FOLDABLE DRAWER AND THE DRAWER CHEST

The present relates to a foldable drawer, it's provided with a drawer bottom plate, a left drawer side plate, a right drawer side plate, a drawer back baffle, and a drawer front panel. A foldable opening and closing structure of the foldable drawer is as follows: the drawer bottom plate is designed as left and right parts. A turning structure that enables the left and right parts of the drawer bottom plate to turn relative to each other is arranged between the left and right parts of the drawer bottom plate. Each part of the drawer bottom plate consists of at least one piece. Before delivery, the drawer is folded and retracted, which facilitates transportation. During site installation, a drawer main body is formed by only pulling the drawer side plates open, so that the assembly efficiency of the drawer is improved.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of furniture, and particularly, relates to a foldable drawer, which is mainly suitable for metal furniture.

BACKGROUND

For existing writing desks, computer desks or drawer chests, generally, drawers are transported separated from the writing desks, computer desks or drawer chests, with large packaging volumes, so that transportation is not facilitated; in order to facilitate transportation, the drawers are split and packaged and transported together with the writing desks, the computer desks or the drawer chests, so that the packaging volumes are reduced; upon arriving at a site, it is needed to assemble the drawers and combine the drawers with the writing desks, the computer desks or the drawer chests, so that field assembly is comparatively tedious and troublesome; particularly for the drawer chests, it is further needed to combine the assembled drawers with main bodies of the drawer chests through sliding rails. It is comparatively difficult for users to operate.

SUMMARY

An objective of the present disclosure is to provide a foldable drawer, which not only facilitates transportation, but also makes field installation simple, convenient and rapid.

In order to achieve the above objective, the present disclosure adopts the following technical solutions:

A foldable drawer is provided with a drawer bottom plate, a left drawer side plate, a right drawer side plate, a drawer back baffle, and a drawer front panel, where the foldable drawer is of a foldable opening and closing structure; and the foldable opening and closing structure of the foldable drawer is as follows: the drawer bottom plate is designed as left and right parts; a turning structure that enables the left and right parts of the drawer bottom plate to turn relative to each other is arranged between the left and right parts of the drawer bottom plate; each part of the drawer bottom plate consists of at least one piece; a turning structure that enables the left drawer bottom plate to turn relative to the left drawer side plate is arranged between the left drawer bottom plate and the left drawer side plate in the left part of the drawer bottom plate, and a turning structure that enables the right drawer bottom plate to turn relative to the right drawer side plate is arranged between the right drawer bottom plate and the right drawer side plate in the right part of the drawer bottom plate, so that the left and right parts of the drawer bottom plate are turned and retracted on inner side of the drawer side plates relative to corresponding drawer side plates during delivery and packaging and are turned and opened to be perpendicular to the drawer side plates during assembly at an installation site of a user; and the left and right parts of the drawer bottom plates are turned and opened relative to the corresponding drawer side plates to jointly form the complete drawer bottom plate.

In the left and right parts of the drawer bottom plate, a turning structure that enables two adjacent drawer bottom plates to turn relative to each other is arranged between the two adjacent drawer bottom plates in each part of the drawer bottom plate.

The drawer back baffle is a single piece; and a turning structure that enables the drawer back baffle to turn relative to the left drawer side plate or the right drawer side plate is arranged between the drawer back baffle and the left drawer side plate or the right drawer side plate, so that the drawer back baffle is turned and retracted on an inner side of the left drawer side plate or the right drawer side plate relative to the left drawer side plate or the right drawer side plate during delivery and packaging, and is turned and opened to be perpendicular to the left drawer side plate or the right drawer side plate during assembly at the installation side of the user.

The drawer back baffle includes left and right parts; the drawer back baffle consists of at least one piece; a turning structure that enables the left drawer back baffle to turn relative to the left drawer side plate is arranged between the left drawer back baffle and the left drawer side plate in the left part of the drawer back baffle, a turning structure that enables the right drawer back baffle to turn relative to the right drawer side plate is arranged between the right drawer back baffle and the right drawer side plate in the right part of the drawer back baffle, and the two parts of the drawer back baffles are respectively turned and retracted on inner sides of the left drawer side plate and the right drawer side plate during delivery and packaging and are turned and opened to be perpendicular to the drawer side plates during assembly at the installation site of the user.

The drawer back baffle consists of a plurality of pieces in articulated connection, and a turning structure that enables the left drawer back baffle to turn relative to the left drawer side plate is arranged between the left drawer back baffle and the left drawer side plate or a turning structure that enables the right drawer back baffle to turn relative to the right drawer side plate is arranged between the right drawer back baffle and the right drawer side plate; and the drawer back baffle is turned and retracted on an inner side of the left drawer side plate or the right drawer side plate during delivery and packaging and is turned and opened to be perpendicular to the drawer side plates during assembly at the installation side of the user.

