Arranging a contact-activated switch unit in a front panel of a piece of furniture or a household appliance

There is an arrangement of a switching device (9) connected to the contact-activatable switching unit in a front plate (2) of a relative to a furniture body (3) electromechanically driven furniture part a piece of furniture (1), in particular an office or kitchen furniture or a household appliance, wherein the switching unit several contact-activated sensors (4, 5, 6, 7) which are covered in a cavity of the front plate (2) are arranged, wherein the cavity of the front plate (2) is dimensioned larger than the volume of the sensors (4, 5, 6, 7) and that the sensors (4, 5, 6, 7) are arranged freely positioned in the cavity of the front plate (2).