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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6185783 | Garage door roller assembly A garage door roller assembly includes a one-piece, unitary shaft and a one-piece, unitary roller, each composed of a polymeric material and a washer and a pin, each composed of case-hardened steel. The roller includes a sleeve portion having an axial bor... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6154923 | High hold furniture glide A furniture glide includes a ferrule having an upstanding cylindrical side wall defining a ferrule opening for receiving a furniture leg. Four substantially equidistantly spaced, upstanding ribs extend laterally inward from the side wall to a guide surfac... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5991974 | Swiveling furniture glide A furniture glide has a clip having a pair of upstanding arms mounted within a circular ferrule. The ferrule defines a ferrule opening diameter less than the diameter of the clip arms. The clip is sufficiently resiliently deformable to be insertable throu... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5810038 | Medical walker foot with collapsible tip A medical walker foot includes a shell having a base portion for engaging a floor or the ground when weight is applied to the walker and a sleeve portion for receiving the lower end of the medical walker leg. A biasing member is disposed within the shell ... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5765960 | Expansion connector for tubular member A connector comprising a body having a body central bore defining a body axis, one end contoured to conform to a surface of a support member, and another end shaped to coaxially abut a free end of a hollow member. An expansion element is carried by the bo... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5711335 | Medical walker foot with collapsible tip A medical walker foot includes a shell having a base portion for engaging a floor or the ground when weight is applied to the walker and a sleeve portion for receiving the lower end of the medical walker leg. A cup-like urethane cushion is disposed within... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5686700 | Adjustable cable management grommet An adjustable management grommet for routing cables, wires, and the like, through a surface having an integrally formed body with a cylindrical shell and a planar wall at one end thereof, and an integrally formed circular cover rotatably mounted in snap f... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5042764 | Self-leveling furniture glide The free end of each leg of a chair, desk, or table has a glide member secured thereto for resiliently distributing at least the neutral weight of the furniture onto a floor. The glide has a base for contacting the floor and a rivet assembly engaging the ... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4876782 | Apparatus for attaching a glide to a chair leg A fixture engages each leg of a chair leg assembly to support each leg against longitudinal displacement along respective leg axes. A ram and associated drive member are mounted opposite each leg free end so that each ram axis is substantially aligned wit... | 10/31/1989 |
