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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7516513 | Adjustable engagement glide device and method An adjustable engagement glide is quickly and removably engaged with tubular products to finish the product end and function as a cap, foot, bumper, or scratch protector on products such as furniture, shop and transportation products, and racks and displays. Engagem... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7404232 | Furniture glide assembly A glide assembly is adapted to be removably mounted to the free end of a leg of a piece of furniture. The glide assembly includes a body defining a bore extending partially through the body to define an interior surface and an opened end of the body. An insert is re... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7350269 | Adjustable caster and leveling assembly An adjustable caster comprising a reversible mounting bracket offering added flexibility in adjusting the height of the caster and configured to removably attach to a structure to be supported by the adjustable caster; an internally threaded sleeve mounted to and ex... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7237302 | Wrap around furniture guide A furniture glide is provided for mounting to a leg of a piece of furniture. The furniture glide having an inner surface for engaging a bottom of the leg of the piece of furniture and an outer surface for engaging a supporting surface. A first and second sidewalls p... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234200 | Furniture glide assembly A glide assembly is adapted to be mounted to the free end of a leg of a piece of furniture. The glide assembly includes a body defining an exterior and a bore extending partially through the body to define a hollow interior surface and an open end of the body. An in... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231690 | Furniture glide with tubular flanged grommet fastener A furniture glide is provided for mounting on a terminal end of a furniture leg. The furniture glide includes a slider having an upper surface and a generally arcuate lower surface for engaging a supporting surface. A generally tubular fastener extends from the uppe... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7043780 | Supporting foot of a baby mesh bed A baby mesh bed includes a supporting foot, which is connected to the frame, and which includes a main body, and an ornamental cover; an upright rod part of the frame is inserted in the main body, and a connecting element is passed through the upright rod part and t... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7028808 | Device and method for assisting in the movement of a ladder A device and method for improving the mobility of a ladder. The device includes slide pads that attach to the bottom ends of a ladder's rails. In this manner, the slide pads are interposed between the bottom of the ladder rails and the ground when the ladder is erec... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6944910 | Caster wheel assembly with anti-flutter control A caster wheel assembly for a wheeled device, such as a wheelchair, includes a housing suitable for connection to a wheeled device, a caster fork configured to mount a caster wheel for rotation, and a caster bolt connected to the caster fork and inserted into the ho... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6938301 | Bed frame A bed frame includes a base frame, an articulated support decks, an intermediate frame positioned between the base frame and the articulated support deck, and an auto-contour mechanism. The articulated support deck includes head, seat and foot deck portions. When en... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6932314 | Sleeves for use in systems for supporting platform-like objects on casters and posts Sleeves for use in systems for supporting platform-like objects on casters and posts and described. The sleeves support caster-and-post junctions and inhibit deformation of the stems of the casters and the ends of posts in directions radially outward from the longit... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6910246 | Furniture leg glide A novel furniture leg glide is disclosed for reducing a screeching sound made by a furniture leg being dragged across a floor. The furniture leg glide is formed from a hollow body portion having an end cap disposed thereon with a flexible coupling formed along the h... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6886216 | Caster leg assembly with adjustment locking means The caster leg assembly has a slidable collar mounted on a shank that is threaded onto a stud fixed within a hollow table leg. A resiliently deformable ring is positioned between a shoulder on the shank and an inwardly turned end of the leg. A locking nut is threade... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6866338 | Chair stacker apparatus A chair includes a seat and a seat frame including several legs. Bumpers are coupled to the legs and arranged to separate one chair from an underlying chair in a stack of chairs. ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6810561 | On a wheel of a rack A wheel of a rack consists of a wheel support, a sleeve inserted into a tube of a rack, a supporting member joined to both the sleeve and a top of the wheel support, and a screw projecting from the supporting member and screwed into the sleeve; a step-shaped portion... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6796001 | Height adjustable support for food service equipment A height adjustable support is provided for supporting food service equipment and the like at different elevations above a supporting floor. The support comprises a floor engaging member such as a leg or caster that has a threaded upright stud and a coupling having ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6754934 | Lower surface structure for furniture cap and glide A furniture cap or glide that is secured to a leg of an article of furniture, wherein the cap or glide defines an axis and has a lower surface and a sidewall spaced from the axis. The lower surface has a plurality of inner protrusions, a plurality of outer protrusio... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6637072 | Castored base for an office chair A castored base (18) for an office chair includes a plurality of radially extending legs (300), each leg having a socket or sleeve (308) fixed thereto adjacent an outer end thereof. A castor (302/402) is connected to each socket or sleeve (308), each cast... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6510648 | Coaster for shielding against crawling arthropods A holder for isolating an article from a surface is comprised of a receiving member for retaining an article in a position removed from a surface. A crawling arthropod-deterring component is applied at least adjacent to lower periphery of the receiving me... