Furniture glide assembly

• US 20060053587A1
• Filed: 10/17/2005
• Published: 03/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hiwatt Products LLC
• Original Assignee: John Chase
• Inventors: Chase, John
• Granted Patent: US 7,404,232 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 16/42.R
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 91/06 Gliders or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/002 Chair or stool bases A47C3/20 takes precedence

Abstract

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 removably mountable about the free end of the leg and disposed within the bore of the body so as to fixedly secure the body about the free end of the leg.

Claims

1. A glide assembly adapted to be removably mounted to the free end of a leg of a piece of furniture, said glide assembly comprising:

a body defining a bore extending partially through said body to define an interior surface and an opened end of said body; and

an insert removably mountable about the free end of the leg and disposed within said bore of said body so as to fixedly secure said body about the free end of the leg.

2. A glide assembly as set forth in claim 1, wherein said interior surface of said body defines at least one groove and said insert defines an exterior surface including at least one rib adapted to cooperate with said at least one groove to fixedly secure said body about said insert.

3. A glide assembly as set forth in claim 1, wherein said bore and interior surface of said body define a rim adapted to fixedly secure disposition of said insert within said bore.

4. A glide assembly as set forth in claim 3, wherein said insert is substantially encased by said body so as to fixedly secure said body substantially completely about said insert.

5. A glide assembly as set forth in claim 1, wherein said insert defines a passageway extending at least partially through said insert to define an interior surface and at least one opened end of said insert, the free end of the leg adapted to be matingly received through at least one of said at least one opened end and within said passageway of said insert to removably mount said insert about the free end of the leg.

6. A glide assembly as set forth in claim 5, wherein said insert defines a closed end of said insert located opposite said opened end of said insert, said insert including a post extending from said closed end of said insert toward said opened end of said insert and adapted to be received through an opening of and within the free end of the leg with the free end of the leg being adapted to be matingly received between said post and said interior surface of said insert to removably mount said insert about the free end of the leg.

7. A glide assembly as set forth in claim 6, wherein said post defines an exterior surface of said post including at least one rib adapted to be in frictional contact with the interior surface of the free end of the leg to removably mount said insert about the free end of the leg.

8. A glide assembly as set forth in claim 1, wherein said body is made of a soft PVC material.

9. A glide assembly as set forth in claim 1, wherein said body defines an exterior surface including a plurality of raised surfaces adapted to facilitate smooth frictional contact between said assembly and a surface on which said assembly is supported.

10. A glide assembly as set forth in claim 1, wherein said body is substantially spherical.

11. A glide assembly as set forth in claim 1, wherein the horizontal cross-section of said insert is substantially rectangular.

12. A glide assembly as set forth in claim 6, wherein the horizontal cross-section of said post is substantially rectangular.