Glide assembly system
AssigneeJasper Seating Company Inc.
InventorsJeremy S. Kibby, Michael R. Shields
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a glide assembly to connect adjacent furniture legs on items such as, for example, chairs or tables. For example, chairs can have a glide assembly attached at the bottom of each of its front legs or to all of its legs, or a table can have a glide attached to some or all of its legs. Each glide may have a magnet that, when mated with adjacent glide's magnet, connects the chair legs and/or table legs together, without requiring tools or mechanical fasteners to connect or disconnect. The magnets used to connect the chairs and tables together allows one to easily attach or detach chairs and/or tables. Use of male/female glide assemblies increases the resistance to accidental disconnection.
Claims13
A glide assembly system to connect adjacent furniture legs, comprising:
- a. a male glide assembly having a body, the body having a curved bottom portion, the body having an upward extending leg insertion portion and a receptacle extending transverse to the leg insertion portion, the receptacle having a receptacle depth from the receptacle's interior outward;
- a magnet assembly having a metal cup having an exterior cup depth and an interior cup depth, the metal cup having a bottom and a wall portion, the wall portion having a non-metallic spacer on the wall portion's interior wall portion, the metal cup receiving a magnet therein, the magnet attached to the bottom of the metal cup and abutting the non-metallic spacer, the magnet having a magnet depth, the magnet depth being less than the interior cup depth of the metal cup, the magnet assembly received into the receptacle of the male glide assembly, the receptacle depth being less than the exterior cup depth of the metal cup;
- b. a female glide assembly having a body, the body having a curved bottom portion, the body having an upward extending leg insertion portion and a receptacle extending transverse to the leg insertion portion, the receptacle having a receptacle depth from the receptacle's interior outward;
- a magnet assembly having a metal cup having an exterior cup depth and an interior cup depth, the metal cup having a bottom and a wall portion, the wall portion having a non-metallic spacer on the wall portion's interior wall portion, the metal cup receiving a magnet therein, the magnet attached to the bottom of the metal cup and abutting the non-metallic spacer, the magnet having a magnet depth, the magnet depth being less than the interior cup depth of the metal cup, the magnet assembly received into the receptacle of the female glide assembly, the receptacle depth being more than the exterior cup depth of the metal cup;
- c. where the metal cup of the male glide assembly is configured to engage the metal cup of the female glide assembly and prevent the male and female glide assembly magnets from touching, and also prevent the male and female glide assembly receptacles from touching.
A glide assembly system to connect adjacent furniture legs, comprising:
- a. a male glide assembly having a body, the body having a curved bottom portion, the body having an upward extending leg insertion portion configured for insertion into a furniture leg and a receptacle extending transverse to the leg insertion portion, the receptacle having a receptacle depth from the receptacle's interior outward;
- b. a female glide assembly having a body, the body having a curved bottom portion, the body having an upward extending leg insertion portion configured for insertion into a furniture leg and a receptacle extending transverse to the leg insertion portion, the receptacle having a receptacle depth from the receptacle's interior outward;
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- c. at least one of the male glide assembly or the female glide assembly having a magnet assembly having a metal cup having an exterior cup depth and an interior cup depth, the metal cup having a bottom and a wall portion, the wall portion having a non-metallic spacer on the wall portion's interior wall portion, the metal cup receiving a magnet therein, the magnet attached to the bottom of the metal cup and abutting the non-metallic spacer, the magnet having a magnet depth, the magnet assembly received into the glide assembly receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.