Patent Publication Number: US-9894995-B2

Title: Furniture stabilizing assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to stabilizing devices and more particularly pertains to a new stabilizing device for keeping furniture level on a support surface. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising at least one spacer that may be inserted between a leg of furniture and a support surface. Thus, the furniture may sit level on the support surface. The at least one spacer has an adjustable height. Thus, the at least one spacer may space the leg of furniture a selected distance from the support surface. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a top perspective view of a furniture stabilizing assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a cross sectional view taken along line  3 - 3  of  FIG. 1  of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is an exploded perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 6  is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 6  thereof, a new stabilizing device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 6 , the furniture stabilizing assembly  10  generally comprises at least one spacer  12  that may be inserted between a selected leg  14  of furniture  16  and a support surface  18 . The furniture  16  may be a table, a chair or other standing furniture. The support surface  18  may be a floor. The at least one spacer  12  facilitates the furniture  16  to sit level on the support surface  18  when the selected leg  14  is shorter than other legs of the furniture  16 . The at least one spacer  12  has an adjustable height. Thus, the at least one spacer  12  may space the leg  14  of furniture  16  a selected distance from the support surface  18 . 
     The at least one spacer  12  comprises a plurality of first disks  20  and each of the first disks  20  has a first surface  22  and a second surface  24 . A plurality of second disks  26  is provided. Each of the second disks  26  has a primary surface  28  and a secondary surface  30 . The primary surface  28  has a well  32  extending toward the secondary surface  30 . The well  32  substantially covers the primary surface  28 . Each of the second disks  26  may be comprised of a resiliently compressible material such as rubber or the like. 
     The first disks  20  and the second disks  26  are alternately stacked. The second surface  24  of the first disks  20  is positioned in the well  32  of an associated one of the second disks  26 . A selected number of the first disks  20  and the second disks  26  are stacked to establish a selected height of the at least one spacer  12 . 
     The plurality of first disks  20  includes a bottommost first disk  34 . The plurality of second disks  26  includes a topmost second disk  36 . The first surface  22  corresponding to the bottommost first disk  34  may abut the support surface  18 . Each of the second disks  26  has a peripheral edge  38 . The peripheral edge  38  corresponding to each of the second disks  26  tapers outwardly between the secondary surface  30  and the primary surface  28 . 
     An adhesive layer  40  is coupled to the secondary surface  30  corresponding to the topmost second disk  36 . The adhesive layer  40  may adhesively engage the leg  14  of the furniture  16 . Thus, the at least one spacer  12  is retained on the leg  14  of the furniture  16 . A protective layer  42  is removably positioned on the adhesive layer  40 . The protective layer  42  inhibits the adhesive layer  40  from becoming contaminated prior to being used. In an alternative embodiment  44  as shown in  FIG. 2 , the at least one spacer  12  may have a plurality of intersecting peripheral sides  46 . Thus, the at least one spacer  12  may have a rectangular shape. 
     In use, a selected number of first disks  20  and second disks  26  are stacked to establish a selected height of the at least one spacer  12 . The at least one spacer  12  is positioned beneath a selected leg  14  of the furniture  16 . Thus, the at least one spacer  12  inhibits the furniture  16  from rocking due to a difference in lengths between legs  14  of the furniture  16 . The protective layer  42  is removed from the adhesive layer  40  and the adhesive layer  40  engages the selected leg  14 . A plurality of the at least one spacers  12  may be used on multiple legs  14  of the furniture  16 . 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.