Patent ID: 6869052
Filing Date: 2005-03-22
Classification: A47B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A floor protector assembly adapted to be secured to the leg of a chair or table for protecting the floor on which the chair or table rests from scuffing comprising: a) a main body portion having securing means associated therewith for securing the same to the leg of a chair or table; b) a removable floor protector retainer attached to said main body portion, said retainer having an upper wall and a bottom wall, an opening through said bottom wall; c) a floor protector mounted in said opening and retained therein, said floor protector having a portion extending downwardly from and outwardly from the retainer beyond the bottom wail thereof for engagement with the floor on which the chair or table rests; d) said securing means including an elongated nail terminating at one end in a sharpened point and at the other end in an enlarged head, said securing means farther including a pair of elongated prongs on opposite sides of said nail terminating at one end in sharpened points, said enlarged head of said nail being mounted in a slot in said floor protector, each of said prongs having enlarged heads mounted in slots on opposite sides of the slot in said floor protector in which said head of said nail is mounted; and e) at least one shim mounted on said main body portion remote from said floor protector, said at least one shim having a varying thickness thereacross to compensate for legs of a chair or table that may be unstable with respect to the floor on which it sits.