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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:
Sep. 05, 1978
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Henri Morel, Maule, FR;
Assignee:
ITW de France, S.A., Beauchamp, FR;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403 18 ; 403141 ; 403321 ;
Abstract
A ball and socket joint cap having a plurality of elastic latching elements for accepting a ball therein, each of said elastic latching elements being locked in installed position by a rigid member positioned behind the latching element and each locking member being simultaneously activated by a common operator so that the latching elements are all simultaneously locked for retention of the ball. The cap has secondary means for attachment to a rod and/or for mounting it in an apertured panel.