Patent ID: 7237302

Claim:
A furniture glide for mounting to a leg of a piece of furniture, comprising: a generally flat base having an inner surface for engaging a bottom of the leg of the piece of furniture and an outer surface, the base including first and second ends; and a furniture engaging element projecting from the outer surface of the base, the furniture engaging element including a first side laterally spaced from the first end of the base, a second side laterally spaced from the second end of the base, and a generally flat floor engaging surface extending between the first and second sides; wherein: the base includes a first side portion defined between the first end of the base and the first side of the floor engaging element, a second side portion defined between the second end of the base and the second side of the floor engaging element; the first and second side portions of the base are movable between first positions wherein the inner surface of the base is generally planer and second position wherein the inner surface of the base is arcuate for wrapping around the leg of the piece of furniture; wherein: the base extends along a longitudinal axis; the outer surface of the first side portion of the base includes a first slit, the first slit being generally transverse to the longitudinal axis; the outer surface of the first side portion of the base includes a second slit, the second slit being generally transverse to the longitudinal axis; and the outer surface of the second side portion of the base includes a second slit, the second slit being generally transverse to the longitudinal axis.