Furniture glide with rigid arcing sidewall
AssigneeExpanded Technologies Corp.
InventorDennis J. Bushey
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Abstract
A furniture glide is provided as a snap on cap that is mountable on the terminal end of a furniture leg having an outer surface. The furniture glide includes an interior volume having an outer surface and an inner surface defining a cavity for receiving the furniture leg. A sidewall of the cavity may be arced so as to precisely conform to a furniture leg. Matted material is molded into the outer surface of the cup. As a result, the furniture glide may fit snugly and securely without shearing off, though it may still be removable, and the furniture glide may avoid the requirement of adhesives, though adhesives could optionally be used.
Claims22
A furniture glide mountable on a terminal end of a furniture leg having an outer surface, comprising:
- a rigid base having an upper surface, a lower surface and an outer periphery;
- a rigid sidewall arcing upwardly and outwardly from the outer periphery of the base and then inwardly to form an upper lip, the sidewall having an inner surface defining a cavity for receiving the furniture leg and an outer surface;
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- a matted material molded into the lower surface of the base and the outer surface of the sidewall.
A furniture glide mountable on a terminal end of a furniture leg having an outer surface, comprising:
- a base having an upper surface, a lower surface and an outer periphery;
- a sidewall extending upwardly from the outer periphery of the base, the sidewall having an inner surface defining a cavity for receiving the terminal end of the furniture leg, an outer surface, a lower portion adjacent the outer periphery of the base, an upper portion and intermediate portion therebetween;
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- a matted material molded into the lower surface of the base and the outer surface of the sidewall;
- wherein the intermediate portion of the sidewall has a thickness less than a thickness of the upper portion of the sidewall and less than a thickness of the lower portion.
A furniture glide mountable on a terminal end of a furniture leg having an outer surface, comprising:
- a base having an upper surface, a lower surface and an outer periphery, the upper surface including an indentation centrally disposed therein;
- a sidewall extending upwardly from the outer periphery of the base, the sidewall having an inner surface defining a cavity for receiving the terminal end of the furniture leg and an outer surface;
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- a matted material having an inner surface molded into the lower surface of the base and the outer surface of the sidewall, and an outer surface, the outer surface of the matted material including an indentation axially aligned with the indentation in the upper surface of the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.