Isolating foot pad

• US 6,138,979 A
• Filed: 01/28/1999
• Issued: 10/31/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lawrence M. Morman
• Original Assignee: Lawrence M. Morman
• Inventors: Morman, Lawrence M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramirez, Ramon O.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WUJCIAK, ALFRED J
• Application Number:
  US09/239,623
• Time in Patent Office: 642 Days
• Field of Search: 248/188.2, 248/188.3, 248/188.4, 248/188.8, 248/188.9, 248/677, 248/649, 248/650, 248/638
• US Class Current: 248/638
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 91/00 Feet for furniture in general castors B60B33/00
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 7/00 Details of attaching or adjusting engine beds, frames, or supporting-legs on foundation or base; Attaching non-moving engine parts, e.g. cylinder blocks elastic or equivalent mounting for absorbing vibrations F16F, especially F16F15/04
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/16 Constructional details or arrangements

Abstract

An isolating foot pad for heavy equipment provided with an elastomeric dampening base and an inverted metallic cylindrical member in the base. A bolt is positioned in said cylindrical member with the shaft of the bolt extending upwardly to engage the heavy equipment. The side movement of the head of the bolt is constrained and the angular movement of the bolt shaft is also limited by a retaining ring in the cylindrical member.

Claims

1. An isolating foot pad for heavy equipment comprising

a hollow cylindrical elastomeric unit having upper and lower flat circular parallel surface;

a first circular metallic member of a size and shape to be supported on the upper flat circular surface of said elastomeric unit;

a second circular metallic member inserted of a size and shape to fit within said first circular metallic member and to be supported thereby and also to extend into said first circular metallic member and said elastomeric unit;

a portion of said second circular metallic member which extends into the hollow portion of said first circular metallic member and a hollow portion of said elastomeric unit being provided with a centrally disposed hollow cylindrical depression therein, the diameter of said depression being of a size to hold a bolt head therein and to prevent sideways movement of said bolt head;

a bolt having a hemispherical head in said centrally disposed hollow cylindrical depression and the shaft of said bolt extending vertically from said depression;

a retaining ring positioned in said depression in said second metallic member and above said bolt head and having an opening through which the shaft of said bolt extends.

2. The isolating foot pad for heavy equipment of claim 1 wherein said opening in said retaining ring is of a size to limit the rotational movement of said bolt.

3. The isolating foot pad of claim 2 wherein said bolt shaft is threaded.

4. The isolating foot pad of claim 3 wherein there are two nuts on said threaded shaft.

5. The isolating foot pad of claim 1 wherein said first circular metallic member is adhesively attached to said elastomeric unit and wherein said second metallic member is adhesively attached to said first metallic member and to said elastomeric unit.

6. The isolating foot pad of claim 1 wherein said centrally disposed hollow cylindrical depression terminates at its base in the shape of an inverted cone.