ES1286585U - Furniture with folding doors (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Furniture with folding doors supported over at least one first upper guidance profile (3), on which they slide when performing their opening/closure, characterized by folding doors (1) comprise external shelves (2), and also the Furniture comprises a second guide profile (4), located between the upper and lower sides of the doors. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

DESCRIPTION

CABINET WITH FOLDING DOORS

Object of the invention

The invention relates to a piece of furniture with folding doors, the configuration and design of which facilitates greater use of the space in the piece of furniture.

Background of the invention

For a few years and to an increasing extent, the space available in homes is becoming smaller. This is due not only to the cost of housing, but also to the style of construction, especially in the center of cities, where the available land is always limited. It is because of this fact, and because it depends directly on the format of the cities and not on the lifestyle of its inhabitants, that it is known that it is a trend that will not diminish over time, but will always be present as an intrinsic problem of cities.

To address this problem, there is a trend in interior design focused on optimizing space. This implies the design of folding furniture that affects any type of room, not only bedrooms and living rooms, but also dining rooms, kitchens and bathrooms.

The first pieces of furniture designed to make the most of space have been focused mainly on the possibility of being collected, since they are used at very specific times of the day. Thus, they are already common in homes, folding tables in kitchens or folding beds in bedrooms, among others. In the same way, furniture has also been designed focused on the possibility of being enlarged, going from dimensions for regular use, when they are collected, to dimensions that are much larger when unfolded, which would be needed on special occasions in which there is an increase punctual number of people in the house.

With regard to furniture intended for storage, the design has been focused on the search to occupy heights, which until then were wasted, and to occupy the basement of furniture such as beds.

The present invention goes one step further, expanding the storage space of a piece of furniture with folding doors.

The folding doors of a piece of furniture only have the function of hiding the interior of the wardrobe, not providing storage capacity.

There are solutions in the market for taking advantage of space in furniture with sliding doors, where these doors have been replaced by sliding shelving modules.

The problem with this solution is that access to the interior of the piece of furniture is limited by the dimensions of the sliding shelf module itself.

Currently, cabinets with folding doors generally have either two guide profiles, located at the top and bottom of the cabinet, through which the doors circulate, or a single guide profile located at the top of the cabinet.

These configurations determine that if shelves were added to the folding doors, the circumstance occurs that the weight of both the shelves and the objects placed on them cause the doors to "nail" (fit) into the lower guide profiles, if they exist, or leave the upper guide profile if the lower guide profile does not exist, which means that expanding storage in folding doors is not feasible, so no known furniture with folding doors in which shelves are included.

The invention solves this problem, for which it provides a configuration of guide profiles that allows shelves to be included in the folding doors, without them sticking in the lower guide profiles or coming out of the upper guide profile.

Description of the invention

In order to achieve the objectives and solve the aforementioned problems, the invention provides a piece of furniture with folding doors which, like those provided in the state of the art, are supported on at least one upper guide profile along which said doors run foldable when opening/closing.

The novelty of the invention lies in the fact that the folding doors are equipped with external shelves, which makes it possible to take advantage of the external space of the doors, and in addition the piece of furniture includes a second guide profile for the folding doors, which has the particularity that it is located between the upper and lower sides of the doors, which allows the weight of the doors to be supported, together with that of the shelves and the objects they may contain, while at the same time providing great stability when the doors are folded/unfolded , preventing them from leaving the profile of the first upper guide, unlike the state of the art mentioned above. This configuration allows to obtain a better use of the space in the cabinet.

In another embodiment, provision has been made for the piece of furniture to be equipped with a third guide profile arranged in correspondence with the lower part of the folding doors, to provide better support for the folding doors and allow their weight to be supported together with that of the shelves. and objects they contain, as well as to provide greater stability and smoother sliding of the doors when opening/closing them.

