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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1982
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1978
Donald Neville, Malibu, CA (US);
Plastiglide Manufacturing Corporation, Hawthorne, CA (US);
Abstract
A shock absorbing roller mounted on a shaft and for movement along a track, including a central hub portion and with the hub portion for mounting the roller on the shaft, a peripheral roller portion surrounding the hub portion and including means interconnecting the roller portion and the hub portion for supporting the roller portion, the roller portion including a flexible circumferential flange section extending outwardly for providing contact with the track and with the flexible circumferential flange section providing shock absorption and noise reduction with movement of the roller along the track, and at least one flexible thrust flange extending outwardly from the side of the roller and with the flexible thrust flange providing shock absorption and noise reduction with any contact of the roller from side to side movement of the roller across the track.