Patent Publication Number: US-11026511-B1

Title: Furniture leg cap assembly

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     Not Applicable 
     STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT 
     Not Applicable 
     THE NAMES OF THE PARTIES TO A JOINT RESEARCH AGREEMENT 
     Not Applicable 
     INCORPORATION-BY-REFERENCE OF MATERIAL SUBMITTED ON A COMPACT DISC OR AS A TEXT FILE VIA THE OFFICE ELECTRONIC FILING SYSTEM 
     Not Applicable 
     STATEMENT REGARDING PRIOR DISCLOSURES BY THE INVENTOR OR JOINT INVENTOR 
     Not Applicable 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     The disclosure relates to leg cap devices and more particularly pertains to a new leg cap device for protecting furniture legs from damage. 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The prior art relates to leg cap devices. The prior art discloses a variety of furniture leg caps, each being formed into a pre-determined, cup-like shape, for positioning on a furniture leg. Additionally, the prior art discloses a base that is attachable to legs of lawn furniture to inhibit the legs from sinking into ground. In no instance does the prior art disclose foldable elements with respect to the furniture leg caps. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a plate that has a plurality of fold lines integrated therein to define a plurality of wings each extending away from a central portion of the plate. The central portion is positionable against a bottom end of a furniture leg and each of the wings is folded along the fold lines such that each of the wings extends upwardly along respective sides of the furniture leg. Moreover, the plate is comprised of a resilient material to inhibit deterioration of the furniture leg resulting from sliding on a surface. Each of the wings has fasteners extended therethrough for attaching the plate to the furniture leg. 
     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 leg cap assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a bottom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a left side in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a back 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 5  thereof, a new leg cap 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 5 , the furniture leg cap assembly  10  generally comprises a plate  12  that has a plurality of fold lines  14  integrated therein to define a plurality of wings  16  each extending away from a central portion  18  of the plate  12 . The central portion  18  is positionable against a bottom end  20  of a furniture leg  22 , such as the leg of a chair or the like. Each of the wings  16  is folded along the fold lines  14  such that each of the wings  16  extends upwardly along respective sides of the furniture leg  22 . Additionally, the plate  12  is comprised of a resilient material to inhibit deterioration of the furniture leg  22  resulting from sliding on a surface. 
     Each of the fold lines  14  is oriented to define respective sides of a rectangular shape defining the central portion  18 . The central portion  18  has a forward end  24  and a back end  26 , and the central portion  18  is elongated between the forward end  24  and the back end  26 . The plurality of wings  16  includes a first wing  28 , a second wing  30  and a rear wing  32 . Each of the first wing  28  and the second wing  30  extend laterally away from the central portion  18  in opposite directions from each other. Additionally, the rear wing  32  extends rearwardly from the back end  26  of the central portion  18 . 
     Each of the first wing  28  and the second wing  30  has a forward edge  34  and a rearward edge  36 . The forward edge  34  intersects the forward end  24  of the central portion  18  and the rearward edge  36  intersects the back end  26  of the central portion  18 . The forward edge  34  angles rearwardly toward the rearward edge  36  such that each of the first wing  28  and the second wing  30  has a triangular shape. The rearward edge  36  angles rearwardly from the back end  26  of the central portion  18 . 
     The rear wing  32  has a distal end  38  with respect to the back end  26  of the central portion  18  and the distal end  38  is rounded. The first wing  28  has a pair of first apertures  40  extending therethrough, and the first apertures  40  are spaced apart from each other and are distributed between the central portion  18  and an end  42  of the first wing  28 . The second wing  30  has a slot  44  extending therethrough, and the slot  44  is elongated to extend substantially between the central portion  18  and an end  45  of the second wing  30 . 
     The rear wing  32  has a pair of second apertures  46  extending therethrough. The second apertures  46  are spaced apart from each other and are distributed between the back end  26  of the central portion  18  and the distal end  38  of the rear wing  32 . Each of the first apertures  40 , the slot  44  and the second apertures  46  insertably receives a fastener that engages the furniture leg  22  for retaining the plate  12  on the furniture leg  22 . The fastener may be a screw, a nail or other appropriate fastener. 
     In use, the central portion  18  of the plate  12  is positioned against the bottom end  20  of the furniture leg  22 . Each of the first wing  28 , the second wing  30  and a rear wing  32  are folded upwardly, along the respective fold lines  14 , to extend upwardly along the furniture leg  22 . The fasteners are extended through the first apertures  40 , the second apertures  46  and the slot  44  for attaching the plate  12  to the furniture leg  22 . In this way the plate  12  inhibits deterioration of the furniture leg  22 , thereby enhancing the service life of the furniture leg  22 . 
     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.