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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:

Josef Schittl, Thüringen, AT;

Markus Gmeiner, Feldkirch, AT;

Eduard Sever, Bludenz, AT;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 1/100 ;
Abstract

An attachment element, including a base ( ) having a bearing surface ( ), a clamping member ( ), and a ball ( ) extending through a through-bore formed in the clamping member ( ) an axis of which extends transverse to the bearing surface ( ), with the ball ( ) having a connection member ( ) and a counter-support ( ), and with the connection member ( ) being rotatable relative to the ball ( ) and having, at a region thereof adjacent to the base ( ), a bearing element ( ) projecting into the counter-support ( ).


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