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US 10,518,577 B1Granted
Caster installation system
AssigneeShepherd Hardware Products, LLC
InventorsJohn Schantz, Derek Hines, Denis Belec
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Abstract
A system includes (i) a caster having a first stem portion with a first stem portion connection configuration; and (ii) a set of second stem portions having an identical second stem portion connection configuration but having outer dimensions differing from outer dimensions of another second stem portion in the set of second stem portions. The caster first stem portion connection configuration is adapted to mate with the second stem portion connection configuration of the second stem portions in the set of second stem portions.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a caster having a first stem portion with a first stem portion connection configuration, and
- a plurality of second stem portions comprising a set of second stem portions, at least two second stem portions in the set of second stem portions having an identical second stem portion connection configuration, at least one second stem portion in the set of second stem portions having outer dimensions differing from outer dimensions of another second stem portion in the set of second stem portions;
- wherein the caster first stem portion connection configuration is adapted to mate with the second stem portion connection configuration of the at least two second stem portions in the set of second stem portions having the identical second stem portion connection configuration.
A method comprising:
- providing a plurality of second stem portions comprising a set of second stem portions wherein at least two second stem portions in the set of second stem portions have an identical second stem portion connection configuration, at least one second stem portion in the set of second stem portions has outer dimensions differing from outer dimensions of another second stem portion in the set of second stem portions;
- and
- directing a user to:
- (i) select the second stem portion from the set of second stem portions having outer dimensions that match a socket of an object;
- and (ii) install the selected second stem portion on a first stem portion of a caster.
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