A drawer front baffle is arranged between the left drawer side plate and the right drawer side plate; the drawer front baffle is a single piece; a turning structure that enables the drawer front baffle to turn relative to the left drawer side plate or the right drawer side plate is arranged between the drawer front baffle and the left drawer side plate or the right drawer side plate; and the drawer front baffle is turned and retracted on an inner side of the left drawer side plate or the right drawer side plate during delivery and packaging and is turned and opened to be perpendicular to the drawer side plate during assembly at the installation site of the user.

A drawer front baffle is arranged between the left drawer side plate and the right drawer side plate; the drawer front baffle includes left and right parts; each part of the drawer front baffle consists of at least one piece; a turning structure that enables the left drawer front baffle to turn relative to the left drawer side plate is arranged between the left drawer front baffle and the left drawer side plate in the left part of the drawer front baffle; a turning structure that enables the right drawer front baffle to turn relative to the right drawer side plate is arranged between the right drawer front baffle and the right drawer side plate in the right part of the drawer front baffle; and the two parts of the drawer front baffles are respectively turned and retracted on inner sides of the left drawer side plate and the right drawer side plate during delivery and packaging and are turned and opened to be perpendicular to the drawer side plates during assembly at the installation site of the user.

A drawer front baffle is arranged between the left drawer side plate and the right drawer side plate; the drawer front baffles consists of a plurality of pieces in articulated connection; a turning structure that enables the left drawer front baffle to turn relative to the left drawer side plate is arranged between the left drawer front baffle and the left drawer side plate, and a turning structure that enables the right drawer front baffle to turn relative to the right drawer side plate is arranged between the right drawer front baffle and the right drawer side plate; and the drawer front baffle is turned and retracted on an inner side of the left drawer side plate or the right drawer side plate during delivery and packaging and is turned and opened to be perpendicular to the drawer side plates during assembly at the installation site of the user.

The turning structure is of an articulated structure or a bendable structure.

According to the foldable drawer provided by the present disclosure, the drawer bottom plate is designed as the left and right parts. The turning structure that enables the left and right parts of the drawer bottom plate to turn relative to each other is arranged between the left and right parts of the drawer bottom plate, and the left and right parts of the drawer bottom plate can be turned and retracted on the inner sides of corresponding drawer side plates during delivery and packaging and are turned and opened to be perpendicular to the corresponding drawer side plates during field assembly; the left and right parts of the drawer bottom plate are turned and opened relative to the drawer side plates to jointly form the completely bottom plate of the drawer main body; the left and right parts of the drawer bottom plates are turned to open or retract, and the opening or retracting of the drawer bottom plates relative to the drawer side plates drives the opening or retracting of the whole drawer; before delivery, the left and right parts of the drawer bottom plate are turned and retracted and the left and right parts of the drawer bottom plate are retracted relative to the corresponding drawer side plates, so that the two drawer side plates are retracted to fold and retract the drawer, and transportation is facilitated; during field installation, it is only needed to pull open the drawer side plates to form the drawer main body, so that the assembly efficiency of the drawer is improved; for the foldable retracted drawer chest, the drawer side plates and the side plates of the chest body are pre-assembled through sliding rails before delivery; during site installation and use, it is only needed to stretch the two side plates of the chest body to form the main body of the chest body, so that the field installation becomes simple, convenient and rapid, and particularly, a complicated installation process of combining the drawer with the side plates of the chest through the sliding rails by the user is omitted.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

The present disclosure is described in detail below in conjunction with drawings and specific embodiments.

