Patent ID: 8978202
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B60B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of capping a table or furniture leg and mounting a caster wheel thereon, said method comprising the steps of: (a) placing over an end of the furniture or table leg a leg cap having a base portion with a leg-engaging top side and a ground-facing bottom side, a center hole extending through the base portion from the bottom side to the top side, and a perimeter wall defining an open top and extending vertically and upwardly from the base portion and having an exterior side and the leg -engaging interior side, the open top sized to accept the end of the table or furniture leg, wherein the top side includes a nut well shaped to accommodate a nut and to prevent the nut from turning when a threaded shank of the caster wheel is threadably inserted into the nut; (b) marking a shank hole location in the leg using the center hole as a guide, the hole sized to accept the threaded shank of the caster wheel; (c) removing the cap from the leg; (d) drilling a hole in the bottom of the leg of sufficient diameter to accommodate the threaded shank of the caster wheel having a predetermined size; (e) placing the nut in the nut well; (f) providing the caster wheel having the threaded shank; (g) threadably inserting and screwing the threaded shank of the caster wheel into the nut and tightening it so as to create a leg cap and caster assembly; and (h) placing the leg cap and caster assembly over the leg end by inserting the threaded shank into the drilled hole.