Patent ID: 8449050

Claim:
An article of furniture comprising: a furniture carcass; a carrier element mounted to said furniture carcass, said carrier element having an electric supply line extending along a longitudinal axis of said carrier element, said electric supply line being connected to an external current source; a movable furniture portion movable with respect to said furniture carcass; a current consumer mounted to said movable furniture portion; a power supply unit releasably mounted to said carrier element at any location along said electric supply line extending along said longitudinal axis of said carrier element, said power supply unit including piercing pins configured to contact said electric supply line when said power supply unit is releasably mechanically attached to said carrier element so that said power supply unit is automatically electrically connected to said electric supply line; an ejector device releasably mounted to said carrier element, said ejector device being configured to move said movable furniture portion, and said ejector device having piercing pins for contacting said electric supply line; a chargeable current storage device mounted to said movable furniture portion; wherein said power supply unit and said current storage device are configured such that: when said movable furniture portion is in a closed position, said power supply unit electrically connects to said current storage device so as to electrically charge said current storage device; and when said movable furniture portion is in an opened position, said power supply unit electrically disconnects from said current storage device; and wherein said current storage device is electrically connected to said current consumer so as to supply said current consumer with electric current when said movable furniture portion is in the opened position.