(19)
(11) EP 0 722 681 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.01.1998 Bulletin 1998/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.07.1996 Bulletin 1996/30

(21) Application number: 95120390.0

(22) Date of filing: 22.12.1995
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: A47B 91/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
CH DE FR GB IT LI

(30) Priority: 17.01.1995 US 373738

(71) Applicant: APPLIED POWER INC.
Butler Wisconsin 53007 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Lassy, Ronald C.
    Calabasas, CA 91302 (US)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Equipment leveling pad assembly and kit


(57) An equipment leveling pad assembly (10) has a pad (12) and a stud (14). The pad (12) defines a recess (30) which has at its entry end an inwardly extending lip (40) past which a ball head (18) of the stud (14) may be snapped to establish a swivel connection between the stud (14) and pad (12). The recess (30) below the lip (40) is larger in diameter than the ball head (18), and the ball head (18) rests against solid material to transfer the load to the bottom of the pad (12). The pad (12) may be made in one piece of a relatively elastic material, or may include a foot (28) of an inelastic material such as metal with a relatively elastic cover (50) defining the lip (40') and secured to the metal foot (28).






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