Combined chair glide and coupler
AssigneeHon Industries Inc.
InventorsCraig H. Schultz, Ogden R. Olson
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Abstract
A coupling member for coupling two tubular members together includes an attachment portion and a coupling portion formed integrally therewith. The attachment portion includes a member which partially wraps around the tubular member and forms a glide. The coupling portion includes a male coupling element juxtaposed next to a female coupling element. The male coupling element is receivable within a female element of a second identical coupling member and the female coupling element receives a male coupling element of the second coupling member. By this configuration, identical coupling members may be snapped to respective tubular base frames of two chairs to gang the chairs together when the coupling members are mated.
Claims9
A combined chair glide and coupler member comprising:
- an attachment portion configured for attachment of said chair glide and coupler member to a horizontal portion of a tubular base member of a chair with a surface of said attachment portion providing a floor glide for said base member;
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- a coupling portion extending laterally from said attachment portion and including a male projecting element juxtaposed next to a female recess element;
- said male and female coupling elements being dimensioned and configured to mate with corresponding female and male coupling elements, respectively, of a second like chair glide and coupler member and said coupler elements being juxtaposed next to each other along an axis disposed generally parallel to said tubular base member when said chair glide and coupler is attached thereto, wherein said respective coupling elements are mated by relative movement of two said chair glide and coupler members in a direction generally normal to the plane of a floor on which said base member of said chair is supported.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.