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Felt laminated to plastic leg tipFelt laminated to plastic leg tip description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080042024, Felt laminated to plastic leg tip. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001]This invention relates to the field of leg tip or internal glide to be used underneath the legs of furniture to protect floors from scratches caused by the movement of furniture and from screeching sound made by a furniture leg being dragged across a floor. Most particularly, this invention relates to plastic leg tip laminated to a piece of felt. PRIOR ART [0002]Our research among patents revealed some systems that caught our attention: [0003]CA2487529 shows a furniture glide for use on hard floor surface made of a piece of felt and a piece of foam. [0004]CA2485555 shows a round furniture glide made of plastic. [0005]CA477759 shows a leg glide with felt like material bounded to an end cap and a flexible coupling. [0006]CA2404603 shows a protective guard for furniture leg comprising a molded plastic caster but no felt like material. [0007]CA2171247 shows a protective sheet material of a laminate structure and a method of manufacture in which the sheet material has a plastic membrane layer joined to a layer of felt by heat fusion or by adhesives. Felt is saturated with petroleum wax including plasticizers and corrosion inhibitors. [0008]CA2029911 shows a leg tip made of plastic and joined to a felt piece injected with an adhesive. [0009]U.S. Pat. No. 3,199,819 shows a plastic leg tip involving no felt piece. [0010]US2002/0182369 shows a piece of felt attached to a leg tip with Velcro.TM. type material. [0011]U.S. Pat. No. 5,191,676 shows a spherical glide securable to a structural leg involving no felt like material. [0012]U.S. Pat. No. 3,326,508 shows a leg tip with an intermediate area in rubber. OBJECTIVES AND ADVANTAGES [0013]A general objective of this invention is to provide a resistant, durable, molded leg tip made of plastic to which a piece of felt is merged with heat fusion in order to protect sensitive surface floors such as hardwood floor when displacing furniture. [0014]The main objective of this invention is insure that the felt piece is nearly impossible to take apart from the plastic molded part of the leg tip so that the felt piece remains in contact with the floor. Usually, when a piece of felt is glued to a plastic part, with time, both pieces come apart due to shear stress, resulting in the sliding of the felt piece from the surface it is glued to. Ungluing could also result from water infiltration. Thus, when preventing the separation of the felt piece from the plastic part, the felt piece stays in contact with the floor surface, under the furniture leg, and retains its floor protection and its sound-proofing property. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0015]The drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention. [0016]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an internal glide and a chair leg. [0017]FIG. 2 is a front view of an internal leg tip. [0018]FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an inclined leg tip. [0019]FIG. 4 is a side view of an inclined male leg tip after fusion. [0020]FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a female leg tip before fusion. Continue reading about Felt laminated to plastic leg tip... Full patent description for Felt laminated to plastic leg tip Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Felt laminated to plastic leg tip patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. Start now! - Receive info on patent apps like Felt laminated to plastic leg tip or other areas of interest. ### Previous Patent Application: Roller foot for an article of furniture Next Patent Application: Nestable multi use floor protector apparatus Industry Class: Supports ### FreshPatents.com Support Thank you for viewing the Felt laminated to plastic leg tip patent info. IP-related news and info Results in 0.11343 seconds Other interesting Feshpatents.com categories: Daimler Chrysler , DirecTV , Exxonmobil Chemical Company , Goodyear , Intel , Kyocera Wireless , 174 |
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