Patent ID: 6216991
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: E04H,F16F,F16M

Abstract:
A foot structure for an apparatus, comprising:a support member for oscillatably supporting said apparatus, anda hollow cylindrical elastic member for connecting said apparatus and a substantially horizontal floor surface, wherein said support member includes a bolt member having a first end and a second end, said first end being non-movably fixed perpendicular to said apparatus, and a slide cup having at its upper portion a recess having a length greater than a width of the second end of the bolt member, for slidably supporting said second end of said bolt member along the length, and having at its lower portion a lower surface contacting said floor surface,wherein said apparatus is oscillatable relative to said floor surface,wherein said slide cup is fixed to said floor surface, and said elastic member is fixed at its upper end and lower end to said apparatus and said slide cup, respectively, andwherein said elastic member is spaced from the support member such that the support member does not contact the elastic member, when said apparatus is oscillated relative to the floor surface.