US3138893A

US3138893A - Furniture leg support

Info

Publication number: US3138893A
Application number: US194766A
Authority: US
Inventors: Victor P Rupar
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1962-05-15
Filing date: 1962-05-15
Publication date: 1964-06-30
Anticipated expiration: 1981-06-30

Description

June 30, 1964 v. P. RUPAR FURNITURE LEG SUPPORT Filed May 15, 1962 INVENTOR Victor Rupar Tim ATTORNEY United States Patent O 3,138,893 FTURE LEG SUPPORT Victor P. Rupar, RR. 1, Holton, Mich. Filed May 15, 1962, Ser. No. 194,766 2 Claims. (Cl. 45--137) This invention relates to a floor protecting furniture or appliance leg support and has for an object to provide an improved furniture or appliance leg support made to protect floors and floor coverings from scufling from furniture and household appliances.

A further object of this invention is to provide a furniture leg support having an inherent beauty arising from the nature of its construction. The conventional leg support is usually dull and drab in appearance and while it protects the floor and supports the furniture leg thereon, it actually detracts from the appearance of the furniture and the furniture leg supported thereon. The appearance of the furniture and furniture leg is enhanced by the presence of the furniture leg support of this invention.

It is an object of this invention to provide a furniture leg support made of a plurality of laminae with the edge of each lamina of an inherent color which is different from the color of the adjacent lamina.

A further object of this invention is to provide a furniture leg support made of laminated plastic material or of hardwood plywood, particularly birch plywood, where each ply is made of birch having a grain providing a color different from the appearance of the grain or color of each adjacent ply, with the support having a disc of cushioning material secured to the bottom surface of the lower-most ply.

A further object of this invention is to provide a furniture leg and appliance leg support which will greatly absorb and eliminate vibrations produced in the furniture and the applicant during normal usage thereof, partic ularly furniture such as the radio and phonograph type, and appliances such as washers and dryers, etc.

A further object of this invention is to provide a leg support or caster which is provided with a layer of vibration absorbing material on the upper surface where the furniture or appliance leg rests thereon, and a similar layer on the bottom surface where the support rests on the floor, the thickness of the bottom material being approximately twice that of the top material.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, as will hereinafter become apparent, this invention comprises the constructions, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter disclosed and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one form of furniture leg support of this invention.

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of another form of leg support.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is an elevational view of a third form of leg support of this invention.

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 is a bottom perspective view of still another form.

FIG. 7 is a top plan fragmentary view of still another form.

There is shown at 10, 12, 14, 16 and 17, different forms of leg supports of this invention, the inventive features of this invention being included in each different form herein illustrated.

In each form of the invention, the body is made of a plurality of plies or laminae, as shown at 18, 20, 22, 24 and 26. The material of these laminae may either be high impact plastic material of suitable strength and of a different inherent color, that is, of diiferent color than the adjacent lamina, or may be of hardwood plywood, particularly such as birchwood, with a visible edge grain so as to form a pleasing design resulting from the inherent color or grain of the material. Any desired combination of colors may be provided.

In the case of hardwood, the color may result merely from the inherent grain present, each ply being made of a ply of birch or other hardwood and assembled with their grains running in different direction. In the case of a high impact plastic material, the colors of each lamina are inherently present and the laminae are assembled either with alternate similar colors or with any other selection of color wherein each lamina is of a color inherently different than the color of each adjacent lamina, and of course the individual lamina may be multi-colored as desired. When made of hardwood, such as birch, plywood, or other plywood, the body may be suitably finished with a transparent protecting material and waxed to enhance the natural beauty of the birch or other hardwood plies present.

As will be noted, the leg support may be made of substantially any regular contour, such as cylindrical in contour as illustrated at 10 in FIG. 1, hexagonal in contour as at 12 or 17 or square as shown at 14 and 16. In addition, the sides may be vertical, as shown in the forms at 10, 12 and 16, or may be angular, as shown at 14 and 17.

