Renewable furniture glide

Abstract

A renewable furniture glide for use with a tubular furniture leg includes a foot and a ferrule. The foot includes a base portion having a bottom surface for contacting a floor and a sleeve portion to receive a lower end of the furniture leg. The ferrule includes a leg engagement section that engages the inner surface of the furniture leg and a foot engagement section that engages the inner surface of the foot sleeve portion.

1 . A renewable furniture glide for use with a tubular furniture leg having inner and outer surfaces defining inside and outside diameters, respectively, the glide comprising:
 a foot including
 a base portion having a bottom surface adapted for contacting a floor, and 
 a sleeve portion adapted to receive a lower end of the furniture leg, the sleeve portion having an inner surface defining an inside diameter; 
   a ferrule including
 a leg engagement section adapted to engage the inner surface of the furniture leg, and 
 a foot engagement section adapted to engage the inner surface of the foot sleeve portion. 
   
   
   
       2 . The furniture glide of  claim 1  wherein the ferrule leg engagement section has an outside diameter that is greater than the inside diameter of the furniture leg. 
   
   
       3 . The furniture glide of  claim 2  wherein the ferrule foot engagement section has an outside diameter that is greater than the outside diameter of the furniture leg and the inside diameter of the foot sleeve portion. 
   
   
       4 . The furniture glide of  claim 3  wherein a portion of the ferrule foot engagement section frictionally engages the inner surface of the foot sleeve portion. 
   
   
       5 . The furniture glide of  claim 3  wherein a portion of the ferrule foot engagement section penetrates or elastically deforms the inner surface of the foot sleeve portion. 
   
   
       6 . The furniture glide of  claim 1  wherein the ferrule is a unitary, monolithic component including:
 a central web;   a set of arm segments extending radially outward from the web, the arm segments defining the leg engagement section; and   a set of leg segments extending radially outward from the web, the leg segment defining the foot engagement section.   
   
   
       7 . The furniture glide of  claim 6  wherein the arm segments are disposed intermediate the leg segments. 
   
   
       8 . The furniture glide of  claim 6  wherein the arm segments are resiliently deformable, extend axially downward and define an outside diameter that is greater than the inside diameter of the furniture leg. 
   
   
       9 . The furniture glide of  claim 6  wherein each leg segment extends axially downward from the web to a foot segment that extends radially outward to an outer edge defining an outside diameter that is greater than the outside diameter of the furniture leg and the inside diameter of the foot sleeve portion. 
   
   
       10 . The furniture glide of  claim 1  wherein the ferrule includes:
 an axially extending hub;   an upper arm member mounted to an upper end of the hub; and   a lower arm member mounted to a lower end of the hub.   
   
   
       11 . The furniture glide of  claim 10  wherein the upper arm member includes resiliently deformable arm segments that extend radially outward and axially downward to define a diameter greater than the inside diameter of the furniture leg. 
   
   
       12 . The furniture glide of  claim 11  wherein the lower arm member includes arm segments that extend radially outward to define an outside diameter that is greater than the outside diameter of the furniture leg and the inside diameter of the foot sleeve portion. 
   
   
       13 . The furniture glide of  claim 1  wherein the ferrule includes:
 a tubular leg engagement section having top and bottom ends; and   a rim extending radially outward from the bottom end of the leg engagement section, the rim defining the foot engagement section.   
   
   
       14 . The furniture glide of  claim 13  wherein the leg engagement section has an outside diameter that is greater than the inside diameter of the furniture leg. 
   
   
       15 . The furniture glide of  claim 14  wherein the leg engagement section has a resilience and a wall thickness selected whereby the leg engagement section is compressed during installation of the ferrule. 
   
   
       16 . The furniture glide of  claim 13  wherein the top end of the leg engagement section has a tapered outer surface. 
   
   
       17 . The furniture glide of  claim 13  wherein the rim has an outside diameter that is greater than the outside diameter of the tubular furniture leg and the inside diameter of the foot sleeve portion. 
   
   
       18 . A renewable furniture glide for use with a tubular furniture leg having inner and outer surfaces defining inside and outside diameters, respectively, the glide comprising:
 a foot including
 a base portion having a bottom surface adapted for contacting a floor, and 
 a sleeve portion adapted to receive a lower end of the furniture leg, the sleeve portion having an inner surface defining an inside diameter; 
   a ferrule including
 a leg engagement section having an outside diameter that is greater than the inside diameter of the furniture leg, and 
 a foot engagement section having an outside diameter that is greater than the outside diameter of the furniture leg and the inside diameter of the foot sleeve portion. 
   
   
   
       19 . A renewable furniture glide for use with a tubular furniture leg having inner and outer surfaces defining inside and outside diameters, respectively, the glide comprising:
 a foot including
 a base portion having a bottom surface adapted for contacting a floor, and 
 a sleeve portion adapted to receive a lower end of the furniture leg, the sleeve portion having an inner surface defining an inside diameter; 
   a unitary, monolithic ferrule including
 a central web, 
 a set of resiliently deformable arm segments extending axially downward and radially outward from the web, the arm segments defining an outside diameter that is greater than the inside diameter of the furniture leg, and 
 a set of leg segments extending axially downward and radially outward from the web to a foot segment that extends radially outward to an outer edge defining an outside diameter that is greater than the outside diameter of the furniture leg and the inside diameter of the foot sleeve portion. 
   
   
   
       20 . A renewable furniture glide for use with a tubular furniture leg having inner and outer surfaces defining inside and outside diameters, respectively, the glide comprising:
 a foot including
 a base portion having a bottom surface adapted for contacting a floor, and 
 a sleeve portion adapted to receive a lower end of the furniture leg, the sleeve portion having an inner surface defining an inside diameter; 
   a ferrule including
 an axially extending hub, 
 an upper arm member mounted to an upper end of the hub, the upper arm member having resiliently deformable arm segments that extend radially outward and axially downward to define a diameter greater than the inside diameter of the furniture leg, and 
 a lower arm member mounted to a lower end of the hub, the lower arm member having arm segments that extend radially outward to define an outside diameter that is greater than the outside diameter of the furniture leg and the inside diameter of the foot sleeve portion 
   
   
   
       21 . A renewable furniture glide for use with a tubular furniture leg having inner and outer surfaces defining inside and outside diameters, respectively, the glide comprising:
 a foot including
 a base portion having a bottom surface adapted for contacting a floor, and 
 a sleeve portion adapted to receive a lower end of the furniture leg, the sleeve portion having an inner surface defining an inside diameter; 
   a ferrule including
 a tubular leg engagement section having top and bottom ends, the leg engagement section having an outside diameter that is greater than the inside diameter of the furniture leg, and 
 a rim extending radially outward from the bottom end of the leg engagement section, the rim having an outside diameter that is greater than the outside diameter of the tubular furniture leg and the inside diameter of the foot sleeve portion.