An Improved Flexible Cap or Tip for use in connection with Furniture generally.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left. 21st Aug. 1891-Accepted. 26th Sept.. 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Flexible Cap or Tip for use in connection with
Furniture generally.
I, THOMAS WILLIAM MAY of Barkby Road Syston near Leicester Cabinet
Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to prevent the noise caused by furniture when
moved on wood and other hard floors & to preserve carpets and polished floors,
also to make chairs and like articles more elastic in use. With this object I
construct pads, caps, or tips of india rubber or other flexible substance, of any size
shape & thickness required to fit on the legs of chairs, tables, couches, and other
articles of furniture. They are affixed to each leg or support by means of screws,
cement, or any other suitable method. By the use of this invention, carpets and
polished floors are much preserved and articles of furniture can be moved without
noise, slipping also being prevented.
Dated this 22nd day of November 1890.
GRAHAM & GRAHAM,
Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Flexible Cap or Tip for use in connection with
Furniture generally.
I, THOMAS WILLIAM MAY of Barkby Road Syston near Leicester Cabinet
Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :—
This invention has for its object the provention of noise caused by the moving
of furniture while in use on wood or other floors, more especially with reference to
chairs, tables, and like articles, also to preserve carpets and polished floors from
damage thereby.
For the carrying out of this my invention I construct pads or caps of india
rubber, or other like flexible substance or material, such caps or pads being made
of any suitable dimensions to fit on the legs or supports of all articles of domestic
furniture, to which they are affixed, preferably with cement, screws, or other
convenient method or means, according to the shape of the pad or cap, and the leg
or support, to which the same is affixed.
For the better illustration of this my invention, I have hereunto annexed a sheet
of drawings in which :-
This
Fig. 1, is an elevation, and Fig. 2, a section of my invention in the form of a
cap, in which A is the solid pad of india rubber or other flexible material having
an annular groove cut on its under surface as shown at B. B. (Fig. 2).
groove tends to make the cap or pad more flexible, and gives it a better grip on the
Hoor or other surface to which it is applied. The extremity of the leg or support
to which the cap is to be affixed, is inserted in the cup or space D (Fig. 2) and is
surrounded closely by the flexible sides C. Fig. 3 shews part of a chair or table
leg, with the cap represented by Figs. 1 & 2 attached thereto at E. This form of
cap or pad can be affixed firmly by means of glue, cement or other like substance.
Figs. 4 & 5 are a plan and cross-section respectively of another form of pad A, A,
without the flexible sides, but having the annular groove B. B. as in Fig. 2. This
form of pad not having such a large surface for the cement or other adhesive
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page_text: substance, is, for extra security provided with a central counter sunk hole at F,
through which, a nail or screw is passed into the leg or support to which the pad is
affixed. Fig. 6 shows this form of pad affixed to the lower end of the leg at G.
By the use of this my invention, carpets, or polished floors are much preserved
from damage as the furniture to which the pads are attached have a firm grip upon
the floor, thus preventing their being pushed or pulled along easily, and necessitating
their being lifted from the surface when it is desired to move them. By the use of
my pads the furniture is rendered noiseless and also much firmer in use, as when
weight or pressure is thrown on the pads, it tends to spread them out, and give
them a better grip on the floor or carpet. Although specially applicable for use on
chairs and tables, the pads or caps can be applied to other articles of furniture with
the same or similar objects, and will he found advantageous wherever additional
firmness is required, or where immunity from slipping, sliding, or noise is
desirable.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what [
claim is :-
The application of flexible pads or caps constructed as herein described, to the
legs or supports of furniture and the like, by the means, and for the purposes,
substantially herein specified, and illustrated.
Dated this 21st day of August 1891.
GRAHAM & GRAHAM,
Agents for Applicant.