Patent ID: 7967383

Claim:
A swivel base for a furniture member, comprising: hollow first and second rings and a plurality of ball bearings positioned between the first and second rings to operably permit the first ring to rotate with respect to the second ring, wherein the first ring is fixedly connected to a furniture member such that the furniture member is supported on the first ring, the furniture member and the first ring being rotatable with respect to the second ring when the second ring is non-rotatably in contact with and supported on a floor surface; a hollow third ring received in a slot created in the second ring, the third ring fixedly connected to the second ring and operable with the second ring to support the swivel base in contact with the floor surface; and the second ring further includes a plurality of ball receiving cavities positioned equidistantly from each other proximate to a perimeter of the second ring and facing the first ring, each of the ball receiving cavities rotatably receiving one of the ball bearings.