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Kitchen furniture item having a variable worktop or tabletop

US12035804B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Bulthaup GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

Marc Oliver Eckert · Bodenkirchen, DE
Ulrich Spohde · Bodenkirchen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 20, 2019
Grant date	Jul 16, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 6, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA47B2220/0077
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention relates to a kitchen furniture item having a horizontal worktop or tabletop and a substructure which holds the worktop, wherein the worktop or tabletop is built up in modular fashion from at least two panel parts which are releasably connected to one another along common lateral edges, wherein at least one of the panel parts is a functional panel part which is provided with a treatment. The invention further relates to a method for integrating a functional panel part into a worktop or tabletop of such a kitchen furniture item and to a method for replacing one panel part of a worktop or tabletop of such a kitchen furniture item with another panel part.

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