Barrel nut

Claim 1

IN A BARREL NUT ASSEMBLY, IN COMBINATION: A SOCKET HAVING A CYLINDRICAL INTERNAL BEARING WALL DEFINING A JOURNAL CAVITY AND HAVING A BOLT HOLE COMMUNICATING RADIALLY THEREWITH; A ONE-PIECE NUT RETAINER JOURNALLED IN SAID CAVITY, SAID RETAINER COMPRISING A CENTRAL BODY PORTION HAVING AN OUTER WALL OF SEGMENTAL-CYLINDRICAL FORM AND OF LESS THAN 180* ARCUATE EXTENT AND AN OPPOSED FLAT INNER WALL DISPOSED IN CHORDAL RELATION TO SAID OUTER WALL AND CONSTITUTING A NUT-SEAT, AND A PAIR OF RETAINER LIPS FORMED INTEGRALLY WITH RESPECTIVE ENDS OF SAID CENTRAL BODY, PROJECTING THEREFROM AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID NUT-SEAT, IN AXIALLY SPACED PLANES NORMAL TO THE AXIS OF SAID CAVITY, AND HAVING AT THEIR RESPECTIVE ENDS, SEGMENTALCYLINDRICAL OUTER BEARING WALL SURFACES CROSSING THE DIAMETRAL PLANE OF SAID JOURNAL CAVITY PARALLEL TO SAID NUTSEAT, SAID RETAINER HAVING A CONTINUOUS SEGMENTAL-CYLINDRICAL OUTER BEARING WALL OF GREATER THAN 180* ARCUATE EXTENT, COMPOSED OF THE ONE OUTER WALL OF SAID CENTRAL BODY PORTION AND OF SAID OUTER WALL SURFACES OF SAID RETAINER LIPS MERGING WITH SAID ONE OUTER WALL, SAID CONTINUOUS OUTER BEARING WALL BEING IN FULL BEARING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SOCKET BEARING WALL ON BOTH SIDES OF SAID DIAMETRAL PLANE SO AS TO PROVIDE LOAD-BEARING JOURNAL ACTION IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ALONG THE AXIS OF SAID BOLT HOLE, SAID LIPS HAVING NON-CIRCULAR INNER WALLS DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED ACROSS THE AXIS OF SAID BOLT HOLE AND COOPERATING WITH SAID NUT-SEAT TO DEFINE A NUT-RETAINER RECESS OCCUPYING THE CENTRAL AREA OF SAID JOURNAL CAVITY; A NUT INCLUDING AN INTERNALLY THREADED NUT BODY AND AN END FLANGE AT ONE END THEREOF, SAID FLANGE BEING LOOSELY FITTED WITHIN SAID RETAINER RECESS AND HAVING OPPOSITE NON-CIRCULAR SIDES AT LEAST PORTIONS OF WHICH ARE COMPLEMENTARY TO SAID NON-CIRCULAR INNER WALLS AND WHICH ARE ENGAGED BETWEEN SAID LIPS WITH A ROTATION-RESISTING