Vibration damping and shock mount

Claim 1

AN ENERGY ABSORBING VIBRATION DAMPING AND SHOCK MOUNT OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED COMPRISING A PAIR OF GENERALLY CUP-SHAPED ANNULAR MEMBERS EACH HAVING A CENTRAL PORTION AND A LATERALLY DISPOSED SKIRT PORTION FORMING A PERIPHERAL WALL ABOUNT THE CENTRAL PORTION, A RADIUS FROM AN OUTER SURFACE OF THE PERIPHERAL WALL OF ONE OF SAID SKIRT PORTIONS TO THE CENTER OF THE MOUNT BEING SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN AN ADJACENT RADIUS FROM AN INNER SURFACE OF THE PERIPHERAL WALL OF THE OTHER SKIRT PORTION, ONE OF SAID SKIRT PORTIONS BEING RELATIVELY FLEXIBLE WITH RESPECT TO THE OTHER SKIRT PORTION AND COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATE SEGMENTS EACH HAVING A LATERALLY EXTENDING LIP COEXTENSIVE WITH THE LENGTH OF THE SEGMENT AND DISPOSED ADJACENT THE DISTAL END THEREOF, THE OTHER SKIRT PORTION HAVING A BEVELED LEADING EDGE ABOUT ITS DISTAL END, SAID MEMBERS BEING DISPOSED IN OPPOSITELY FACING NESTING RELATIONSHIP WHEREIN THE BEVELED LEADING EDGE ON THE OTHER OF SAID SKIRT PORTIONS INITIALLY CONTACTS EACH OF SAID LIPS AND LATERALLY DEFORMS THE SEGMENTS OF SAID ONE SKIRT PORTION FOR EFFECTING A FIRM FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS AT THE INTERFACE THEREOF, ONE OF SAID CENTRAL PORTIONS HAVING A GUIDING APERTURE THEREIN, A BOSS ON THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE OTHER OF SAID MEMBERS FITTING INTO SAID APERTURE FOR GUIDING SAID MEMBERS AND SKIRT PORTIONS ALONG EACH OTHER DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID MEMBERS TOWARD AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER SUCH THAT THE FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE SAID OTHER SKIRT PORTION AND SAID LIPS ABSORBS KINETIC ENERGY INTRODUCED INTO SAID MOUNT, AND YIELDABLE MEANS HOUSED WITHIN SAID MEMBERS INTERMEDIATE THE CENTRAL AND SKIRT PORTIONS FOR URGING SAID SKIRT PORTIONS TOWARD A DIRECTION OF DISENGAGEMENT.