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US 2006/0231702 A1Published application
Furniture Glide
AssigneeACP, Inc.
InventorAlbert Straus
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Abstract
A furniture glide is mountable on the foot of a furniture leg. The glide is constructed around a glide base having an inner portion and foot support surface. A plurality of spring fingers positioned on the glide base have attached and distal ends. The distal ends extend in an inward direction toward the inner portion of the glide base. The distal ends also extend in an outward direction away from the foot support surface. The positioning of heads at about the distal end of each spring finger allows the spring fingers to receive an outward expansion force when the foot is moved toward the foot support surface. The spring fingers are positioned to move in an inward direction toward the inner portion of the glide base to lock the foot to the furniture glide when the foot contacts the foot support surface.
Claims73
A furniture glide comprising:
- a glide base having an inner portion and a foot support surface;
- a plurality of spring fingers, each said spring finger being positioned on said glide base and having an attached end connected to said glide base, each said spring finger having a distal end extending in an inward direction toward said inner portion of said glide base, each said distal end further extending in an outward direction away from said foot support surface;
- a head positioned at about said distal end of each said spring finger, each said head being positioned to receive an outward expansion force from a foot to move at least one of said spring fingers in an outward direction away from said inner portion of said glide base when the foot is moved toward said foot support surface;
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- said spring fingers being positioned to move in an inward direction toward said inner portion of said glide base to engage and lock the foot to said furniture glide when the foot contacts said foot support surface.
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A furniture glide comprising:
- a glide base having an outer portion, an inner portion, and a foot support surface;
- a plurality of spring fingers, each said spring finger being flexibly positioned on said glide base and having an attached end connected to said outer portion of said glide base, each said spring finger having a distal end extending in an inward direction toward said inner portion of said glide base, each said distal end further extending in an outward arcuate direction away from said foot support surface;
- a head positioned at about said distal end of each said spring finger, each said head being positioned to receive an outward expansion force from a foot to move at least one of said spring fingers in an outward direction away from said inner portion of said glide base when the foot is moved toward said foot support surface;
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- said spring fingers being positioned to move in an inward direction toward said inner portion of said glide base to engage and lock the foot to said furniture glide when the foot contacts said foot support surface.
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A furniture glide comprising:
- a glide base having an inner portion and a foot support surface, said foot support surface having an indentation for receiving a foot;
- a plurality of spring fingers, each said spring finger being positioned on said glide base and having an attached end connected to said glide base, each said spring finger having a distal end extending in an inward direction toward said inner portion of said glide base, each said distal end further extending in an outward direction away from said foot support surface;
- a head positioned at about said distal end of each said spring finger, each said head being positioned to receive an outward expansion force from the foot to move at least one of said spring fingers in an outward direction away from said inner portion of said glide base when the foot is moved toward said foot support surface;
- said spring fingers being positioned to move in an inward direction toward said inner portion of said glide base to engage and lock the foot to said furniture glide when the foot contacts said foot support surface, said foot support surface allowing the foot to exert shear forces against said glide base when the foot is moved across a floor.
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A furniture glide cap comprising:
- a glide base having an outer portion, an inner portion, and a foot support surface;
- a plurality of spring fingers, each said spring finger being flexibly positioned on said glide base and having an attached end connected to said outer portion of said glide base, each said spring finger having a distal end extending in an inward direction toward said inner portion of said glide base, each said distal end further extending in an outward arcuate direction away from said foot support surface, each of said spring fingers comprises a flexible molded material having a memory shape, said spring fingers being positioned about equidistantly in 90-degree increments around said outer portion;
- an indentation positioned on said foot support surface for receiving said foot;
- a head positioned at about said distal end of each said spring finger, each said head being positioned to receive an outward expansion force from a foot to move at least one of said spring fingers in an outward direction away from said inner portion of said glide base when the foot is moved toward said foot support surface;
- said memory shape causing each of said spring fingers to move in an inward direction toward said inner portion of said glide base to engage and lock the foot to said furniture glide when the foot contacts said foot support surface;
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- a floor contact surface of said glide base including a low-friction producing material that minimizes noise and damage when said furniture glide drags against a floor while engaging the foot.
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A furniture glide cap comprising:
- a glide base having an outer portion, an inner portion, and a foot support surface;
- a plurality of spring fingers, each said spring finger being flexibly positioned on said glide base and having an attached end connected to said outer portion of said glide base, each said spring finger having a distal end extending in an inward direction toward said inner portion of said glide base, each said distal end further extending in an outward arcuate direction away from said foot support surface, each of said spring fingers comprises a flexible molded material having a memory shape, said spring fingers being positioned about equidistantly in 90-degree increments around said outer portion;
- an indentation positioned on said foot support surface for receiving a foot;
- a head positioned at about said distal end of each said spring finger, each said head being positioned to receive an outward expansion force from the foot to move at least one of said spring fingers in an outward direction away from said inner portion of said glide base when the foot is moved toward said foot support surface;
- said memory shape causing each of said spring fingers to move in an inward direction toward said inner portion of said glide base to engage and lock the foot to said furniture glide when the foot contacts said foot support surface, said foot support surface allowing the foot to exert shear forces against said glide base when the foot is moved across a floor;
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- a floor contact surface of said glide base including a low-friction producing material that minimizes noise and damage when said furniture glide drags against the floor while engaging the foot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.