The invention relates to a fitting part of a connection fitting for connecting two parts, in particular two furniture parts, having a main body with a longitudinal axis, with at least one longitudinal face which forms a planar fastening face for bearing against and fastening to a part to be connected, and with at least one mounting face for bearing against a counter-mounting face of a further fitting part of the connection fitting. The invention further relates to a connection fitting comprising at least two such fitting parts and an arrangement, in particular a furniture arrangement, comprising two parts, in particular furniture parts, which are connected together by means of the connection fitting according to the invention.
Such two-part connection fittings for connecting two furniture parts are well known.
The object of the invention accordingly is to specify a universal fitting part and an associated connection fitting by which two parts can be fastened to one another in as many different orientations as possible.
This object is achieved according to the invention by a fitting part of a connection fitting for connecting two parts, in particular two furniture parts, having a main body with a longitudinal axis, with at least one longitudinal face which forms a planar fastening face for bearing against and fastening to a part to be connected, and wirh at least one mounting face for bearing against a counter-mounting face of a further fitting part of the connection fitting, wherein the main body according to the invention has at least one of the following mounting faces: a first mounting face, which is disposed on a first longitudinal end of the main body, is arranged parallel or at an angle to the fastening face, in particular perpendicular thereto, and has at least one latching element; a second mounting face, which is disposed on a second longitudinal end of the main body, is arranged with respect to the fastening face at an inclination about the longitudinal axis or an axis extending parallel thereto, and has at least one latching element; a third mounting face, which is formed by a groove base of a transverse groove in the main body, said groove being open on one or both sides, is arranged parallel or at an angle to the fastening face, in particular perpendicular thereto, and has at least one latching element; and a fourth mounting face, which is formed on another longitudinal face of the main body, is arranged parallel or perpendicular to the fastening face and, when viewed in the transverse direction, has a comb-like surface profile.
According to the invention the main body can have one, two, three or all four mounting faces.
Preferably, the main body is cuboidal at least in some portions with four longitudinal faces, wherein one, or more or all four longitudinal faces in each case form a fastening face.
Preferably, when viewed in the direction of the longitudinal axis, the main body has an outer contour with a rectangular envelope, in particular with a square envelope.
Preferably, the first mounting face is disposed on a first longitudinal end of the main body and the second mounting face is disposed on a second longitudinal end of the main body. In a preferred embodiment, the first and the second mounting face are arranged so as to be rotated relative to one another about the longitudinal axis or an axis parallel thereto, in particular rotated by 45°.
Preferably, the first, the second and/or the third mounting faces in each case have the same latching arrangement of a plurality of latching elements. In a preferred embodiment, the latching arrangement has a plurality of latching elements arranged around a center, and has a multiple rotational symmetry, in particular a rotational symmetry of order 4, relative to the center. In a further preferred embodiment, the latching arrangement is a circle on which latching protrusions and latching recesses are alternately arranged in each case at equal angular spacings, in particular at 45° angular spacings. Further, a through-hole of the respective mounting face can be arranged in the center of the latching arrangement.
Preferably, a groove width of the transverse groove extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis is equal to a groove length of the transverse groove extending transversely to the longitudinal axis and/or equal to the width of the one or more longitudinal ends.
Preferably, one of the two groove walls of the transverse groove is formed by a spring web which is formed on the groove base and which at its free web end has a latching element. In a preferred embodiment, the main body has a latching element on a longitudinal face, the transverse groove being open relative thereto transversely to the longitudinal axis and said latching element being complementary to the latching element of the spring web. In a further preferred embodiment, the main body has a latching element on the front face of the step between the first mounting face and a longitudinal face, said latching element being complementary to the latching element of the spring web.
Preferably, the at least one longitudinal face, in particular each longitudinal face of the main body which forms a fastening face, has at least one through-hole, in particular a plurality of through-holes.
The invention further relates to a connection fitting with two fitting parts which are configured as above, in particular, to be structurally the same.
The invention finally also relates to an arrangement, in particular a furniture arrangement, comprising two parts, in particular furniture parts, which are connected together by means of a connection fitting which is configured as above, wherein a first fitting part of the connection fitting bears with its fastening face against the one first part and is fastened thereto and a second fitting part of the connection fitting bears with its fastening face against the other second part and is fastened thereto and wherein the first, the second or the third mounting face of the first fitting part and the first, the second or the third mounting face of the second fitting part bear against one another and are latched together by means of the latching elements, or the fourth mounting face of the first fitting part and the fourth mounting face of the second fitting part bear against one another and engage in one another by means of the comb-like surface profiles.
Preferably, the first and the second fitting part are screwed onto the parts by means of screws which engage through through-holes of the fastening face.
Preferably, the first, the second or the third mounting face of the first fitting part and the first, the second or the third mounting face of the second fitting part are screwed together by means of screws which engage through through-holes of the mounting faces.
