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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1985
Brian R Peek, Steger, IL (US);
Paul M Sutenbach, Chicago, IL (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A ball socket assembly is constructed of a plastic molded housing and a locking member. The plastic molded housing has a ball socket integrally formed on its bottom wall in the form of a base member having a spherical-shaped internal wall segment which faces an opening in the housing and having a pair of resilient arm members integrally formed with the base segment. The resilient arm members extend generally parallel to and equidistant from the axis drawn through the center of the spherical-shaped wall segment. Each of the resilient arm members have a curved internal face which matches the curvature of the spherical-shaped wall segment. A locking member can be selectively installed to prevent outward flexing of the resilient arm members after a spherical ball-headed screw has been installed into the ball socket.