Patent ID: 6883763
Filing Date: 2005-04-26
Classification: A47B,A47C

Abstract:
1. A glide arrangement for an article of furniture including a base having a lower portion that extends generally parallel to a support surface such as a floor, wherein the lower portion of the base terminates in an end that includes a laterally facing opening, and wall structure having one or more interior surfaces that define a laterally extending internal passage extending inwardly from the opening, comprising: a glide member including glide wall structure defining a laterally facing opening within which the end of the lower portion of the base is received, wherein the glide wall structure further defines a downwardly facing lower engagement surface configured to be spaced below the lower portion of the base and to engage the support surface, wherein the glide wall structure defines an annular area which engages the wall structure at the end of the base, wherein the downwardly facing lower engagement surface of the glide member faces transversely relative to the laterally facing opening defined by the glide wall structure; and an end cap having a cap portion and an engagement section extending therefrom, wherein the engagement section is configured to pass through the laterally facing opening in the glide member and into the laterally extending passage defined by the end of the lower portion of the base and into engagement with the one or more interior surfaces that define the laterally extending internal passage, and wherein the cap portion is engageable with the annular area defined by the glide wall structure for enclosing the laterally facing opening of the glide member.