Domestic appliance comprising a support system

US8123315B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH · DE
• MIELE & CIE. KG · DE

Inventors

• Fritz Hägele · Herbrechtingen, DE
• Karl-Friedrich Laible · Langenau, DE
• Frank Placke · Bielefeld, DE
• Ulrich Schlander · Nersingen, DE
• Matthias Stahl · Zirndorf, DE
• Ulrich van Pels · Rheda-Wiedenbrück, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 21, 2008
• Grant date: Feb 28, 2012
• Expiry date: Aug 12, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/53
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A cupboard-type domestic appliance is provided having an interior in which a height-adjustable support system is mounted. The support system includes a vertical rail provided with a plurality of snap-in recesses and a supporting arm that has a plurality of projections each of which engages with one of the snap-in recesses. The rail includes a profiled element that is immobilized on a wall via an at least one fastener and a strip is provided that can be vertically displaced in the profiled element between a position in which the at least one fastener is accessible through an opening on one side of the profiled element that faces away from the wall and another position in which the at least one fastener is concealed behind the strip.