초록 ▼

A wheel support system for articles of furniture and the like wherein the wheels are adapted to be readily dismantled from their support to thereby permit stacking of the furniture and wherein the wheels are engageable in vertical notches which are offset at the base of the legs of the furniture in

A wheel support system for articles of furniture and the like wherein the wheels are adapted to be readily dismantled from their support to thereby permit stacking of the furniture and wherein the wheels are engageable in vertical notches which are offset at the base of the legs of the furniture in such a manner that the wheels engage the lowermost portion of the legs and are rotatable with respect thereto.

대표청구항 ▼

CM,1. A removable wheel support assembly for article supports wherein the article support includes a frame portion and at least one depending leg member comprising said leg member having a base portion and outer vertically oriented wall portions, a partition extending outwardly from said vertically

CM,1. A removable wheel support assembly for article supports wherein the article support includes a frame portion and at least one depending leg member comprising said leg member having a base portion and outer vertically oriented wall portions, a partition extending outwardly from said vertically oriented wall portions, a depending flange connected to said partition and spaced outwardly and in generally parallel relationship to said vertically oriented wall portions so as to create a notch therebetween, a wheel selectively mountable within said notch, said wheel having an outer peripheral surface and an inner annular and vertically oriented web which defines an opening through said wheel, said annular web being of a width to be cooperatively and removably received within said notch so that said wheel is oriented so as to rotate within said notch and around an axis of rotation which extends generally perpendicularly between said depending flange and said leg member, and said wheel being of a diameter so that the peripheral surface thereof extends downwardly so as to be aligned with or extends beyond said base portion of said leg member when said wheel is mounted within said notch.