Ball and socket joints

Claim 1

A BALL AND SOCKET JOINT COMPRISING A SOCKET, BEARING MEMBERS POSITIONED WITHIN THE SOCKET, A BALL HEAD MOUNTED WITHIN THE BEARING MEMBERS, A PAIR OF OPENINGS FORMED IN SAID SOCKET, A INTEGRAL WITH SAID BALL HEAD PROJECTING THROUGH ONE OF THE OPENINGS IN THE SOCKET PROJECTION MEANS CARRIED BY THE BALL HEAD ON THE SIDE OPPOSITE FROM THE PIN, A COVER PLATE CLOSING THE OTHER OPENING IN THE SOCKET, A SEMI-SPHERICAL SHAPED PLATE MOUNTED WITHIN THE SOCKET, AN ARCUATE RECESS EXTENDING ACROSS SAID SEMISPHERICAL SHAPED PLATE A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DIAMETER OF THE BALL HEAD, SAID PROJECTION MEANS BEING POSITIONED WITHIN THE RECESS, A SPRING MOUNTED BETWEEN THE COVER PLATE AND THE SPHERICAL-SHAPED PLATE FOR BIASING SAID PLATE AGAINST THE PROJECTION MEANS, THE RADIAL DISTANCE FROM THE CENTER OF THE BALL HEAD TO THE BOTTOM WALL OF THE ENDS OF THE ARCUATE RECESS BEING SMALLER THAN THE MEDIAL PORTION OF THE BOTTOM WALL OF THE ARCUATE RECESS, MEDIAL PORTION FROM THE CENTER OF THE ARCUATE RECESS, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE SEMI-SPHERICAL SHAPED PLATE AND THE COVER PLATE BEING LESS THAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RADIAL DISTANCE FROM THE CENTER OF THE BALL HEAD TO THE BOTTOM WALL OF THE ENDS OF THE ARCUATE RECESS AND THE RADIAL DISTANCE FROM THE CENTER OF THE BALL HEAD TO THE MEDIAL PORTION OF THE BOTTOM WALL OF THE ARCUATE RECESS, WHEREBY UPON DEFLECTION OF THE PIN, THE SPHERICAL PLATE IS PRESSED AWAY BY THE PROJECTION MEANS IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE PIN UNTIL THE EDGE OF THE SPHERICAL PLATE BEARS AGAINST THE COVER PLATE TO THEREBY LIMIT THE DEFLECTION OF THE PIN.