Furniture Slide

Abstract

A furniture slide which connects to a furniture leg of a piece of furniture having a plurality of legs, includes a furniture leg connecting surface configured to preferably be removably connected to the furniture leg of the furniture item and a base having a first portion extending from the furniture leg connecting surface and a second portion extending outwardly beyond and inwardly of a perimeter formed about of the furniture legs when the slide is connected thereto.

Claims

1. A furniture slide which connects to a furniture leg of a piece of furniture having a plurality of legs, which includes: a furniture leg connecting surface configured to preferably be removably connected to the furniture leg of the furniture item; and a base having a first portion extending from said furniture leg connecting surface and a second portion extending outwardly beyond and inwardly of a perimeter formed about of the furniture legs when said slide is connected thereto.

2. The furniture slide of claim 1, wherein said second portion includes an elongated continuous convex bottom surface for contact with a subsurface.

3. The furniture slide of claim 2, which includes a plurality of said slides, wherein one of said slides connects to one of the legs, and wherein said convex bottom surface has a slope incline such that when there is a shift of weight on the piece of furniture, said convex bottom surfaces work in a complementary manner to permit ease of movement thereof on said subsurface.

4. The furniture slide of claim 3, wherein the furniture item is a chair and said subsurface includes carpet.

5. The furniture slide of claim 4, wherein said slides collectively provide a sufficient diameter and surface area to support the chair and a person sitting thereon in a manner to diminish the formation of indentations on the carpet.

6. The furniture slide of claim 5, wherein said diameter of said slide 10 is at least be 5 inches and has an angle of between 5 and 40 degrees relative to said subsurface.

7. The furniture slide of claim 1, wherein said leg connecting surface includes a rigid member having a detent surface to be received within an axial bore within the leg and a head for connection to said base.

8. The furniture slide of claim 7, wherein said base has a slotted surface for receiving said head.

9. The furniture slide of claim 1, wherein said furniture leg connecting surface is configured with a lip to retain the legs.

10. The furniture slide of claim 1, wherein said base diameter is larger than a span between the legs has indented sections on either side of the legs.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0012] The present disclosure will be better understood and its numerous objects and advantages apparent to those skilled in the art by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0013] FIG. 1A is a perpective view of an embodiment according to the disclosure;

[0014] FIG. 1B is a perpective view of another embodiment according to the disclosure;

[0015] FIG. 1C is a perpective view of yet another embodiment according to the disclosure;

[0016] FIG. 2A is cross-sectional view of a part of the invention illustrating position movement of the same; and

[0017] FIG. 2B is cross-sectional view of another part of the invention illustrating position movement of the same.

[0018] FIG. 3A shows cross section of another embodiment of the invention.

[0019] FIG. 3B shows cross section of yet another embodiment of the invention.

[0020] FIG. 4 shows a top view of a part of FIG. 3A.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0021] With reference to the drawings, wherein like numerals identify like parts throughout the several figures, a furniture slide according to the present disclosure is generally numbered 10, 10 designated. In an embodiment of FIG. 1A, 2A, 3A and 3B, the slide 10 includes a furniture leg connecting surface 12 configured to preferably be removably secured to a leg 14 of a chair 15, or other legged furniture item. The leg connecting surface 12 can be formed with a recess 50A and detent 50B to assist in snap fitting to conventional furniture leg receptacles or bearing surface 53 and can include a head 54.

[0022] A base 16 has a first portion 18 including a slotted surface 19 which receives an oblonghead 54 of the furniture leg connecting surface 12 which can be inserted intot the slotted surface 19 and rotated to a secured position. A second portion 20 extends outwardly beyond and inwardly of a perimeter 17 formed about of the chair legs 14 when the slide 10 is connected to the chair 15. As seen in FIG. 3A, the second portion 20 can comprise an elongated bottom surface which here is a continuous convex surface for contact with a subsurface 24, such as carpet. The convex surface of portion 20 should preferably be of a slope incline such that when there is a shift of weight on the chair 15, for example, these surfaces 20 work in a complementary manner to permit ease of movement on surfaces such as carpet. Unlike conventional glides, e.g., rollers, these slides 10 are of a sufficient diameter each of which collectively provide a significant surface are to support the chair 15 and person sitting on the same in a manner to diminish the formation of indentations which would otherwise be formed by rollers or the leg 14 itself when placed on carpet 24 which tend to form indentations and thus present a difficulty in moving the chair 15. To this end, the diameter of the slide 10 can preferably be at least about 5 inches ini length and has an angle a of between 5 and 40 degrees relative to surface 24 at its edge. The leg connecting surface 12 can include a post or other suitable rigid member to be received within an axial bore 19 within the leg 14.

[0023] FIG. 3B shows another exemplary configuration. Here the base 16 can include a felt portion 21, which is useful on floors such as hard wood. In this case, it is contemplated that the surface 20 need not be arcuate as the felt portion 21 may be suitably applied and useful in a flat surface for wood or other hard floor surfaces.

[0024] In the embodiment of FIG. 1B and 2B, there is provided a slide 10 which is configured to receive the legs 14. A lip 11 of slide 10 serves to retain the legs 14. Similarly in concept, the slide 10 has a portion 20 which is convex and thus readily enables the movement of the chair 15 on carpet 24. It is invensioned that other geometric configurations can be made in order to carry out the concept of the instant invention. For example, FIG. 1C depicts a version wherein dashed portions 30 representing indented sections of the base 16 to accommodate one's feet while maintaining the function of the invention. In this embodiment, the base 16 has a diameter larger than a span between the legs 14 has indented sections on either side of the legs 14.

[0025] It will be appreciated that variations, derivates and modifications of the above-described and other features and functions may be desirable and may be combined in many different systems or applications. These various currently alternatives, modifications, variations, or improvements, which will be made later by those skilled in the art, which should also be covered by the following claims.