Joint assembly

Claim 1

A BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: A HOUSING PROVIDING A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL SOCKET INITIALLY OPEN AT OPPOSITE ENDS, A BALL STUD HAVING A BALL ON ONE END LOCATED WITHIN SAID SOCKET AND SPACED FROM THE WALL DEFINING THE SOCKET AND HAVING THE STUD PROJECTING FROM ONE END OF THE SOCKET, SAID OPENING AT ONE END BEING REDUCED AND DEFINING A SHOULDER FACING TOWARD THE OPPOSITE END OF THE SOCKET, A FORAMINOUS SELF-LUBRICATING PLASTIC LINER SURROUNDING SAID BALL AND COMPRISING A SLEEVE OF CRISS-CROSSED LAYERS OF SPACED STRAND OF SELF-LUBRICATING PLASTIC MATERIAL WITH AN INNER LAYER OF STRANDS ENGAGING THE BALL AND EXTENDING AT AN ANGLE TO THE AXIS OF THE STUD AND AND OUTER LAYER RESTING ON THE INNER LAYER AND EXTENDING AT AN ANGLE TO THE AXIS OF THE STUD SO THAT THE STRANDS OF THE INNER AND OUTER LAYERS INTERSECT EACH OTHER AT AN ANGLE, THE STRANDS OF THE OUTER LAYER BEING BONDED TO THE STRANDS OF THE INNER LAYER AT THE POINTS OF INTERSECTION, THE RESPECTIVE STRANDS OF THE INNER AND OUTER LAYER BEING SO SPACED AS TO DEFINE OPENINGS THROUGH THE SLEEVE OF FROM 1/16 OF AN INCH TO 1/8 OF AN INCH IN DIMENSION, A PREFORMED ONE-PIECE ANNULAR BUSHING OF A SOLID RESILINENT ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL FILLING THE SPACE BETWEEN THE SLEEVE AND THE WALL DEFINING SAID SOCKET AN ENGAGING SAID SHOULDER AT ONE END AND HAVING ITS OPPOSITE END ADJACENT TO SAID OPPOSITE END OF THE SOCKET AND A CLOSURE MEMBER SECURED TO SAID HOUSING ACROSS SAID OPPOSITE END OF THE SOCKET AND ENGAGING SAID BUSHING SO AS TO PLACE IT UNDER AN AXIAL LOAD TOWARDS SAID SHOULDER SUFFICIENT TO EFFECT A DEFORMATION AND FLOWING OF THE BUSHING INTO SAID OPENINGS THROUGH THE SLEEVE TO INTERLOCK THE SLEEVE WITH THE BUSHING.