ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,088, issued on June 3, was assigned to Gross Point Woods LLC (Wilmette, Ill.).
"Retractable furniture caster system" was invented by John Keich (Wilmette, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example article of furniture includes a number of furniture legs having mechanically coupled thereto a respective furniture caster having a rolling component. The furniture casters are movable between (i) an extended position in which their rolling components at least partially extend below bottom surfaces of the furniture legs and (ii) a retracted position in which their rolling components are positioned entirely above the bottom surfaces of t...