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A device, such as a combination stool and storage/tool box adapted for use while placed on a floor. The device features a number of rubber stoppers to prevent inadvertent sliding of the device across the floor. To hold the stoppers in place, the device includes openings in the lower portion of its l

A device, such as a combination stool and storage/tool box adapted for use while placed on a floor. The device features a number of rubber stoppers to prevent inadvertent sliding of the device across the floor. To hold the stoppers in place, the device includes openings in the lower portion of its legs. Each of the openings accommodates one of the stoppers and is defined by a number of semi-rigid retaining members which extend inwardly toward the center of the opening. The opening and the retaining members are dimensioned so that when the stem of the stopper is forced through the opening the retaining members exert forces on the stopper tending to retain the stopper in place substantially rigidly connected to the device.

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A device adapted for use while placed on a floor and adapted to prevent inadvertent sliding of the device across the floor, the device comprising: (a) a plurality of openings, each of said openings being provided with a plurality of semi-rigid retaining members extending inwardly toward the center o

A device adapted for use while placed on a floor and adapted to prevent inadvertent sliding of the device across the floor, the device comprising: (a) a plurality of openings, each of said openings being provided with a plurality of semi-rigid retaining members extending inwardly toward the center of said opening so as to substantially delimit a central aperture of diameter D; and (b) a plurality of stoppers, each of said stoppers featuring a projection for engaging within said central aperture of one of said openings, said projection having a distal portion with a lateral dimension greater than D and a proximal portion with a lateral dimension no greater than D, such that, as said projection is forced through said central aperture, said semi-rigid retaining members temporarily flex to allow passage of said distal portion and then return to a substantially unflexed state in which they bear on said distal and proximal portions so as to retain said stopper in place substantially rigidly connected to the device.