US2025380804A1PendingUtilityA1

Assembly comprising a drawer base and a drawer back panel and/or a drawer front panel

Assignee: BLUM GMBH JULIUSPriority: Feb 20, 2023Filed: Aug 19, 2025Published: Dec 18, 2025
Est. expiryFeb 20, 2043(~16.6 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
A47B 88/95A47B 88/913A47B 88/9412A47B 88/9418
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Abstract

An assembly includes a drawer base and a drawer back panel and/or a drawer front panel. The drawer base is hinge-connected to the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel for transferring the assembly from a transport position into a use position. The drawer base is hinge-connected to the drawer back panel and/or to the drawer front panel by a film hinge or adhesive hinge, in particular a flexible foil and/or a film made of a hot-melt adhesive.

Claims

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1 . An assembly comprising:
 a drawer base; and   a drawer back panel and/or a drawer front panel,   wherein the drawer base is hinge-connected to the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel for transferring the assembly from a transport position into a use position, and   wherein the drawer base is hinge-connected to the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel by at least one film hinge or adhesive hinge, in particular a flexible foil and/or a film made of a hot-melt adhesive.   
     
     
         2 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein the drawer base is hinge-connected to the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel such that the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel rests flatly on the drawer base at least in some regions in the transport position. 
     
     
         3 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein the drawer base comprises at least two drawer base segments which are hinge-connected to one another for transferring the assembly from the transport position into the use position. 
     
     
         4 . The assembly according to  claim 3 , wherein at least two drawer base segments have different longitudinal extensions. 
     
     
         5 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein the drawer back panel comprises at least two drawer back panel segments and/or the drawer front panel comprises at least two drawer front panel segments which are connected to one another in a hinge-connected manner. 
     
     
         6 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein the assembly in the transport position comprises at least two, preferably exactly two or exactly three, drawer layers, wherein it is preferably provided that the drawer base is arranged in at least two of the at least two drawer layers and/or the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel is arranged exclusively in one of the at least two drawer layers and/or a drawer layer is formed exclusively by the drawer base. 
     
     
         7 . The assembly according to  claim 6 , wherein at least one drawer layer comprises two parts, preferably spaced apart from one another by a gap, wherein a longitudinal extension of a first part, preferably of the drawer back panel or the drawer front panel, is unequal, preferably smaller, than a longitudinal extension of a second part, preferably of the second drawer base segment. 
     
     
         8 . The assembly according to  claim 7 , wherein the two parts are connected to one another by a transport lock for secure alignment with one another. 
     
     
         9 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein in the transport position at least one second drawer base segment and/or the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel is folded onto the first drawer base segment, preferably with flat contact substantially over an entire longitudinal extension of the at least one second drawer base segment and/or the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel, wherein it is preferably provided that a free end of the at least one second drawer base segment is spaced from a free end of the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel by a gap of the order of magnitude of a material thickness of the drawer base, particularly preferably at most by a material thickness of the drawer base. 
     
     
         10 . The assembly according to  claim 6 , wherein, in the transport position of the assembly, at least two of the at least two drawer layers are in flat contact with one another, wherein it is preferably provided that at least one drawer layer comprises two parts, wherein the flat contact is present substantially over an entire longitudinal extension of a first part and/or a second part. 
     
     
         11 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel in the transport position is arranged completely, flush with and/or parallel to a drawer base segment, wherein it is preferably provided that the drawer base in the use position is arranged orthogonally to the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel. 
     
     
         12 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein a free end of the drawer back panel in the transport position adjoins a further free end of the drawer base or the drawer front panel, preferably opposite in the plane of the panel, or a free end of the drawer front panel in the transport position adjoins a further free end of the drawer base, preferably opposite in the plane of the panel. 
     
     
         13 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , further comprising a first hinged connection, preferably between the drawer base and the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel, which is designed in such a way that a pivoting movement of substantially 90 degrees can be carried out in the transition between the transport position and the position of use of the assembly, wherein preferably the assembly can be transferred from the transport position into the position of use by the pivoting movement of substantially 90 degrees. 
     
     
         14 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , further comprising at least one second hinged connection, preferably between at least two drawer base segments, which is designed such that a pivoting movement of substantially 180 degrees can be carried out in the transition between the transport position and the use position of the assembly. 
     
