Domed felt furniture slider
AssigneeWaxman Consumer Products Group Inc.
InventorsTianzhe Wang, Jason Sharratt, Andrew Byron Logar
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Abstract
A furniture pad including a body having a floor engaging surface portion and a peripheral edge portion at least partially surrounding the floor engaging surface portion. The peripheral edge portion has a first density and the floor engaging surface portion has a second density, the first density being greater than the second density. The peripheral edge portion extends away from the floor engaging surface portion such that the peripheral edge portion does not contact an associated supporting surface when the floor engaging surface portion is in contact with the associated supporting surface, whereby the peripheral edge portion has a relatively more durable surface as compared to the floor engaging surface portion.
Claims10
A furniture pad for use between a support member of an associated furniture item and an associated supporting surface, the furniture pad comprising:
- a body having a floor engaging surface portion for engaging the associated supporting surface, and a peripheral edge portion at least partially surrounding the floor engaging surface portion, the peripheral edge portion having a first density and the floor engaging surface portion having a second density, the first density being greater than the second density, wherein the peripheral edge portion extends away from the floor engaging surface portion such that the peripheral edge portion does not contact the associated supporting surface when the floor engaging surface portion is in contact with the associated supporting surface, whereby the peripheral edge portion has a relatively more durable surface as compared to the floor engaging surface portion.
A method of making a furniture pad for use between a support member of an associated furniture item and an associated supporting surface comprising providing a felt body having a uniform first density, the felt body having a first shape including a floor engaging surface portion and a peripheral edge portion at least partially surrounding the floor engaging surface portion, and applying at least one of heat or pressure to at least the peripheral edge portion to increase a density of the felt body such that the peripheral edge portion has a second density, the second density being greater than the first density, whereby the felt body has a second shape different than the first shape after applying at least one of heat or pressure to the peripheral edge portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.