Foot for molded plastic furniture

A method for inserting an article into a cavity in molded plastic furniture, the cavity defined by a plurality of sidewalls comprised of a first sidewall positioned opposite a second sidewall, the sidewalls comprised of a first plastic having a first hardness and the article having a body and an anchor portion attached to the body, the anchor portion made of one of a second plastic and a metal having a second hardness which is harder than the first hardness, the anchor portion comprised of a base, a projection extending from the base and having an outer surface that defines a cross-sectional shape of the projection;

• and a plurality of wedging surfaces on the outer surface of the projection, the method comprising:
• forming molded plastic furniture by a molding process such that the molded plastic furniture defines the cavity and the first sidewall and the second sidewall of the cavity;
• positioning the anchor portion adjacent the cavity before the sidewalls have fully hardened after the molded plastic furniture has been released from a mold used to make molded plastic furniture;
• applying a force to the anchor portion to cause the anchor portion to move into the cavity, the cavity and the wedging surfaces being sized and positioned so that as the anchor portion moves into the cavity the wedging surfaces cause the first sidewall and the second sidewall to be forced apart from one another to permit movement of the anchor portion into the cavity;
• and
• removing the force from the anchor portion, such that after the force is removed the wedging surfaces will have formed permanent indentations in the first sidewall and the second sidewall.