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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1997
Mark A Willett, Midland, MI (US);
Means Industries, Inc., Saginaw, MI (US);
Abstract
A shock absorbing assembly capable of being connected to a vehicle frame member having a frame member aperture defining an aperture perimeter and for dampening movements between a body member and the vehicle frame member. The shock absorbing assembly comprising a first spacer member and a second spacer member. The first spacer member has first absorption material and a first locking member having one of a male and female configuration and the second spacer has second absorption material and a second locking member having the other of a male and female configuration. The male configuration includes at least one prong having at least one locking protrusion and the female configuration includes at least one female recess. The female recess defines at least one locking recess such that the first spacer member may be connected to the second spacer member through the frame member aperture by inserting the at least one prong into the at least one female recess such that the at least one prong is displaced laterally before the at least one locking protrusion interlocks with the at least one locking recess.