Patent ID: 6073311
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: A47B,E05D,E05Y,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A metal fitting for furniture, which can be installed without tools in a recess in a panel-shaped furniture part, said metal fitting comprising:a holding part smaller than the recess so that said fitting can be inserted in the recess;a radially protruding flange provided at an upper free edge of said fitting, which can be guided in contact with the outside of the furniture part; and,a clamping element disposed on the fastening flange, said clamping element being arranged and constructed for manual operation by a handle to radially extend and engage in clamping contact with the wall of the recess, whereinthe clamping element is constructed as a hoop (50), which extends over a portion of the height and a portion of the periphery of the holding part and, in its extent, is adapted essentially to the contour of the recess, said clamping element having on both sides hoop lever shoulders (52) which are joined and rest on the outside of the holding part, and are linked to the holding part (30), so that said hoop lever shoulders can be swiveled about a common axis,whereby the handle (36) is linked to the flange so that it can be swiveled on the upper side of the flange (32) about a swiveling axis that is parallel to the swiveling axis of the hoop (50), between a first position swiveled up from the flange and a second position resting on the flange and,whereby the handle (36), in the region of its link to the flange has a cam shoulder (62), which protrudes under the flange and engages a cam outer-surface (60) provided at the lever shoulders (52) of the hoop when the handle is in each of said first and said second positions.