Joint for steering linkage and the like

Claim 1

IN A FLEXIBLE JOINT CONSTRUCTION, A HOUSING DEFINING A CENTRAL CAVITY AND HAVING AN OPEN END AT ONE END OF SAID CAVITY, A STUD MEMBER EXTENDING THROUGH SAID OPENING AND HAVING A HEAD SECTION DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CAVITY, SAID HEAD SECTION COMPRISING A FRUSTO-CONICAL PORTION AND A HEMISPHERICAL PORTION WHICH DEFINE A RADIAL SHOULDER PORTION THEREBETWEEN, FIRST AND SECOND SEAT MEMBERS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CAVITY FOR SUPPORTING SAID HEAD SECTION OF SAID STUD MEMBER, ONE OF SAID SEAT MEMBERS BEING ENGAGED WITH SAID SHOULDER PORTION AND SAID HEMSPHERICAL PORTION OF SAID HEAD SECTION FOR LIMITING AXIAL AND ANGULAR MOVEMENT OF SAID STUD MEMBER RELATIVE TO SAID HOUSING, CLOSURE MEANS CLOSING ONE END OF SAID HOUSING, AND A GENERALLY AXIALLY EXTENDING RESILIENT EMBOSSED PORTION ON ONE OF SAID SEAT MEMBERS INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE MAIN BODY OF ONE OF SAID SEAT MEMBERS AND SAID CLOSURE MEANS, SAID PORTION BEING SUBSTANTIALLY AXIALLY ALIGNED WITH SAID SHOULDER PORTION OF SAID HEAD SECTION AND BEING COMPRESSIBLE UPON ASSEMBLY OF THE JOINT CONSTRUCTION WHEREBY TO URGE SAID ONE SEAT MEMBER INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SHOULDER PORTION.