Patent ID: 11937693
Assignee: PAUL HETTICH GMBH & CO. KG
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. A furniture element, which is a shelf or rack having at least one support plane, the furniture element comprising:
a carcass; and
a bottom panel;
a mechanism configured to open or close the carcass includes a force accumulator supporting an opening or closing movement of the carcass,
wherein mutually facing support surfaces of the bottom panel and the carcass or a support panel attached to an underside of the carcass each have at least one running groove in which rolling elements are guided,
wherein the carcass is movable relative to the bottom panel from an initial position to an intermediate position and further to an open position and back,
wherein in the intermediate position the carcass is rotated relative to the bottom panel in a direction of rotation and displaced in a predetermined direction,
wherein the furniture element further comprises a guide channel that predetermines the direction and in which a guide carriage is displaceably mounted is provided in the bottom panel, wherein the mechanism configured to open or close the carcass and including the force accumulator supporting the opening or closing movement of the carcass is an ejector or push-to-move mechanism with a plunger coupled to the force accumulator, with which plunger the guide carriage is configured to be pushed away from a starting position along the guide channel.