As shown in FIG. 1, a foldable drawer is shown. A main body of the foldable drawer is provided with a drawer bottom plate, a left drawer side plate 3-1, a right drawer side plate 3-2, a drawer back baffle 11, and a drawer front panel, the main body of the foldable drawer in the embodiment is a metal thin plate, and the drawer front panel in the embodiment is assembled with the drawer main body at an installation site of a user, which is not shown in the figure; the drawer bottom plate includes left and right parts, and a turning structure that enables the left and right parts of the drawer bottom plate to turn relative to each other is arranged between the left and right parts of the drawer bottom plate; each part of the drawer bottom plate consists of at least one piece and two adjacent drawer bottom plates in the drawer bottom plate in each part are connected in articulated connection; each part in the embodiment consists of one drawer bottom plate; a turning structure that enables the left drawer bottom plate 4-1 to turn relative to the left drawer side plate 3-1 is arranged between the left drawer bottom plate 4-1 and the left drawer side plate 3-1 in the left part of the drawer bottom plate, and a turning structure that enables the right drawer bottom plate 4-2 to turn relative to the right drawer side plate 3-2 is arranged between the right drawer bottom plate 4-2 and the right drawer side plate 3-2 in the right part of the drawer bottom plate, so that the left drawer bottom plate 4-1 and the right drawer bottom plate 4-2 can be turned and retracted on inner sides of the drawer side plates relative to corresponding drawer side plates during delivery and packaging and are turned and opened to be perpendicular to the drawer side plates during assembly at an installation site of a user; a turning structure that enables the left and right parts of the drawer bottom plates to turn is arranged between the left part of the drawer bottom plate, i.e., the left drawer bottom plate 4-1 and the right part of the drawer bottom plate, i.e., the right drawer bottom plate 4-2; the turning structure in the embodiment is of an articulated structure or a bendable structure; in the embodiment, the left drawer bottom plate 4-1 and the right drawer bottom plate 4-2 are respectively articulated with the left drawer side plate 3-1 and the right drawer side plate 3-2 through an articulated shaft 9; articulated plates 6 are arranged between the left drawer bottom plate 4-1 and the right drawer bottom plate 4-2, and there are two articulated plates 6 to form the turning structure that turns relative to each other between the left drawer bottom plate 4-1 and the right drawer bottom plate 4-2; the articulated structure belongs to the prior common art, and has various structural forms; besides the above described articulated structure, a hinge 8 shown in FIG. 2 can also be used for articulating or the left drawer bottom plate 4-1 and the right drawer bottom plate 4-2 are connected by using a flexible material; or as shown in FIG. 3, an articulated rod 7 in articulated connection to the left drawer bottom plate 4-1 is arranged, and the articulated rod 7 is fixedly connected to the right drawer bottom plate 4-2; the left drawer bottom plate 4-1 in articulated connection to the articulated rod is articulated with the left drawer side plate 3-1 through the articulated shaft 9 (the right drawer bottom plate 4-2 is articulated with the right drawer side plate 3-2 through the articulated shaft 9), and the left drawer bottom plate 4-1 is opened or retracted relative to the left drawer side plate 3-1 to drive the right drawer bottom plate 4-2 and the right drawer side plate 3-2 fixedly connected to the articulated rod 7 to be opened or retracted; and there are two articulated rods 7.

In the embodiment, the drawer back baffle 11 is a single piece; a turning structure that enables the drawer back baffle 11 to turn relative to the left drawer side plate 3-1 is arranged between the drawer back baffle 11 and the left drawer side plate 3-1, i.e., an articulated structure or a bendable structure is arranged between the drawer back baffle 11 and the left drawer side plate 3-1, for example, the drawer back baffle 11 is articulated with the left drawer side plate 3-1; and the drawer back baffle 11 is turned and retracted on the inner side of the left drawer side plate 3-1 during delivery and packaging, and is turned and opened to be perpendicular to the drawer side plates during assembly at an installation site of the user.

As shown in FIG. 4, in consideration of the greater width of the drawer, the drawer back baffle is designed as two drawer back baffles in articulated connection; and the drawer back baffle on the left side is articulated with the left drawer side plate 3-1 through the articulated shaft.

As shown in FIG. 5, in consideration of the greater width of the drawer, the drawer back baffle can also be designed as left and right parts. There is at least one drawer back baffle in each part. In the embodiment, each part of the drawer back baffle at least consists of one piece. The drawer back baffle 11 located on the left side is articulated with the left drawer side plate 3-1 and the drawer back baffle 11 located on the right side is articulated with the right drawer side plate 3-2.

The drawer back baffle can also be a structure separated from the main body of the drawer during packaging and transportation, and is then connected to the main body of the drawer after arriving at the installation site of the user.

