RAPPORTEUR PROPOSAL
Project: C472
Class/Subcl.: A47B 88/00
Date: 2015-11-03
This document is based on the Rapporteur Proposal for the EV of Annex 44 and the
discussions thereon as presented in WG34.
The fine proposals of GB for A47B 88/988 and of EP for A47B 88/913 have been
implemented.
Tag
Proposed
IPC
A47B
88/00
Title/concept
88/02
(transferred to A47B 88/70 - A47B 88/75)
88/04
(transferred to A47B 88/40 - A47B 88/477,
A47B 88/50 - A47B 88/53)
88/06
(transferred to A47B 88/48)
88/08
(transferred to A47B 88/49)
88/10
(transferred to A47B 88/493)
88/12
(transferred to A47B 88/483, A47B 88/497)
88/14
(transferred to A47B 88/487, A47B 88/497)
88/16
(transferred to A47B 88/50, A47B 88/57)
88/18
(transferred to A47B 88/60)
N
N
88/20
88/40
88/403
N
88/407
N
88/41
N
88/413
N
88/417
(transferred to A47B 88/969 - A47B 88/994)
• Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor
• • Drawer slides being extractable on two or more sides of
the cabinet
• • Drawers adjustably- or detachably-mounted (A47B88/423
takes precedence)
• • Drawers with castors, rollers or wheels, supported directly
on a surface below, e.g. on a floor, shelf or desktop
• • Drawers slidable into a space provided between furniture
body and floor, e.g. plinth drawers
• • Profiled cabinet walls with grooves or protuberances for
supporting drawers
C
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
Drawers for tables, cabinets or like furniture; Guides for drawers
(A47B63/02 takes precedence; drawers coupled to doors
A47B96/16)
N
88/42
N
N
N
N
88/423
88/427
88/43
88/433
N
N
88/437
88/44
N
88/443
N
88/447
N
88/45
N
N
N
N
N
N
88/453
88/457
88/46
88/463
88/467
88/47
N
88/473
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
88/477
88/48
88/483
88/487
88/49
88/493
88/497
88/50
N
N
N
N
N
88/53
88/57
88/60
88/70
88/75
N
N
N
88/80
88/90
88/906
• • Vertically-oriented drawers, i.e. drawers where the height
exceeds the width
• • Fastening devices for slides or guides
• • • at drawer side
• • • at cabinet side
• • Drawers with a couple of pivotally retractable, rollersupporting arms at the rear of the drawer, e.g. for curved
slides or guides
• • Rollers for slides or guides
• • Sequencing or synchronisation of drawer slides or
functional units
• • • Successive movement of rails within drawer slides, i.e.
at least one rail element is not moving during the
movement of other elements
• • • Simultaneous movement of rails within drawer slides,
i.e. with a coordination of movement with all rail
elements moving at the same time
• • • Synchronisation of cooperating drawer slides, i.e. with a
coordination of the rail movement of different drawer
slides
• • Actuated drawers
• • • operated by electrically-powered actuation means
• • • operated by mechanically-stored energy, e.g. by springs
• • • • self-opening
• • • • self-closing
• • • • having both self-opening and self-closing
mechanisms which interact with each other
• • Braking devices, e.g. linear or rotational dampers or friction
brakes; Buffers; End stops
• • • Buffers; End stops
• • Drawers which can be rotated while or after sliding out
• • with single extensible guides or parts
• • • with rollers, ball bearings, wheels, or the like
• • with double extensible guides or parts
• • • with rollers, ball bearings, wheels, or the like
• • with other guiding mechanisms, e.g. scissor mechanisms
• Safety devices or the like for drawers (special locks adapted
for a plurality of drawers E05B65/46)
• • preventing unintentional closing, e.g. anti-pinch devices
• • preventing complete withdrawal of the drawer
• Tiltably or pivotally arranged drawers
• Coupled drawers
• • the secondary drawer being arranged in or above the
primary drawer
• Concealed drawers
• Constructional details of drawers
• • Drawers being made of one piece of material, e.g. formed
from folded sheet material or moulded
N
88/913
• •
N
88/919
• •
N
N
88/925
88/931
• •
• •
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
88/938
88/944
88/95
88/956
88/963
88/969
88/975
88/981
88/988
88/994
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
C
E05F 5/00
Braking devices, e.g. checks; Stops; Buffers (construction of
pneumatic or liquid braking devices E05F 3/00; combined with
devices for holding wings open E05C 17/00; devices for limiting
opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable
member extending between frame and wing E05C 17/04;
braking devices, buffers, end stops on drawers for tables,
cabinets or like furniture A47B 88/473)
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Drawers in which among the side walls, the rear wall
or the bottom panel, at least one is connected to
another one of these elements through a living hinge
Accessories or additional elements for drawers, e.g.
drawer lighting (drawers having organising or sorting
means A47B88/969)
• Additional side walls mountable on existing side walls
• Rails or rods mounted above the drawer walls, e.g. for
stabilisation of the drawer or for suspension of the
content
• • Means for connecting rails or rods to drawers
Drawers characterised by the front panel
• characterised by connection means for the front panel
• • for enabling adjustment of the front panel
• having sealing means, e.g. gaskets
Drawers having means for organising or sorting the content
• in the form of repositionable partition walls
• in the form of vertical separation posts
• in the form of supports for positioning specific articles
• in the form of trays or inserts
RCL Proposal
Tag
Current IPC
New IPC
Default transfer
C
A47B 88/00
A47B 88/00, A47B 88/90 - A47B 88/963,
A47B 88/53
A47B 88/00
D
A47B 88/02
A47B 88/70 - A47B 88/75
A47B 88/70
D
A47B 88/04
A47B 88/40 - A47B 88/477,
A47B 88/50 - A47B 88/53
A47B 88/40
D
A47B 88/06
A47B 88/48
A47B 88/48
D
A47B 88/08
A47B 88/49
A47B 88/49
D
A47B 88/10
A47B 88/493
A47B 88/493
D
A47B 88/12
A47B 88/483, A47B 88/497
A47B 88/497
D
A47B 88/14
A47B 88/487, A47B 88/497
A47B 88/497
D
A47B 88/16
A47B 88/50, A47B 88/57
A47B 88/57
D
A47B 88/18
A47B 88/60
A47B 88/60
D
A47B 88/20
A47B 88/969 - A47B 88/994
A47B 88/969
D
A47B 88/22
A47B 88/80
A47B 88/80