In each form, one or more of the upper plies or laminae are centrally apertured, as at 28, through which a furniture leg 30 extends into supporting position on the top surface of the remaining plies or laminae, as at 32, the uppermost ply or

lamina

18 and 20 providing a fence or retaining member for keeping the furniture leg positioned withinthe aperture 28 on the supporting surface 32.

A disc of cushioning material 33, such as a rubber disc having a contour similar to that of the contour and size of the aperture at 28 is secured to the top surface of the lamina 22 within the aperture 28. A second cushioning disc of similar material, such as at 34 having a contour and shape similar to the contour and shape of the lowermost ply or lamina 26 is secured to the bottom surface of the bottom lamina 26. This lower disc 34 is oneeighth inch in thickness, which is twice that of the upper disc 33, the upper disc 33 being one-sixteenth inch in thickness.

The presence of these

cushioning discs

33 and 34, in the proportions set forth, has been found to be extremely beneficial when used with vibrating furniture or appliances, particularly when placed on hard or cement floors.

The supporting plies or

laminae

22, 24 and 26 may have a center hole 36 extending thereto, as illustrated, for manufacture purposes. However, such central aperture 36 also serves to cooperate with a small plug or a knob found on the bottom of many furniture legs to help center the leg in the support of this invention.

The leg support of this invention serves to protect the floors and floor covering from being scuifed by the leg of the furniture or appliance and due to its construction is of substantial strength as well as a permanent and lasting beauty, the color of the edge resulting from the different plies or lamina being inherent in the material will remain permanently and not fade away as does ordinary colors.

Although this invention has been described in considerable detail, such description is intended as being illustrative rather than limiting, since the invention may be variously embodied, and the scope of the invention is to be determined as claimed.

I claim:

1. A furniture leg support comprising a laminated body of generally regular contour, the laminae of said body extending in horizontal planes, the edge of each lamina having a different color than that of each adjacent lamina, a plurality of said laminae being centrally apertured to re ceive a furniture leg therein and provide a fence therefor, the remaining laminae providing a. support for the furniture leg received through the apertured laminae, a disc of cushioning material secured to the bottom surface of the lowermost lamina, and a disc of similar cushioning material, but of substantially half the thickness, secured to the exposed surface of the lamina within the fence.

2. A furniture leg support comprising a hardwood plywood body of generally regular contour, the plies of said body extending in horizontal planes, the grain of each ply contrasting in appearance with the grain of each adjacent ply, at least a pair of said plies being centrally apertured to receive and confine a furniture leg extending there- 4 through into supporting contact on the next adjacent ply, a disc of cushioning material secured to the bottom surface of the lowermost ply, and a disc of similar cushioning material, but of substantially half the thickness, secured to the exposed surface of the ply within the fence.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Re. 18,647 Phillips Nov. 8, 1932 1,345,987 Bocking July 6, 1920 1,798,272 Phillips Mar. 31, 1931 2,366,867 Nichthauser J an. 9, 1945 2,503,022 Benoist et a1 Apr. 4, 1950 2,787,085 Auer Apr. 2, 1957 2,893,164 Martin July 7, 1959

Claims

1. A FURNITURE LEG SUPPORT COMPRISING A LAMINATED BODY OF GENERALLY REGULAR CONTOUR, THE LAMINAE OF SAID BODY EXTENDING IN HORIZONTAL PLANES, THE EDGE OF EACH LAMINA HAVING A DIFFERENT COLOR THAN THAT OF EACH ADJACENT LAMINA, A PLURALITY OF SAID LAMINAE BEING CENTRALLY APERTURED TO RECEIVE A FURNITURE LEG THEREIN AND PROVIDE A FENCE THEREFOR, THE REMAINING LAMINAE PROVIDING A SUPPORT FOR THE FURNITURE LEG RECEIVED THROUGH THE APERTURED LAMINAE, A DISC OF CUSHIONING MATERIAL SECURED TO THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF THE LOWERMOST LAMINA, AND A DISC OF SIMILAR CUSHIONING MATERIAL, BUT OF SUBSTANTIALLY HALF THE THICKNESS, SECURED TO THE EXPOSED SURFACE OF THE LAMINA WITHIN THE FENCE.