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US 6,385,814 B1Granted
Tamper-resistant, adjustable table glide
AssigneeRichard B. Karl
InventorTroy Richard Krumwiede
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Abstract
A tamper-resistant, adjustable table glide fits to the leg of a table in a permanent manner, while still permitting a height adjustment of the table, and hence permitting the table top to be levelled.
Claims18
A table glide adapted for a permanent attachment to a leg of a table comprising:
- (a) a mounting member being secured to a floor contact member;
- (b) the mounting member being adapted to secure the floor contact member to the leg;
- (c) the mounting member including an outer threaded cylinder and a threaded glide mount;
- (d) the mounting member being adapted to cooperate with a securing means on the leg in order to permanently secure the floor contact member to the leg and to form the table glide;
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- (e) the outer threaded cylinder being adapted to provide a positioning means for the floor contact member;
- (f) the outer threaded cylinder being hollow;
- (g) the outer threaded cylinder having inner threads and outer threads;
- (h) the threaded glide mount having a tamper proof head and a threaded member;
- and
- (j) the threaded member being adapted to fit into threaded relation with a threaded insert mounted within the table leg.
8 more elements
A table leg for a table with a table glide permanently secured to the table leg comprising:
- (a) the table leg including a leg tube with a closure member;
- (b) the closure member having an end cap and a travel cylinder;
- (c) the end cap having the travel cylinder extending therefrom;
- (d) the leg tube receiving the travel cylinder;
- (e) the end cap stopping the closure member with the travel cylinder in the leg tube;
- (e) the end cap being secured to the leg tube in order to secure the closure member in the leg tube;
- (f) the travel cylinder having a threaded insert in a side thereof;
- (g) a leg tube aperture communicating with a threaded aperture;
- (h) the table glide having a mounting member secured to a floor contact member;
- (i) the threaded insert receiving the mounting member;
- (j) the mounting member being adapted to secure the floor contact member to the leg;
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- (k) the table glide being secured to the table leg.
10 more elements
In a table having at least one leg and at least one table glide mounted on the at least one leg;
- the improvement comprising:
- (a) the at least one table glide having a mounting member and a floor contact member adapted for a permanent attachment of the at least one cable glide to the at least one leg of a table;
- (b) the mounting member being secured to the floor contact member;
- (b) the mounting member being adapted to permanently secure the floor contact member to the leg;
- (c) the mounting member including an outer threaded cylinder and a threaded glide mount;
- (d) the mounting member being adapted cooperate with a securing means on the leg in order to permanently secure the floor contact member to the leg and to form the table glide;
- and
- (e) the outer threaded cylinder being adapted to provide a positioning means for the floor contact member;
- (f) the outer threaded cylinder being hollow;
- (g) the outer threaded cylinder having inner threads and outer threads;
- (h) the threaded glide mount having a tamper proof head and a threaded member;
- and
- (i) the threaded member being adapted to fit into threaded relation with a threaded insert mounted within the table leg.
10 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.