Roller assembly
AssigneeStefan B. Andren
InventorsStefan B. Andren, Jeff Ray Miller
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Abstract
A hardware system for mounting a structure includes at least one roller assembly and a base surface. A roller assembly includes a substantially round outer ring, a substantially round inner ring, and a frame that structurally engages at least a portion of a side surface of the inner ring. The frame and the side surface of the inner ring remain stationary with respect to each other when the outer ring rotates about its axis of rotation. One or more roller assembl(ies) may be included within a hardware system for mounting a structure such as a door panel, a window panel, a window covering, a decoration or the like that is able to be rolled along a base surface by the roller assembly.
Claims19
A roller assembly for rolling a structure along a base surface, the roller assembly, comprising:
- a substantially round outer ring defining an axis of rotation for the outer ring, wherein the outer ring is operable to roll along the base surface;
- a substantially round inner ring operably received within and engaging the outer ring so as to allow the outer ring to rotate about the axis of rotation, the inner ring operably engaging the outer ring;
- a frame operably secured to the inner ring at an inner ring engaging portion such that the inner ring engaging portion and the frame remain stationary with respect to each other when the outer ring rotates about the axis of rotation;
- and,
- said inner ring straddles the axis of rotation of the outer ring to define a first side and an opposite second sides of the axis of rotation of the inner ring, and said inner ring engaging portion is only connected on one of the first and second sides of the axis of rotation of the inner ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.