FR2588425A1 - Skirting board having an upper compartment - Google Patents

Abstract

This relates to a skirting board 10 whose body 11 forms, longitudinally, at least one compartment 12 which, opening at the front, has its concavity facing forwards. According to the invention, this body 11 also forms, at its upper part, at least one additional compartment 22 which, separate from the previous compartment or compartments, opens laterally and has its concavity facing upwards. Application, especially, to the supply of apparatuses embedded in the wall itself, along the base of which the skirting board 10 runs.

Description

"Skirting board with upper compartment"
The present invention relates generally to plinths, that is to say chutes which, intended for housing any electrical conductors or other conduits, or any pipes or other pipes, and for their protection, are installed at the base of a wall, close to the ground.

 Overall, such a plinth comprises a body, which forms one or more compartments longitudinally, and a cover, which, suitable for being attached to this body, for example by simple snap-fastening, is capable of closing the compartment or compartments formed by it. .

 To date, these compartments always open on the front, that is to say on the front face of the plinth body, their concavity being directed towards the front.

 This arrangement is usually satisfactory because, most often, the devices to be served are located at a distance from the wall & the base of which is applied such a plinth.

 But it is less suitable if, on the contrary, such a device is installed on the same wall.

 This is the case, for example, for certain heating appliances, and in particular for certain convectors, whether the supply thereof is made by electrical conductors or whether it is carried out by hot water pipes.

 Indeed, in this case, for the service of the device, which is therefore inevitably located above the plinth, the conductor or the pipe proper to the supply of this device must inevitably end up on the front face of the plinth , on which is established, for its connection to the conductor or the underlying pipe, an appropriate connection accessory.

 Besides that this conductor or this supply pipe then inevitably forms, in order to go up thus on the apparatus to be served, a particularly bulky and expensive loop, since, perpendicular to the plinth, and therefore to the wall, at one of its ends , it is most often substantially parallel & this one at its other end, it inevitably constitutes, with the corresponding connection accessory, a hindrance for serving other devices from this same front face of the plinth.

 The present invention generally relates to a provision which, by making it possible to avoid these drawbacks, appreciably widens the field of use and application of the plinths concerned.

 More specifically, it relates to a plinth, of the kind whose body longitudinally forms at least one compartment, which, opening on the front, has its concavity directed towards the front, this plinth being generally characterized in that that said body also forms, at its upper part, at least one additional compartment, which, distinct from the previous one, opens laterally and has its concavity turned upwards.

 The additional compartment thus provided according to the invention on the upper edge of the plinth is particularly suitable for serving appliances located on the same wall & the base of which runs this plinth.

 For the service of this device, it suffices in fact a vertical ascent of the conductor or the corresponding supply pipe, without penalizing the connection capacities offered elsewhere on the front by such a plinth.

 The characteristics and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the description which follows, with reference to the appended schematic drawing, the single figure of which is a partial perspective view of a plinth according to the invention.

 As illustrated in this figure, the plinth 10 according to the invention is of the type whose body 11 forms longitudinally at least one compartment 12, which, opening on the front, has its concavity directed towards the front.

 In the embodiment more particularly shown, two compartments 12 are thus provided, parallel to one another, in the body 11, being separated from each other by an internal partition 13.

 But it goes without saying that the number of these compartments 12 is in fact arbitrary.

 It goes without saying, moreover, that, more generally, the number of these compartments, their transverse profile, and their structure are, for the most part, without affecting the very object of the present invention.

 As well, the body 11 will not be described in detail here.

 It will suffice to indicate that, overall, its transverse profile is inscribed in a quadrangular contour, that it comprises, at its back, a substantially flat sole 14, by which it is adapted to be applied to the wall to be fitted, and that each of its compartments 12 is individually capable of being closed by a particular cover 14.

