Bearing assembly for pivotally interconnecting two members

Claim 1

A BEARING ASSEMBLY PIVOTALLY CONNECTING A FIRST MEMBER HAVING A CYLINDRICAL PORTION TO A SECOND MEMBER EXTENDING NORMAL TO SAID FIRST MEMBER AND HAVING A GENERALLY CIRCULAR APERTURE THEREIN FOR RECEIVING THE CYLINDRICAL PORTION OF SAID FIRST MEMBER COMPRISING: A CYLINDRICAL METALLIC MEMBER PRESSED INTO THE APERTURE IN SAID SECOND MEMBER FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT WITH SAID SECOND MEMBER ABOUT THE CYLINDRICAL PORTION OF SAID FIRST MEMBER, SAID CYLINDRICAL METALLIC MEMBER COAXIALLY SURROUNDING THE CYLINDRICAL PORTION OF SAID FIRST MEMBER AND HAVING A BORE THERETHROUGH OF SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER DIAMETER THAN SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION WHEREBY AN ANNULAR SPACE EXISTS BETWEEN SAID CYLINDRICAL METALLIC MEMBER AND SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION; A HIGH DENSITY SYNTHETIC RESIN CYLINDRICAL BUSHING PRESSED INTO SAID CYLINDRICAL METALLIC MEMBER AND PROTRUDING BEYOND THE OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF IN AN AXIAL DIRECTION WITH RESPECT TO SAID CYLINDRICAL METALLIC MEMBER; A CYLINDRICAL METALLIC SLEEVE SURROUNDING SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION AND CONCENTRICALLY INSERTED IN SAID RESIN BUSHING AND POSITIONED WITH EACH OF ITS ENDS PROTRUDING BEYOND THE ENDS OF SAID RESIN BUSHING; A METALLIC RETAINER MEANS ON THE CYLINDRICAL PORTION OF SAID FIRST AND COOPERATING WITH SAID FIRST MEMBER TO LIMIT AXIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID METALLIC SLEEVE ON SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION AND HIGH DENSITY SYNTHETIC RESIN BEARING MEANS POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID METALLIC RETAINER MEANS AND SAID HIGH DENSITY SYNTHETIC RESIN CYLINDRICAL BUSHING AND AROUND SAID CYLINDRICAL METALLIC SLEEVE IN BEARING CONTACT WITH SAID RESIN BUSHING.