FIG. 6, FIG. 7, and FIG. 8 show schematic structural diagrams of the foldable drawer in the embodiment applied to a drawer chest. A chest body back panel 2 is articulated with a chest body right plate 1-2; the foldable drawer chest is further provided with a chest body top plate and a lower reinforcing plate. During packaging and transportation after delivery, the chest body top plate and the chest body bottom panel are not assembled with the main body of the chest body, and the drawer front panel is not assembled with the main body of the drawer, which is not shown in the figure; two drawer side plates are connected to the corresponding chest body side plates through sliding rails, the drawer back panel 11 is retracted on the inner side of the left drawer bottom plate 3-1, and the left drawer bottom plate and the right drawer bottom plate are turned and retracted, so that the left drawer bottom plate and the right drawer bottom plate are turned and retracted on the inner sides of the corresponding drawer side plates, and the two drawer side plates are retracted inward to drive the two chest body side plates to retract inward, so as to fold the main body of the chest body (the folding state of the main body of the chest body is shown in FIG. 8); during use at the installation site, the two chest body side plates stretch outward, so that the left and right parts of the drawer bottom plates are turned and opened, and the left and right parts of the drawer bottom plate are opened relative to the corresponding drawer side plates to open the main body of the chest body; the chest body back panel articulated with the chest body right plate is rotated and fixedly connected to the chest body left side plate, and the chest body top plate, the lower reinforcing plate, and the main body of the chest body are assembled to complete installation of the chest body; the drawer back baffle is turned and opened relative to the left drawer bottom plate to be perpendicular to the drawer side plates, and then the main body of the drawer stretches forward along the sliding rail, the drawer front panel and the main body of the drawer are installed, and the main body of the drawer is fastened in a needed part with a fastener to form the complete drawer. The foldable drawer features simple, convenient, and rapid field installation, and a complicated installation process of combining the drawer with the chest body side plate by the user is omitted.

FIG. 9 shows a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of the present disclosure. The main body structure in the embodiment is the same as that in Embodiment 1. In the embodiment, the turning structure between the left drawer bottom plate 4-1 and the right drawer bottom plate 4-2 is of a bendable structure, i.e., a plurality of bent process holes 5 are formed between the left drawer bottom plate 4-1 and the right drawer bottom plate 4-2.

FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 show schematic structural diagrams of Embodiment 3 of the present disclosure. The main body structure in the embodiment is the same as that in Embodiment 1. In the embodiment, the turning structure between the left drawer bottom plate 4-1 and the right drawer bottom plate 4-2 is of an articulated structure. A plurality of bent process holes 5 are formed between the left drawer bottom plate 4-1 and the left drawer side plate 3-1 and between the right drawer bottom plate 4-2 and the right drawer side plate 3-2.

FIG. 12, FIG. 13, and FIG. 14 show schematic structural diagrams of Embodiment 4 of the present disclosure. The main body structure in the embodiment is the same as that in Embodiment 1. In the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, a drawer front baffle is arranged between the two drawer side plates, and the drawer front baffle is a single piece connected to the left drawer side plate 3-1; a turning structure that enables the drawer front baffle 10 to turn relative to the left drawer side plate 3-1 is arranged between the drawer front baffle 10 and the left drawer side plate 3-1; the turning structure is of the articulated structure in Embodiment 1 or the bendable structure in Embodiment 2; and during delivery and packaging, the drawer front baffle 10 is turned and retracted on the inner side of the left drawer side plate and is turned and opened to be perpendicular to the drawer side plates during assembly at the installation site of the user.

As shown in FIG. 13, in consideration of the greater width of the drawer, folding and retracting of the drawer are affected; a plurality of drawer front baffles in articulated connection can also be designed. In the embodiment, two drawer front baffles in articulated connection are designed. A turning structure that enables the drawer front baffle 10 to turn relative to the left drawer side plate 3-1 is arranged between the drawer front baffle on the left side and the left drawer side plate.

As shown in FIG. 14, in consideration of the greater width of the drawer, folding and retracting of the drawer are affected; the drawer front baffle can also be designed as left and right parts, and the drawer back baffle consists of at least one piece. In the embodiment, at least one drawer front baffle 10 in each part, and a turning structure that enables the drawer front baffle to turn relative to the drawer side plates is arranged between each of the two drawer front baffles 10 and the corresponding drawer side plate. The turning structure is of an articulated structure or a bendable structure.

The drawer front baffle 10 can also be a structure separated from the main body of the drawer during packaging and transportation, and is then assembled with the main body of the drawer after arriving at the installation site.

FIG. 15 shows a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 5. The main body structure in the embodiment is the same as Embodiment 1. In the embodiment, each part of the left and right parts of the drawer bottom plate includes two drawer bottom plates, and each part of the two drawer bottom plates is in articulated connection by a hinge; the left drawer bottom plate 4-1 and the left drawer side plate 3-1 in the drawer bottom plate in the left part and the right drawer bottom plate 4-2 and the right drawer side plate 3-2 in the right part of the drawer bottom plate are in articulated connection; and according to different spaces, the left and right parts of the drawer bottom plates of the drawer bottom plate can be designed as follows: the left part has two plates, the right part has three plates, the left part has three plates, the right part has two plates, and the like.