Further features and advantages of the invention are found in the following description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, with reference to the figures of the drawing which show details which are essential to the invention, and in the claims. The features mentioned above and set forth below in more detail can also be used individually or together in any combinations thereof. The exemplary embodiments which are shown and described are not to be understood as a definitive list but rather have an exemplary character for illustrating the invention.
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The main body 2 has on its one first longitudinal end 5a a first mounting face 8a and on its other second longitudinal end 5b a second mounting face 8b, wherein the mounting faces 8a, 8b are formed in each case by a stepped portion of the main body 2. The first mounting face 8a is arranged parallel to the longitudinal faces 4a, 4d and perpendicular to the longitudinal faces 4b, 4c. Relative to the longitudinal faces 4a-4d, the second mounting face 8b is inclined in each case about the longitudinal axis 3, in this case merely by way of example respectively by 45°. The first and the second mounting faces 8a, 8b are arranged so as to be rotated relative to one another about the longitudinal axis 3 by 45°, wherein the longitudinal axis 3 of the main body 2 is located in the plane of the first and second mounting faces 8a, 8b.
The rear face of the first longitudinal end 5a opposing the first mounting face 8a is formed by the longitudinal face 4d parallel to the first mounting face 8a. The rear face of the second longitudinal end 5b opposing the second mounting face 8b, however, is formed by a separate rear face 9 parallel to the second mounting face 8b. The thickness of the longitudinal ends 5a, 5b, i.e., in the case of the first longitudinal end 5a the spacing of the first mounting face 8a from the longitudinal face 4d and in the case of the second longitudinal end 5b the spacing of the second mounting face 8b from the rear face 9, corresponds to half the edge length D of the main body 2, i.e., D/2 (
Moreover, the main body 2 also has, preferably centrally, between its two longitudinal ends 5a, 5b a third mounting face 8c which is formed by the groove base of a transverse groove 12, said transverse groove being open on both sides and said third mounting face being arranged parallel to the longitudinal faces 4a, 4d and perpendicular to the longitudinal faces 4b, 4c. The first and the third mounting faces 8a, 8c are arranged in the same plane so that the longitudinal axis 3 is also located in the plane of the third mounting face 8c. The groove width extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis 3 and the groove length of the transverse groove 12 extending transversely to the longitudinal axis 3 are of the same size as the edge length D.
The one of the two groove walls of the transverse groove 12 is formed by a spring web 13 which is formed on the groove base and which at its free web end has a latching element 14, in this case, for example, in the form of a profiled protrusion running transversely to the longitudinal axis 3. The main body 2 has a latching element 15 on one (4c) of the two longitudinal faces 4b, 4c, the transverse groove 11 being open relative thereto transversely to the longitudinal axis 3 and said latching element being complementary to the latching element 14 of the spring web 13, in this case, for example, in the form of a profiled indentation running along the entire longitudinal face 4c.
The first, the second and the third mounting faces 8c in each case have the same latching arrangement of a plurality of latching elements arranged around a center, in this case, for example, in the form of latching protrusions and latching recesses 16, 17. The latching arrangement has a multiple rotational symmetry relative to the center and in this case is a circle on which the latching protrusions 16 and latching recesses 17 are alternately arranged at 45° angular spacings, whereby a rotational symmetry of order 4 is produced here. The center of the latching arrangement is formed by a through-hole 18 in the respective mounting face 8a-8c.
The main body 2 also has a fourth mounting face 8d formed by the longitudinal face 4d, with a comb-like surface profile 19 when viewed in the transverse direction. The comb-like surface profile 19 has alternately high and low comb profile stepped portions 20a, 20b with in each case the same profile width.
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Rather than being open on both sides in the transverse direction, as shown in the exemplary embodiments, alternatively the transverse groove 12 can be open only on one side in the transverse direction. Rather than the square envelope 7 shown in the exemplary embodiments, when viewed in the direction of the longitudinal axis 3, the main body can also have an outer contour with a rectangular or polygonal envelope. Rather than the four longitudinal faces 4a-4d shown in the exemplary embodiments, the main body 2 can also have fewer longitudinal faces, for example, only one, two or three longitudinal faces. Rather than four mounting faces 8a, 8b shown in the exemplary embodiments, the main body 2 can also have fewer mounting faces, for example, only one, two or three mounting faces. Rather than screwing onto a part, the fastening face of the fitting part 1 can also be adhesively bonded to the part.
Additionally, with only a single fitting part 1, a corner connection between two parts can be formed, by two rectangular longitudinal faces being screwed in each case onto the parts.
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A furniture arrangement 30 comprising two panel-shaped furniture parts 31, 32 which are positioned perpendicular to one another and which are connected together by means of the connection fitting 21 are shown in
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20 2021 105 426.3 | Oct 2021 | DE | national |
This continuation application claims priority to PCT/EP2022/074415 filed on Sep. 2, 2022 which has published as WO 2023/057139 A1 and also the German application number 20 2021 105 426.3 filed on Oct. 7, 2021, the entire contents of which are fully incorporated herein with these references.
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Parent | PCT/EP2022/074415 | Sep 2022 | WO |
Child | 18627690 | US |