Glide castors
AssigneesMichael Joseph James, William Holroyd Thomas Baggs
InventorMichael Joseph James
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Abstract
A glide castor comprises a two-part body assembly consisting of lower and upper mouldings fitted together. The lower moulding has a convex bottom ground-engaging surface and an integral upstanding boss with a bore for a mounting spindle. The upper moulding is of cap-like form and seats on a peripheral seating on the lower moulding. An integral inwardly projecting lip of the upper moulding provides snap-on engagement with said boss, thereby to hold the two mouldings together as an assembly.
Claims8
A glide castor comprising a lower moulding with a convex bottom ground-engaging surface, said lower moulding having an integral upstanding boss with a bore for a mounting spindle, and an upper cap-like moulding which seats on a peripheral seating on the lower moulding, said upper moulding being formed for snap-on engagement with said upstanding boss of said lower moulding thereby to hold the lower and upper mouldings together as a two-part body assembly;
- wherein said upper moulding is a shell of substantially uniform thickness apart from a region of the upper moulding surrounding and which snaps on to said upstanding boss fo said lower moulding;
- and wherein said region of the upper moulding is formed as an interval boss of annular form and constant wall thickness, said interval boss fitting closely around said upstanding bass of said lower moulding.
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