US 7,427,052 B2 | ||
Leg assembly for home appliance | ||
Woong Kil Cha, Changwon-si (Korea, Republic of); and Bo Yon Kim, Changwon-si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
Appl. No. 10/528,831 PCT Filed May 13, 2004, PCT No. PCT/KR2004/001124 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Mar. 23, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/102061, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 25, 2004. |
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Claims priority of application No. 10-2003-0030252 (KR), filed on May 13, 2003; and application No. 10-2003-0030253 (KR), filed on May 13, 2003. | ||
Prior Publication US 2006/0131466 A1, Jun. 22, 2006 | ||
Int. Cl. F16M 11/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 248—188.8 [248/616; 248/638; 16/42 R] | 47 Claims |
1. A leg assembly for electric home appliances, comprising:
a leg bolt having a screw and a head provided at an end thereof;
a pad made of a soft material, the pad closely adhered to the head and being in contact with a floor;
at least one holder coupled with the head and fixing the head and the pad by pressing the pad to the head;
an angled head provided between the screw and the head and having an angled outer circumferential surface;
at least one groove provided on at least one of either the head or the pad; and
a projection provided on at least one of either the head or the pad, and inserted into the groove, and
wherein the groove and projection are arranged to deviate from the rotation center of the leg bolt.
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