Self-aligning bearing assembly

Claim 1

A SELF ALIGNING BEARING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A BEARING PLATE HAVING A PLURALITY OF HOLES THERETHORUGH, A BEARING BRACKET OF GENERALLY U SHAPE, SAID BEARING BRACKET HAVING A HOLE IN THE WEB CONNECTING THE LEGS THEREOF AND CIRCULARLY EXTENDING CUT-OUTS PARTIALLY SURROUNDING SAID LAST NAMED HOLE, SAID CUT-OUTS LEAVING NARROW TONGUES OF MATERIAL EXTENDING ALONG SAID WEB PARALLEL TO SAID LEGS, A BEARING MEMBER HAVING SPHERICAL SURFACE PORTIONS, ONE SAID SPHERICAL PORTION OF SAID BEARING MEMBER EXTENDING INTO A FIRST ONE OF SAID HOLES IN SAID PLATE, ANOTHER SAID SPHERICAL PORTION OF SAID BEARING MEMBER EXTENDING INTO SAID HOLE IN SAID BRACKET, A PAIR OF FINGERS EXTENDING FROM SAID BRACKET AND THROUGH SAID OTHER HOLES IN SAID PLATE AND ENGAGING SAID PLATE, THE DIAMETERS OF THE HOLES INTO WHICH THE BEARING MEMBER EXTENDS AND TO THE SPHERICAL PORTION OF SAID BEARING MEMBER AND THE LENGTH OF SAID LEGS BEING SO PROPORTIONED THAT SAID BEARING MEMBER IS RESILIENTLY HELD BETWEEN SAID BRACKET MEMBER AND SAID PLATE BY RESILIENT FLEXING OF SAID WEB WITH THE ENDS OF SAID LEGS CONTACTING SAID PLATE, SAID TONGUES BEING SO NARROWED THAT SUBSTANTIALLY NO DISTORTION OF THE MATERIAL OF THE WEB BETWEEN SAID CUT-OUTS AND SAID HOLE TAKES PLACE UPON FLEXING OF SAID WEB.