One side of the front of the cabinet towards which the doors open is provided with a space configured to be occupied by the bottom of the shelves when opening the doors. For this, the width of said space is at least equal to the depth of the shelves, which makes it possible to locate the piece of furniture attached to a wall or to any other piece of furniture, since it prevents that when the doors are completely opened they can collide against said wall or another piece of furniture to which it is attached.

In one embodiment, this space is delimited by a frontal extension of the side of the piece of furniture, so that it provides greater protection to the wall or piece of furniture to which it may be attached, by delimiting the opening of the doors and preventing them from colliding and hitting the wall or furniture when fully opened.

The configuration described allows full access to the interior of the cabinet, preventing its access from being limited, as is the case with cabinets that have sliding shelving modules.

Description of the figures

To complete the description and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, a set of figures is attached to this description, as an integral part of it, in which, for illustrative and non-limiting purposes, it has been represented the next:

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of an example of embodiment of a piece of furniture with closed folding doors and equipped with shelves.

Figure 2 shows a perspective view of the cabinet of figure 1 with the folding doors open, showing the guide profiles of said folding doors.

Figure 3 shows a top plan view of the cabinet of figure 1.

Figure 4 shows a top plan view of the cabinet of Figure 2.

Figure 5 shows a perspective view of another embodiment of a piece of furniture with the doors open.

Preferred embodiment of the invention

Below is a description of the invention based on the previously mentioned figures in which a piece of furniture with folding doors (1) can be seen, whose configuration and design facilitates greater use of the space in the piece of furniture, for which on said folding doors (1) some exterior shelves (2) have been installed.

In the example, the folding doors (1) have a length that runs from the upper edge of the cabinet, to a distance between its middle area and the lower edge, and are supported in the cabinet on a first upper guide profile (3). ) and on a second guide profile (4), which in the example is arranged on the piece of furniture approximately in correspondence with the middle area of the doors, so that both profiles (3) and (4) allow the weight of the doors to be supported. doors, together with that of the shelves and objects that they may contain, while at the same time allowing stable guidance, sliding smoothly during their movement in the opening/closing or folding/unfolding operations, in such a way that the doors (1 ) can be locked and blocked or come out of the upper guide profile (3), as it happens in the state of the art.

Figure 5 shows an embodiment in which the folding doors (1) have a length corresponding to the height of the piece of furniture.

In another embodiment (not shown), the possibility of including a third lower guide profile is foreseen, depending on the configuration of the cabinet, to facilitate both the guiding of the doors in opening/closing, and to support their weight together with that of the the shelves and objects they may contain.

In any of the embodiments, the doors (1) move on said profiles (3) and (4), folding together thanks to a hinged joint. Once the doors (1) are open, full access to the interior of the cabinet is allowed, without the shelves (2) limiting access to the interior of the cabinet, as is the case in state-of-the-art furniture that has storage modules. sliding shelves.

In the embodiment of the invention, the piece of furniture is provided with a space (5), provided on one side of the front towards which the doors (1) fold, whose width is equal to or greater than the depth of the shelves (2), in such a way that this space (5) is occupied by the bottom of the shelves (2), allowing the doors (1) to be opened completely without colliding with a wall or any other piece of furniture that is attached to the furniture of the invention. In addition, provision has been made for said space to be delimited by a frontal extension (6) of the side of the piece of furniture, completely preserving the wall or piece of furniture to which the piece of furniture of the invention could be attached when the doors (1) are completely opened.

Claims (4)

1. - Furniture with folding doors supported on at least one first upper guide profile (3), on which they slide when opening/closing, characterized in that the folding doors (1) comprise external shelves (2), and also the piece of furniture comprises a second guide profile (4), located between the upper and lower sides of the doors. 2. - Furniture, according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising a third guide profile arranged in correspondence with the lower part of the folding doors (1). 3. - Furniture, according to any one of the preceding claims, where one side of the front of the furniture comprises a space (5), which is occupied by the bottom of the shelves (2) when opening the doors (1) allowing the furniture to be placed attached to a wall or other furniture. 4. Furniture, according to claim 3, where the space (5) is delimited by a front extension (6) of the side of the furniture.