     
         15 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein the hinged connection is formed by an adhesive hinge made of a PU-based hot-melt adhesive. 
     
     
         16 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one film hinge or adhesive hinge, preferably in the longitudinal extension and/or in a direction transverse to the longitudinal extension, is arranged only in regions in the region of the first hinged connection and/or the at least one second hinged connection or completely on the drawer base, the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel. 
     
     
         17 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein the drawer base and/or the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel comprise a layer structure, wherein the layer structure comprises a carrier layer, a flexible layer, preferably an adhesive layer, film hinge or adhesive hinge, particularly preferably in the form of a PU-based hot-melt adhesive and/or a flexible foil, and/or optionally a cover layer, wherein preferably the flexible layer is arranged on the carrier layer and/or the cover layer, particularly preferably facing away in the folding direction from the position of use into the transport position and/or a folding direction from the position of use into the transport position, and/or the carrier layer is removed in the region of a hinged connection and the flexible layer acts as a hinge between the drawer base and the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel. 
     
     
         18 . The assembly according to  claim 17 , wherein the cover layer in the transport position is arranged at least partially between two drawer layers and/or the cover layers of the drawer layers are arranged oriented to one another. 
     
     
         19 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein the assembly in the transport position is substantially rectangular, wherein preferably all opposite side surfaces are congruent to one another. 
     
     
         20 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , further comprising at least one drawer side panel, wherein the drawer base is hinge-connected to at least one of the at least one drawer side panel for transferring the assembly from a transport position into a use position, preferably via at least one film hinge or adhesive hinge. 
     
     
         21 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein the film hinge or adhesive hinge is arranged, preferably at least partially, on at least one inclined surface, preferably in the region of a recess and/or at least one step and/or at least one tongue and groove, of at least one drawer base segment and/or the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel, wherein it is preferably provided that the film hinge or adhesive hinge is arranged in the region of the recess and/or the at least one step and/or the at least one tongue and groove. 
     
     
         22 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one covering means, preferably in the form of an adhesive, a foil and/or a profile, is provided for covering at least one edge surface, preferably via at least one holding device, at a free end of the drawer base and/or the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel. 
     
     
         23 . A set comprising the assembly according to  claim 1 , in particular in the transport position, and at least one furniture fitting, in particular guide rail, back panel holder and/or front panel holder, and/or at least one drawer side panel. 
     
     
         24 . A drawer comprising the set according to  claim 23 , wherein the drawer base and/or the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel is arranged on at least one drawer side panel via at least one fastening means, in particular at least one furniture fitting. 
     
     
         25 . A method for producing the assembly according to  claim 1 , comprising the following steps, which are to be carried out in particular in chronological order:
 the drawer base and the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel are provided by machining from a plate-shaped starting material, and   the drawer base is hinge-connected to the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel via a flexible layer, preferably an adhesive layer or flexible foil, to form at least one film hinge or adhesive hinge.   
     
     
         26 . A method for producing the assembly according to  claim 1 , comprising the following steps, which are to be carried out in particular in chronological order:
 a plate-shaped starting material is provided with a flexible layer, preferably an adhesive layer or flexible foil, and   the plate-shaped starting material is machined in certain regions, in particular up to the flexible layer, so that the flexible layer in the form of at least one film hinge or adhesive hinge connects the drawer base to the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel in a hinge-connected manner.   
     
     
         27 . The method according to  claim 25 , wherein the drawer base is hinge-connected to the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel in such a way that the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel rests flatly on the drawer base at least in some regions in the transport position. 
     
     
         28 . A method for mounting a drawer via the assembly according to  claim 1 , comprising the following steps, which are to be carried out in particular in chronological order:
 providing the assembly in the transport position, wherein the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel is folded onto the drawer base, in particular with flat contact substantially over an entire longitudinal extension of the drawer base and/or the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel,   transferring the assembly from the transport position to the use position, wherein the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel are folded out essentially at 90 degrees relative to the drawer base,   arranging the drawer base and/or the drawer back panel and/or the drawer front panel on at least one drawer side panel via at least one fastening means, in particular at least one furniture fitting.

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