Patent ID: 7318631
Filing Date: 2008-01-15
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
1. A corner cabinet comprising; a cabinet door defining a door opening; a sidewall delimiting a first side of the door opening; an interior that is rectangular in a plan view, wherein at least one half of the interior is accessible through the door opening; a fitting arranged in the interior and comprising a support column having a swivel axis that is at least substantially vertical; at least one unitary shelf supported on the fitting and having a substantially semi-circular shape; wherein the at least one shelf is movable from an interior position in the interior into an exterior position relative to the corner cabinet, wherein in the exterior position the at least one shelf projects outwardly past a plane of the door opening of the cabinet door; wherein the fitting comprises a first guide and a second guide for each one of the at least one shelf; wherein the first and second guides each have a first end pivotably connected at a connecting point to a bottom side of the at least one shelf, respectively; wherein a second end of the first guide is pivotably connected to the support column; wherein the fitting further comprises a support bearing having a swivel axis that extends parallel to the swivel axis of the support column, wherein the support bearing is mounted near the door opening on the sidewall; wherein a second end of the second guide is connected to the support bearing so as to swivel about the swivel axis of the support bearing; wherein the swivel axis of the support column and the swivel axis of the support bearing are horizontally spaced from one another to allow the first guide to pivot about the swivel axis of the support column past the support bearing and to allow the second guide to pivot about the support bearing past the support column; wherein the at least one shelf carries out a swivel movement controlled simultaneously by the first and second guides when moving from the interior position into the exterior position and back into the interior position.