a maximum of 10 cm, preferably a maximum of 5 cm, particularly preferably a maximum of 2 cm. 
     
     
         8 . The drawer base according to  claim 1 , wherein the drawer base comprises a carrier layer and a, preferably arranged in areas and/or glued on, decorative layer and/or an, preferably arranged in areas, adhesive layer or a film layer. 
     
     
         9 . The drawer base according to  claim 1 , wherein the first thickness is substantially 100%, preferably 200% or 300%, greater than the second thickness and/or the first thickness is between 10 mm and 30 mm, preferably between 15 mm and 20 mm, and/or the second thickness is between 5 mm and 16 mm, preferably between 8 mm and 12 mm. 
     
     
         10 . The drawer base according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one spacer or at least one of the at least two folds that may be present, preferably in the case of two folds or spacers of adjacent side surfaces located adjacent to a corner edge of the drawer base, only extends in areas across a side surface of the drawer base. 
     
     
         11 . An arrangement of two drawer side walls for a drawer, preferably U-shaped and/or metallic frames, each comprising a preferably U-shaped fastening device for connecting a drawer base to the drawer side wall and the drawer base according to  claim 1 , which is arranged at least in some areas within the fastening devices. 
     
     
         12 . The arrangement according to  claim 11 , wherein the first thickness is adapted over the at least one spacer to correspond to the drawer side walls in such a way that the drawer base essentially corresponds to a vertically oriented inner distance of the fastening devices in the state of use of the arrangement. 
     
     
         13 . The arrangement according to  claim 11 , further comprising a drawer front and/or a drawer rear wall, and a, preferably U-shaped, fastening device, wherein the drawer base is arranged at least in part within the further fastening device. 
     
     
         14 . The arrangement according to  claim 11 , wherein the drawer base is fixed to the drawer side walls by at least one fastening means and/or is connected to the drawer side walls in a force-fitting and/or form-fitting manner by at least one plastic deformation, wherein it is preferably provided that the at least one fastening means and/or the at least one plastic deformation:
 either partially or completely penetrates at least one layer of the drawer base formed by the at least one spacer or the fold that may be present, and/or   presses the drawer base against one of the two fastening devices, particularly preferably in the vertical direction in the state of use of the arrangement, and/or   in the vertical direction in the state of use of the arrangement, is arranged completely laterally adjacent to the layer formed by the at least one spacer or the fold that may be present.   
     
     
         15 . The arrangement according to  claim 11 , wherein the at least one spacer can be locked into the fastening devices, preferably by elastic deformation and/or form-fitting, and/or preferably by a force-fitting connection, in the fastening devices and/or the drawer side walls have at least one retaining device, which is pivotable relative to the fastening devices and/or is arranged or can be arranged detachably on the fastening devices, with which the at least one spacer can be secured within the fastening devices. 
     
     
         16 . A drawer comprising the arrangement according to  claim 11 . 
     
     
         17 . A method of manufacturing the drawer base according to  claim 1 , the method comprising:
 providing a plate-shaped starting material and arranging the at least one spacer in the region of at least two side surfaces of the drawer base so that the drawer base becomes thicker in the region of the at least two side surfaces relative to a central region.   
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 17 , wherein:
 the drawer base is provided from a plate-shaped starting material by cutting, the drawer base is hingedly connected by a film hinge or a flexible layer or a milled recess, and the drawer base is folded via the hinged connection to a multiple of its material thickness in the central region, preferably in the region of the center point, or   a plate-shaped starting material is provided with a film hinge or a flexible layer, the plate-shaped starting material is machined in areas, in particular up to the film hinge or the flexible layer, to form the hinged connection and the drawer base, and the drawer base is folded to a multiple of its material thickness in the central region, preferably in the region of the center point.   
     
     
         19 . A method for assembling an arrangement, the method comprising the following carried out in chronological order:
 providing the drawer base, preferably by using the method according to  claim 17 ,   providing each of the two drawer side walls with a fastening device, and   arranging the drawer base at least in some areas within the fastening devices.   
     
     
         20 . The method according to  claim 19 , wherein in a preparatory method step, preferably computer-assisted, the first thickness is adapted to an internal distance of the fastening devices and/or an internal distance of the fastening devices is adapted to the first thickness and/or the second thickness is adapted to a minimum load threshold value and/or a maximum load threshold value.