Wedges

Abstract

A wedge for use with the legs of tables or like furniture to secure such legs in position and to prevent rocking or wobbling in use. The wedge comprises a wedge-part shaped and dimensioned to allow such wedge-part to be put in position between the undersurface at the foot of the leg to be supported and the surface of the floor intended to support the table or like piece of furniture and, integrally therewith, or fixedly attached thereto, a strap-part which is flexible enough to be wrapped around the said leg and securely but detachably attached thereto. In use, the wedge can be secured to the leg on a permanent or strictly temporary basis whilst being detachable therefrom as needed, and the wedge-part can be employed to fulfill its desired function as and when needed. The wedge part is composed of a sufficiently deformable but resilient material to allow its intended purpose to be satisfied.

1 . A wedge for use with the legs of tables or like furniture to secure such legs in position and to prevent rocking or wobbling in use, the wedge comprising a wedge-part composed of a deformable but resilient material and having a tapering portion with a surface positionable between the under-surface at the foot of the leg to be supported and the surface of the floor supporting the table or like piece of furniture and inclined at an acute angle to the floor surface when in position, and a flexible strap-part capable of being securely but detachably wrapped around said leg.  
     
     
         2 . A wedge according to  claim 1 , which is of L-shaped form, said strap-part being constituted by the body of the wedge and said wedge-part being constituted by the foot of the wedge.  
     
     
         3 . A wedge according to  claim 2 , further provided with barb-shaped protuberances along the length of said strap-part and portions of the right-angled join between the two parts of the wedge defining an aperture therein for receiving the free end of said strap-part when the latter has been wrapped around the leg to secure the wedge in position, the barb-shaped protuberances on the strap-part preventing said strap-part being unsecured in error but being sufficiently resilient to allow withdrawal of said strap-part from said right-angled join to release said wedge when desired.  
     
     
         4 . A wedge according to  claim 1  composed of a material selected from the group consisting of high friction rubber, rubber-like and like elastomeric materials, said wedge material being resiliently deformable to allow its wedge-part to perform its wedging function whilst allowing its strap-part to be wrapped around and detachably secured to the leg.