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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
Chong B. Wong, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Michael W. Davis, Elburn, IL (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/24 (2006.01); D06F 37/26 (2006.01); D06F 37/20 (2006.01); F16F 15/067 (2006.01); D06F 37/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/24 (2013.01); D06F 37/20 (2013.01); D06F 37/22 (2013.01); D06F 37/262 (2013.01); D06F 37/263 (2013.01); D06F 37/264 (2013.01); D06F 37/265 (2013.01); F16F 15/067 (2013.01);
Abstract
A ball support for a suspension rod in top loading washing machines includes a main body, a support segment and a hook capture head for securing the hooked end of the rod between spaced bars of the cylindrical rod support. Attaching and detaching the ball support from the rod requires inversion of the parts relative to one another.