Patent ID: 8904597

Claim:
A protective bumper for a caster wheel assembly, said protective bumper comprising: an inner frame portion configured for engaging a portion of the caster wheel assembly, said inner frame portion comprising a pair of cross-members in horizontally spaced arrangement, said cross-members each comprising opposite end portions; an outer bumper portion coupled to said opposite end portions of said cross-members of said inner frame portion and disposed substantially around said cross-members, and said outer bumper portion configured to be disposed substantially around a periphery of a wheel of the caster wheel assembly; wherein said cross-members comprise respective inwardly-directed surfaces configured to engage respective outer surfaces of a frame of the caster wheel assembly, and said cross-members further comprise respective outwardly-directed surfaces that are spaced inwardly from said outer bumper portion; and wherein said inwardly-directed surface of at least one of said cross-members comprises a first projection directed inwardly to engage a first portion of the caster wheel frame.