 In the embodiment shown, the covers 14 each have a width less than that of the corresponding compartment 12, and, by side wings 15, they snap into snap-in tabs 16 provided for this purpose, parallel to the side walls of the compartments 12, at the end of returns 17 perpendicular thereto.

 From place to place, whenever necessary, the covers 14 are interrupted locally and give way to connection accessories 20, socket outlets for example, as shown, or others.

 These connection accessories 20 are themselves suitably connected to the underlying conductors present in the corresponding compartments 12.

 In order not to overheat the figure, these conductors have not been shown on it.

 The various preceding arrangements are moreover well known in themselves, and, not pertaining to the present invention, they will therefore not be described in detail here.

 It is the same with regard to the flap of flexible material 21 which, in the embodiment shown, is present at the base of the body 11, along the front edge thereof.

 According to the invention, in addition to the compartments 12 opening on the front, the body It also forms, at its upper part, at least one additional compartment 22, which, distinct from the previous ones, opens laterally and has its concavity turned upwards.

 In the embodiment shown, a single additional compartment 22 is thus provided, and this extends transversely over the entire width, or depth of the body 11.

 In practice, this additional compartment 22 has for sole 23 the corresponding side wall of the adjacent compartment 12, and it has, each arranged respectively on either side of this sole 23, two side walls 24, one of which extends in the plane of the previous sole 14, in continuity with the latter, and the other of which extends itself in the plane of the returns 17 of the side walls of the compartments 12, and therefore in that of the covers 14 associated with the latter.

 In the embodiment shown, the side walls 24 of the additional compartment 22 provided according to the invention have themselves, along their free edge, returns 25, and, in the plane of these returns 25, between them, can be installed, for closing this additional compartment 22, a cover 26.

 Usually, this cover 26 is secured to the body 11 by snap-fastening.

 For example, and in a similar manner to the arrangements mentioned above for the compartments 12, the cover 26 can have two wings 27 laterally suitable for snapping onto tabs 28 provided for this purpose, at the end of the returns 25, generally parallel to the corresponding side walls 24.

In the embodiment shown, the cover 26 has in practice a profile of the type of those called "hat", and, in correspondence, the tongues 28 have a configuration in hook proper to the snap-fastening of the ends, opposite one to the other, side wings of such a cover 26.
Be that as it may, the additional compartment 22 thus provided according to the invention is particularly suitable for serving any appliance or apparatus installed on the same wall at the base of which the plinth 10 runs.

 It may be, for example, as schematically and partially shown in broken lines in the figure, a convector 30.

 In the illustrated embodiment, the service of this convector 30 is done with electrical conductors 31, which run for this purpose in the compartment 22, and which has been assured vertically a rise to the right of the convector 30, at the favor of a local interruption of the cover 26 of this compartment 22.

 It goes without saying, however, that this service could as well be done by pipes suitable for circulation of hot water.

 Anyway, and as shown schematically in broken lines in the figure, it can advantageously be provided, at the base of the convector 30, a hole 32, which, for protection of the electrical conductors or the corresponding hot water pipes , comes to cover the passage that household 26 covers for them.

 Of course, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described and shown, but encompasses any variant.

 In particular, the additional compartment provided according to the invention can also be partitioned longitudinally by one or more internal walls and / or it can thus be provided parallel to each other several additional compartments each opening laterally upwards.

 Anyway, the body of the plinth according to the invention advantageously remains a profile, and, if desired, it can therefore advantageously be produced in the usual manner by extrusion, and in particular by extrusion of a synthetic material or a metal or metal alloy.

Claims (2)

 1. Plinth, of the kind whose body (11) forms longitudinally at least one compartment (12), which, opening on the front, has its concavity directed towards the front, characterized in that said body (11) also forms, its upper part, at least one additional compartment (22), which, distinct from the previous one, opens laterally and has its concavity turned upwards.  2. Plinth according to claim 1, characterized in that said additional compartment (22) extends transversely over the entire length, or depth, of the body (11).