Patent ID: 8141841

Claim:
A method for constructing and manufacturing a machine foot ( 1 ) for use in sanitary locations comprising: providing a spindle ( 8 ) that has a top which can be fastened to a machine to be supported, and a bottom which has an end part; providing a ball part ( 6 , 7 ), having a ball shape, the ball part comprised of a lower portion ( 6 ) shaped internally for receiving the spindle end part therein, and a matching upper portion ( 7 ) having a through hole for passing the spindle end part therethrough for seating the end part within the ball part; providing a locking ring between the upper ball portion and the lower ball portion, inside the ball part ( 6 , 7 ), the spindle end part having tracks for engaging the locking ring and fixing the spindle end part to the locking ring and upper ball portion; casting the ball part including the locking ring therein in an elastomeric polymer ( 3 ), forming a base part ( 20 ) which encloses the ball part therein, the ball part being rotatable within the base part; assembling the machine foot by inserting the spindle end part into the ball part enclosed in the base part, until the locking ring engages the tracks on the spindle end part, thereby fixing the spindle to the ball part, the ball part being rotatable within the base part such that the spindle ( 8 ) can be angled ( 10 ) in relation to the base part ( 20 ) by moving the top of the spindle ( 8 ); providing a cover plate ( 4 ) which forms a top of the base part, the cover plate having an upper portion ( 19 ) shaped as part of a ball surface; and, providing a sleeve ( 21 ) on the spindle ( 8 ) having an internal shape complimentary to the shape of the upper portion ( 19 ) of the cover plate ( 4 ).