Equipment leg
The adjustable equipment leg comprises a housing assembly for mounting within a piece of equipment and a toe assembly mounted on the housing assembly for vertical adjustment for raising and lowering the piece of equipment. The piece of equipment is constructed with a floor and the housing assembly is disposed on the floor within the piece of equipment thereby being hidden from view.
1. An adjustable equipment leg comprising a housing assembly configured for within a piece of equipment, said housing assembly including a housing having a cylindrical chamber, a stud concentrically disposed in and having an externally threaded end projecting downwardly from said housing and a retainer ring concentric to said stud and securing said stud within said housing; and
a toe assembly threaded onto said end of said stud for disposition externally of the piece of equipment, said toe assembly having an internally threaded nut threaded onto said threaded end of said stud, a cylinder fixedly secured at an upper end thereof to said nut in concentric relation and a cap secured in said cylinder at a lower end opposite said nut.
2. An adjustable equipment leg as set forth in claim 1 wherein said housing has an outwardly extending flange.
3. An adjustable equipment leg as set forth in claim 1 wherein said retainer ring has an outer wall slidably mounted in said housing, an inner wall slidably engaging said stud and a planar wall connecting said outer wall and said inner wall.
4. An adjustable equipment leg as set forth in claim 3 wherein said stud has a collar extending intermediately thereof and in abutment with said planar wall of said retainer ring.
5. In combination
a piece of equipment having a floor; and
a plurality of legs secured to said floor for supporting said piece of equipment on a support surface, each said leg having a housing disposed on said floor within said piece of equipment, a stud concentrically disposed in and having an externally threaded end projecting from said housing and said floor, a retainer ring concentric to said stud and securing said stud within said housing and a toe assembly threaded onto said end of said stud for disposition externally of the piece of equipment.
6. The combination of claim 5 wherein said toe assembly has an internally threaded nut threaded onto said threaded end of said stud, a cylinder fixedly secured at one end thereof to said nut in concentric relation and a cap secured in said cylinder at an end opposite said nut.