Sliding support to facilitate the displacement of loads and in particular items of furniture

• US 5,094,416 A
• Filed: 07/25/1990
• Issued: 03/10/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Magic Sliders Joint Venture
• Original Assignee: Societe Said Erels Distribution
• Inventors: Huon, Louis
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHAN, KO HUNG
• Application Number:
  US07/557,888
• Time in Patent Office: 594 Days
• Field of Search: 248/188.8, 248/188.9, 248/188.91, 248/346.1, 248/501, 248/502
• US Class Current: 248/188.8
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 91/06 Gliders or the like

Abstract

A sliding support to facilitate the displacement of loads and particularly items of furniture is disclosed. The sliding support comprises a cup-shaped member of synthetic material adapted to come in contact with the ground. The cup-shaped member contains an elastomeric body adapted to support the load which is to be displaced. The sliding support further comprises a plug-shaped member which is removably housed in an approximately correspondingly shaped recess provided in the elastomeric body.

Claims

1. A sliding support to facilitate the displacement of loads and particularly of items of furniture, comprising:

a cup-shaped member of synthetic material adapted to come in contact with the round, said cup-shaped member containing an elastomeric body adapted to support the load which is to be displaced, said elastomeric body having a shaped recess and

a plug-shaped member of synthetic material adapted to be fixed under the load which is to be displaced, said plug-shaped member being removably housed in said shaped recess provided in said elastomeric body, said plug-shaped member and said elastomeric body being provided with annular ribs and grooves, said ribs and grooves of said plug-shaped member being respectively housed in corresponding groves and ribs of said elastomeric body, said ribs having top regions.

2. A support according to claim 1, wherein the ribs are of rounded shaped at their top regions.

3. A support according to claim 1, wherein the plug-shaped member further comprises means for retaining aid plug-shaped member with the shaped recess of said elastomeric body when said plug-shaped member is in its housed position.

4. A support according to claim 1, wherein the shaped recess of said elastomeric body further comprises means for retaining said elastomeric body with the plug-shaped member when said plug-shaped member is in its housed position.

5. A support according to claim 1, wherein the ribs have at their base a narrowed ross-section while the grooves have a narrowed cross-section at their opening.

6. A support according to claim 3, wherein the retaining means of said plug-shaped member are magnetic.

7. A support according to claim 4, wherein the retaining means of said shaped recess of said elastomeric body are magnetic.