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US 11,135,873 B2Granted
Caster
AssigneeSTEINCO Paul vom Stein GmbH
InventorThorsten Roedel
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Abstract
A caster for equipment and furniture, the caster comprising a support element including a top element and a base element, wherein the top element includes an attachment bolt configured to attach the caster and the base element includes a wheel axle that supports at least one wheel, wherein a replaceable substantially circumferential one-piece support element cover made from a synthetic material that provides a continuous design surface is arranged at the support element.
Claims2
A caster for equipment and furniture, the caster comprising:
- a support element including a top element and a base element,
- wherein the top element includes an attachment bolt including an attachment bolt axis and configured to attach the caster at the equipment and the furniture and the base element includes a wheel axle that defines a wheel axis and supports at least one wheel so that the base element swivels about the attachment bolt axis and the wheel rotates about the wheel axis,
- wherein a replaceable substantially circumferential one-piece support element cover integrally made from a synthetic material that provides a continuous design surface is arranged at the support element,
- wherein the replaceable substantially circumferential one-piece support element cover includes two circular wheel cover portions that are connected by a flexible centerpiece,
- wherein the two circular wheel cover portions cover the support element and circular portions of the wheel, and
- wherein the flexible centerpiece is bent about a bending axis that is parallel to the attachment bolt axis when the replaceable substantially circumferential one-piece support element cover is fixed at two sides of the support element that face in opposite directions with respect to the wheel axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.