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6478270 | Foot support The adjustable foot support has an internally threaded plastic housing and an externally threaded plastic tubular toe which is threaded into the housing. The two plastic components serve to transfer the weight of the table or cabinet to a support surface.... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6385814 | Tamper-resistant, adjustable table glide 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.... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6324725 | Furniture glide A furniture glide including a stippled bottom surface. A replacement furniture glide may be formed as a cap to be snapped over the existing glide and having a stippled bottom surface. The stipples allow debris on a floor to pass under the glide without be... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6088877 | Glide attachment plate for furniture leg A glide attachment plate for supporting a glide with respect to the end of a furniture leg has a perimeter portion and an interior portion. The perimeter portion extends inboard from the exterior edge of the attachment plate to an interior edge which is s... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5983452 | Wheel skid A wheel skid having an arcuate base for facilitating mobility of a vehicle on terrain where wheels ordinarily sink into the terrain, and/or otherwise become directed in a direction other than the desired direction of travel of such vehicles, and where whe... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5881980 | Leg assembly An adjustable leg assembly comprises an outer tube and an inner tube subassembly. The inner tube assembly comprises an inner tube, a floor support at one end of the inner tube, an expandable bushing at an opposite end of the inner tube, a rod extending th... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5749121 | Wheel and housing for table leg A wheel assembly for the tubular end of the horizontal member of an inverted T-shaped table leg comprises a cylindrical housing which plugs into the tubular end. A recess in the housing opens through its cylindrical wall at an opening which subtends an an... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5680673 | Protective glide device A protective glide is adapted to be interfaced between a support surface and a foot portion of a legged object to protect the support surface against abrasion. The glide comprises a unitary body constructed of a non-abrasive material of sufficient stiffne... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5503492 | Clamp for securing tubular members A spring formed from strip steel crimped on a threaded bolt for receiving a threaded member preferably having four arms separated by 90 degrees to form a cross and wherein the ends of the legs are cambered in order to provide greater bearing surface again... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5287595 | Furniture glide and pintle A combination glide and pintle for furniture is provided which is integrally molded in one piece from a thermoplastic.... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5224506 | Skid member for a walker frame A walker frame of the type including four legs which extend into contact with the ground and support an upper handgrip portion is modified by the provision of a skid member attached to at least the rear legs for engagement with the ground. The skid member... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5191676 | Split hemisphere foot with cooperating snap-over retaining lips A spherical glide securable to a structural leg comprising a first substantially hemispherical half and a second substantially hemispherical half secured together by cooperating interference means on the first half and the second half and further includin... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5170972 | Base for furniture legs and improvements in the manufacture of bases Improvements in the manufacture of a base for furniture legs comprising a tubular body and a rounded head closing one of its ends, characterized in that in the moulding stage of the base itself are formed a passage which traverses said head and a stem, ex... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5010621 | Glide assembly with inside holding clip An inner-gripping glide assembly with an outer sleeve for mounting upon the end of a tubular member, which glide has an upright pedestal with outwardly extending gripping prongs for insertion into the tubular member and wherein a relatively wide gap is pr... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4824136 | Landing gear for a vehicle Landing gear for a vehicle such as a trailer, comprising a leg, a foot at the lower end of the leg adapted for engagement with the ground, a pair of generally channel-shaped members forming a tube which extends up from the foot and telescopically receives... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4634144 | Sand shoe Disclosed herein is a landing gear assembly having legs extending downward from the underframe of a trailer and having a sand shoe at the ground engaging end thereof. The shoe is articulately joined to the ground engaging end of the leg by a collar circum... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4518293 | Tube connector A tube connector comprises an integral sheet metal stamping including a body and a plurality of legs. The body has a centrally disposed securing portion for receipt of a threaded fastener and is of a substantially dished shape presenting sharp peripheral ... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4411283 | Invalid walker An invalid walker suitable for use on level or unlevel surfaces or for going up and down stairs having a telescoping front leg assembly for positioning the front legs at various levels. Suitable locking means are provided to maintain the front legs at the... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4257308 | Anchoring device for an opening, e.g. a tube end The invention concerns an anchoring device, more particularly a screw anchoring device, for insertion in an opening, e.g. in the end of a tube, to there form an anchor for a screw or bolt introduced into the opening. The device comprises an internally thr... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4102556 | Rear support structure for a cabinet A rear support structure for a cabinet is disclosed. The support structure includes provision for automatically adjusting the level of the rear of a cabinet to compensate for a supporting surface which slopes from side to side. The support structure compr... | 07/25/1978 |
| 3989212 | Chair and supporting base for a seat A chair seat and supporting base for the seat, each of which can be of unitary construction. The base is formed from a plastic material and has legs, the side walls of which merge smoothly into depending peripheral skirts of an upper supporting portion of... | 11/02/1976 |
