US1781951A - Furniture shoe - Google Patents

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Nov. 18, 1930. F. JANTZEN l,78l,95l

FURNITURE SHOE Filed May 7. 1928 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented" Nov. 18, 1930 UNITED STATES IFR'ED J'ANElZ'ZEN, or BRONXQNEW-YO'BK ronmruimsiion 1 Application filed May 7, was; serial {Nol 375,338.. y

The objects of this invention are to provide a base or shoe for the legs of tables and other pieces of furniture, which can be easily applied, which when applied will be firmly held in place, which will support heavy articles .of furniture without indenting, scratching,

or otherwise marring linoleum or other floor may be modified without departure from the true spirit and broad scope of the invention.

; Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the shoe as it appears applied to the leg of the table or other piece of furniture; Fig. 2 is a broken vertical sectional view of the leg and foot on a somewhat larger scale; Fig. 3 is a detachedperspective view of the compressible positioning and holding sleeve.

In Figs. 1 and 2, a hollow metal leg of a table or thelike is indicated at 5 and fastened in the lower end of this structure there is shown a sleeve 6 of corresponding shape secured permanently in place as by means of spot welds 7. This sleeve is secured so that its lower end projects and the projecting portion is shown longitudinally slottedat 8 to'pro-' vide a series of separated tongues 9 which can move toward eachother, closing up the intervening slots as inFig. 2, when the sleeve is forced into a tapered socket.

The base or shoe 10 is shown as ahollow structure having a downwardly tapering socket 11 in the top of the sameto receive the projecting split portion of the sleeve, a shoulder 12 to seat the end of the sleeve and a chase or groove 18. below theshoulder to receive the points or angles 14 of the spring detents 15,'Wl1l0l1" latter are suitably secured as by welding or brazing inside the sleeve;-

The shoe is made usually by molding or casting, and the internal surface is preferably left with the original more :or; less rough V castor'inolded surface, as indicated, tofafiord a frictional grip with the sleeve. The spring detents, in addition to this frictional grip andthe wedging of the'sp'lit portion of the sleeve down into the tapered socket, serve to Ifirinly secure the shoe in place. The'spring detents provide an auxiliary holding means and serve to prevent the shoe from dropping ,off'even if the holding'efl'ect of the wedg .ing action andfrictionalsurface is" lost by 1 long use or nus-handling of the 'furni-ture; In addition, if desired, a suitable-cement may be used when the shoe applied, this serving tomake the shoe practically an integral part I of the leg. p v y The bottom of the shoe is made with a smooth flat surface 16 terminating at the edges preferably in upwardly rounded surfaces 17 This construction affords a wide fiat base surface which will support even a 7 heavy piece of furniture without indenting linoleum or other floor surfaces, and, the .up-

Wardly rounded edges of this flat supporting surface'provide a sled effect, facilitating the movement. of the furniture. To gain the V greatest flatjsupportingsurface and also to- I add to the graceful appearance of the article, 7

the sidesof the shoe as theyapproach the bottom are shown as having an outward flare V as indicated at 18, and these flaring surfaces ay be finished with an ornamental molding for beading 19. "The shoe 'isapplied by simply, driving it in q place over the leg of the furniture, or in the case of the hollow steel furniture shown, over the split projecting portion of the in-.

serted sleeve. The crowding of thesleeve frictional" gripping effects described "firmly and positively locks the shoein place, which effect is made ,morelcertain by the "cement,

when thatis used. One or more of the spring 9 a further interlock to fasten" the shoe posi-" V detents may be employed, and these act as tively in place. The. flat base structure of the shoe prevents marring or scratching, and

' the upturned sled like edges leave no corner edges to mar the floor when the furniture intothe tapered socket, by the wedging a'nd is carelessly shifted. It is to be noted furthermore that no screws or similar loose fastenings are required to secure the shoe in place, and hence there are no projecting screw heads to scratch the floor as in devices for the purpose which have been provided heretofore. m to The shoe may be made in square or other cross-sectional shape to suit the shape of the 10 furniture. As indicated by the brokenlines' in Fi 1, the shoe may be used with either straig t sided or tapered leg constructions. Thewide flat bottom surface may be pol ished or otherwise smoothed, if desired, to facilitate sliding of thefurniture over linoleum or other floor surfaces and such surface being continuous and of wide extent, this sliding movement will not mark or injure the floor surface. y What is claimed is:

1. As anew article of manufacture, a shoe for the leg of a table or other piece of furniture, comprising a hollow cast or molded member having a smooth fiat bottom support- 5 ing surface and provided with a downwardly tapering socket inthe top of the same whose walls have the roughness of the original casting or molding to thereby wedge .over and grip the surface of the furniture leg and a shoulder at the foot of said csocket with a chase beneath said shoulder. V r 2. In combination with an article of furni ture, a sleeve attached to the lower end of the same and a shoe having a downwardly V tapering socket for wedging engagement over said sleeve, said shoe having a wide flatcontinuous smooth bottom supporting surface and a spring detent carried by the sleeve for interlocking engagement within the socket of 40 the shoe and the shoe having a shoulder'at the foot of e the socket beneath which the spring detent interlocks.

3. As anew article of manufacture, a shoe for the leg of a table or other piece of furniture, comprising an integral hollow one piece molded member provided with a downwardly tapering socket in the top of the same-whose walls have the roughness of' the original molding to thereby wedge over. and friction- 7 5o ally grip the surface of the furniture leg, said member having a wideflat continuous smoothbottomsurfaceofsubstantially the full external dimensions of the article and thereby forming :a continuous fiat supporting surface equal to carrying the weight of the furniture without marring a fioor surface of linoleum or the like. Q 7 i V In testimony whereof I affix my signature. vFRED JANTZEN-f

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