Ball joint stabilizing attachment for vehicles

Claim 1

STABILIZING ATTACHMENT FOR USE IN STABILIZING THE FRONT END BALL JOINT SUSPENSIONS OF CONVENTIONAL AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES HAVING A BALL AND SOCKET CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FRONT WHEEL SPINDLE ASSEMBLY AND THE LOWER SUSPENSION ARM IN WHICH THE BALL AND SOCKET OF THE CONNECTION ARE SUBSTANTIALLY DISPOSED ABOVE THE SUSPENSION ARM AND BELOW A LOWER ATTACHMENT ARM OF THE SPINDLE ASSEMBLY, SAID STABILIZING ATTACHMENT COMPRISING A BALL-JOINT ENGAGING MECHANISM INCLUDING A VERTICALLY DISPOSED CHANNEL-SHAPED MEMBER RECEIVING THE OUTER END OF THE LOWER ATTACHMENT ARM OF THE SPINDLE ASSEMBLY AND HAVING A LOWER PERIPHERAL EDGE ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID SOCKET AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM, AND AN ADJUSTABLE TENSIONING MECHANISM FOR EXERTING TENSION AGAINST SAID BALLJOINT ENGAGING MECHANISM INCLUDING A THREADED TENSIONING MEMBER ADAPTED TO THREADEDLY ENGAGE THE CONVENTIONAL UPSTANDING THREADED ATTACHMENT STUD OF THE LOWER FRONT END BALL JOINT FOR SHIFTABLE ADJUSTMENT RELATIVE THERETO, AND A RESILIENT MEMBER INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID CHANNEL MEMBER AND SAID TENSION MEMBER AND COOPERATING WITH THE LATTER FOR EXERTING DOWNWARD TENSION THROUGH SAID CHANNEL-SHAPED MEMBER TO THE LOWER FRONT END BALL JOINT TO CONSTANTLY URGE THE BALL AND SOCKET THEREOF INTO SNUG FITTING RELATION.