Patent ID: 7597295
Filing Date: 2009-10-06
Classification: A47B,F16M

Abstract:
1. A furniture stabilizer, comprising: an elongate hollow support tube having a top end and a bottom end; a furniture attachment fitting attached to the top end of the support tube; a floating fastener retaining cap disposed at the bottom end of the support tube, the floating fastener retaining cap having an axial bore defined therein; a floating fastener disposed through the axial bore in the retaining cap, the floating fastener having a threaded shank, the floating fastener being free to float axially for a predetermined displacement; a helical compression spring coaxially disposed over the support tube, the spring having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end being in contact with a bottom surface of the furniture attachment fitting; a height adjustment collar having a stabilizing sleeve extending therefrom, the bottom end of the support tube extending into the sleeve, the height adjustment collar being slidably disposed along a longitudinal axis of the support tube, the stabilizing sleeve portion of the height adjustment collar being in contact with the lower end of the helical compression spring, the collar having a bottom with a threaded hole receiving the threaded shank of the floating fastener to keep the height adjustment collar in contact with the compression spring; a housing disposed around the support tube and the height adjustment collar, the housing having a bottom having an opening therein allowing the height adjustment collar to extend therethrough, the housing having a top attached to the furniture attachment fitting; and a floor-engaging member attached to the height adjustment collar.