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US3173168A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Furniture glide

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Granted: 1965-03-16
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Expires: 1982-03-16
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Abstract

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Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 06:27
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47C; A47C7/00; A47C7/002; A47B; A47B91/00; A47B91/06

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 182 words
IN A FURNITURE GLIDE FOR ATTACHMENT TO THE LOWER END OF A TUBULAR METAL FURNITURE LEG, A RETAINER SLEEVE ADAPTED FOR INSERTION INTO A FRICTIONAL RETENTION IN THE LOWER END OF SAID FURNITURE LEG, SAID RETAINER SLEEVE HAVING A LOWER CROSS-SECTIONALLY SQUARED PORTION AND AT ITS UPPER END A PLURALITY OF UPWARDLY AND NORMALLY INWARDLY-EXTENDING SPRINGABLE PRONGS, AND A FLOOR-CONTACTING GLIDE ASSEMBLY HAVING AN UPWARDLY-EXTENDING SHANK WHICH IS UNDERCUT AT SPACED POINTS BELOW THE UPPER END TO PROVIDE A HEAD THEREABOVE, SAID SHANK BEING SO FILLETED INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS TO ENGAGE SIDES OF THE SQUARE SLEEVE TO PREVENT TURNING MOVEMENT OF THE SHANK WITHIN THE SLEEVE, SAID SHANK BEING INSERTABLE UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID RETAINER SLEEVE, AND SAID PRONGS BEING SPRUNG OUTWARDLY BY THE HEAD TO PERMIT PASSAGE OF THE HEAD THEREBY, AND THEREAFTER SPRINGING INWARDLY TO ENGAGE THE SAID UNDERCUT RECESSES, SAID SHANK BEING MOVABLE UPWARDLY TO FREE SAID FILLETED PORTION THEREOF FROM SAID SQUARE SLEEVE TO PERMIT TURNING MOVEMNT OF THE SHANK FOR DISENGAGEMENT OF SAID PRONGS WITH SAID RECESSES TO PERMIT WITHDRAWAL OF SAID GLIDE ASSEMBLY FROM SAID RETAINER SLEEVE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 182 words
IN A FURNITURE GLIDE FOR ATTACHMENT TO THE LOWER END OF A TUBULAR METAL FURNITURE LEG, A RETAINER SLEEVE ADAPTED FOR INSERTION INTO A FRICTIONAL RETENTION IN THE LOWER END OF SAID FURNITURE LEG, SAID RETAINER SLEEVE HAVING A LOWER CROSS-SECTIONALLY SQUARED PORTION AND AT ITS UPPER END A PLURALITY OF UPWARDLY AND NORMALLY INWARDLY-EXTENDING SPRINGABLE PRONGS, AND A FLOOR-CONTACTING GLIDE ASSEMBLY HAVING AN UPWARDLY-EXTENDING SHANK WHICH IS UNDERCUT AT SPACED POINTS BELOW THE UPPER END TO PROVIDE A HEAD THEREABOVE, SAID SHANK BEING SO FILLETED INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS TO ENGAGE SIDES OF THE SQUARE SLEEVE TO PREVENT TURNING MOVEMENT OF THE SHANK WITHIN THE SLEEVE, SAID SHANK BEING INSERTABLE UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID RETAINER SLEEVE, AND SAID PRONGS BEING SPRUNG OUTWARDLY BY THE HEAD TO PERMIT PASSAGE OF THE HEAD THEREBY, AND THEREAFTER SPRINGING INWARDLY TO ENGAGE THE SAID UNDERCUT RECESSES, SAID SHANK BEING MOVABLE UPWARDLY TO FREE SAID FILLETED PORTION THEREOF FROM SAID SQUARE SLEEVE TO PERMIT TURNING MOVEMNT OF THE SHANK FOR DISENGAGEMENT OF SAID PRONGS WITH SAID RECESSES TO PERMIT WITHDRAWAL OF SAID GLIDE ASSEMBLY FROM SAID RETAINER SLEEVE.

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