초록

A reveal is formed on a piece of furniture by fastening a reveal frame to a front edge of a furniture body. The reveal frame is fastened to the body by plural double-ended barbed fasteners that engage both a channel in the reveal frame and a channel formed in the front edge of the body.

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What is claimed is: 1. A furniture article comprising: a main body having a front end with an opening formed therein and a peripheral face surrounding the opening, and a ring-shaped channel formed vertically and horizontally in the peripheral face in surrounding relation to said opening and open to

What is claimed is: 1. A furniture article comprising: a main body having a front end with an opening formed therein and a peripheral face surrounding the opening, and a ring-shaped channel formed vertically and horizontally in the peripheral face in surrounding relation to said opening and open to the front end of said main body; a ring-shaped reveal frame affixed to the peripheral face in overlying and covering relation to said channel; a front panel movably connected to the main body and disposed to overlie the reveal frame; the reveal frame defining therein a rear-opening channel having vertical and horizontal sections which said channel communicates with and overlies the channel in said main body when the reveal frame overlies the peripheral face; and a plurality of double-ended barbed monolithic fasteners engaged at selected spaced locations along the lengths of the frame channel and main body channel and having opposite ends thereof resiliently gripped with the frame channel and the main body channel respectively. 2. The furniture article of claim 1, wherein the front panel comprises a door hingedly connected to the main body. 3. The furniture article of claim 1, wherein the front panel comprises a drawer affixed to the main body via sliders. 4. An article of furniture, comprising: a box-shaped housing defining therein an interior compartment, said housing having a front side provided with a generally rectangular access opening therethrough which communicates with said interior compartment, said front side defining thereon a generally rectangular ring-shaped front face which exteriorly surrounds said access opening; a preassembled, rigid, ring-shaped rectangular frame positioned in abutting engagement with said front face in surrounding relationship to said access opening, said frame protruding outwardly from said front face and having peripheral exterior sides which are positioned in inwardly spaced relation from a respectively adjacent peripheral exterior edge of said front face; said frame being defined by top horizontal, bottom horizontal, right vertical and left vertical elongate frame elements, said frame elements having adjacent ends abutting to define a frame corner, said frame elements adjacent each said corner having grooves opening inwardly from backsides thereof, and a rigid L-shaped corner member associated with each frame corner and fixedly seated within the respective grooves for rigidly joining the adjacent horizontal and vertical frame elements at the corner, each said corner member being totally enclosed within the grooves so as to be hidden from the front side of the frame; a monolithic fastener fixed to each said frame element and having a rear portion which protrudes in a cantilevered fashion rearwardly away from the back side of said frame element, said protruding rear portion of the fastener being constructed of a plastics material having at least limited resiliency to permit the protruding rear portion to have at least limited transverse deflectability relative to the respective frame element, and resiliently deformable barbs protruding sidewardly from said rear portion in spaced relationship thereon; a plurality of recesses opening inwardly from said front face, one of said recesses being associated with and disposed closely adjacent one peripheral edge of the access opening, and a respective one of the protruding rear portions associated with a respective said fastener being inserted into the respective recess so that recess with the barbs being deformed and maintained in stationary gripping engagement with walls defining the respective recess to hold the frame in abutting contact with the front face so that the frame protrudes outwardly therefrom; and a front panel arrangement movably supported on the housing for movement between a closed position wherein the front panel arrangement overlies the access opening, and an open position wherein the front panel is movably displaced to at least partially allow access to the access opening, said front panel arrangement when in said closed position directly overlying said frame in substantially abutting contact with a front face of the frame, said front panel arrangement having edge parts which protrude sidewardly beyond the exterior peripheral side of the frame and cooperate with the frame and the front face to define a circumferential reveal groove which opens sidewardly of the furniture article. 5. A furniture article according to claim 4, wherein the groove associated with each said frame element extends lengthwise throughout the length thereof, and wherein said fastener has a second end portion which is constructed of an elastomeric material and provided with deflectable barbs, said second end portion being oriented to protrude from an end of said fastener opposite said first-mentioned end portion, said second end portion being inserted into the channel of the respective frame element so as to be deformed and effect gripping engagement with side walls of the channel. 6. A furniture article according to claim 5, wherein each L-shaped corner member has ribs thereon which create a deformable interference fit with side walls of the channel to effect fixed seating of the corner member within the channels of the frame elements and to create a rigid fixed interconnection between the frame elements at the frame corner. 7. An article of furniture according to claim 5, wherein the fastener includes a main plate-like body constructed of a stiff plastics material, said body having a length which extends parallel to the channel and which is greater than the width of the body which extends outwardly relative to the channel, the first-mentioned end portion being defined along one edge of the main body with the respective barbs being disposed on opposite sides of the main body and extending lengthwise relative to the free edge thereof, and the other end portion being defined adjacent the other edge of said main body which is positioned within the channel of the respective edge member, the barbs associated with said other edge also being positioned adjacent and extending lengthwise generally parallel to said edge. 8. A furniture article according to claim 7, wherein said main body includes a generally flat platelike portion which is positioned between said first and second end portions and extends throughout the length of the fastener, said center portion permitting relative flexible bending so that the first and second end portions can be sidewardly displaced with respect to one another. 9. A furniture article according to claim 8, wherein each L-shaped corner member has ribs thereon which create a deformable interference fit with side walls of the channel to effect fixed seating of the corner member within the channels of the frame elements and to create a rigid fixed interconnection between the frame elements at the frame corner. 10. An article of furniture according to claim 8, wherein the grooves formed in the front face of the housing extend lengthwise along and generally parallel with the respectively adjacent peripheral edge of the access opening, said grooves as associated with the four peripheral edges of the access opening being interconnected adjacent the corners of the access opening so that the grooves define a continuous groove which encircles the access opening and has a generally rectangular ring-shaped configuration. 11. A furniture article according to claim 4, wherein said front panel arrangement comprises one or more upright door panels which overlie and close off said access opening when in said closed position, each said upright door panel being hingedly connected to said housing to permit the door to swing horizontally between closed and opened positions. 12. A furniture article according to claim 4, wherein said front panel arrangement includes one or more drawer fronts each associated with an upwardly-opening drawer which is mounted for generally horizontal sliding movement relative to said housing, each drawer being positioned within the compartment when the respective drawer front is in the closed position, the drawer projecting at least partially outwardly through the access opening when the respective door front is in an open position wherein it is spaced horizontally forwardly away from the frame. 13. The furniture article of claim 1, wherein said fasteners having elongate, opposite side faces which abuttingly, frictionally engage corresponding portions of opposed interior side faces of said frame channel and said main body channel, said fasteners being selectively engagable at any location along the lengths of said frame channel and said main body channel.