Caster socket assembly

Details Caster socket assembly Caster socket assembly

1979-11-16

1982-12-07

Shedd, Wayne L.

Miscellaneous hardware (e.g., bushing, carpet fastener, caster,

Casters

Pintle retainers

403361, B60B 3300

Patent

active

043619304

ABSTRACT:
A caster socket assembly for attachment of a caster to a furniture leg having an opening. The assembly includes a plastic housing having a cylindrical socket provided with an annular groove, the housing being insertable in the opening of the furniture leg. A caster includes a cylindrical pintle having an annular groove which is insertable in the socket. A split C-ring is attached to the caster at the pintle groove and is selectively engageable with the housing at the socket groove to retain the pintle in the housing. The C-ring has an expanded outside diameter greater than the pintle, and is resiliently compressible for sliding the pintle into and out of the housing socket and is resiliently expandable within the housing socket groove to retain the pintle within the housing socket in a mounted position. The C-ring remains expanded in the housing socket groove under the normal weight of the caster, and is resiliently compressible within the pintle groove and out of the housing socket groove for removal of the pintle from the housing socket when a sufficient axial force is applied to the pintle. The C-ring is rotatably attached to the pintle to facilitate rotation of the pintle within the housing.

REFERENCES:
patent: 10488 (1854-01-01), White

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