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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2001
Ian Colin Footitt, Upper Hutt, NZ;
Paul Michael Wilkinson, Wellington, NZ;
Formway Furniture Limited, Wellington, NZ;
Abstract
A castored base ( ) for an office chair includes a plurality of radially extending legs ( ), each leg having a socket or sleeve ( ) fixed thereto adjacent an outer end thereof. A castor ( ) is connected to each socket or sleeve ( ), each castor having two wheel portions ( ) and an axle assembly ( ). The axle assembly includes an axle ( ) to which the two wheel portions are rotatably mounted in spaced disposition and including a pin ( ), wherein the pin ( ) of each castor is received in a respective socket or sleeve ( ) which extends at least in part between the two wheel portions ( ). Only a small clearance is required between the underside of the legs ( ) and the tops of the castors ( ). Further, low profile legs ( ) may be used in the base ( ), while still providing the required strength and stability.
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