Patent ID: 8151412

Claim:
A caster comprising: a pair of wheels; an axle bolt defining a longitudinal axis and supporting said wheels adjacent respective opposite ends of said axle bolt; a housing having an upper side defining therein a substantially vertically oriented journal opening, a lower side defining therein an axle carrier opening, and an axle bolt opening oriented transversely to said journal opening; a rotary journal disposed in said journal opening and configured for connecting said caster to an item of furniture or other object; and an axle carrier defining a passage therein oriented transversely to said journal opening, said axle carrier being force-fitted or press-fitted into said axle carrier opening such that the axle carrier is fixed within the axle carrier opening and said axle bolt opening of said housing is aligned with said passage, said axle bolt extending through said passage of said axle carrier and through said axle bolt opening of said housing, said axle bolt being press-fit in said passage of said axle carrier to prevent movement of said axle bolt relative to said axle carrier, said axle carrier being a separate component from said housing and being composed of a material having a greater strength than a material from which said housing is composed.