Patent ID: 9360035
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: A01K,F16B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A rod-to-tube adapter, comprising: a column centering collar comprising a truncated cone with a central aperture formed therethrough between a base and an apex thereof, the cone having resiliently compressible side walls; and a base centering collar comprising a cup having an opening thereinto opposite from a base thereof, a cross-wise slot formed in an external portion of the base, and a plurality of resiliently collapsible semi-rigid centering members; and wherein the column centering collar and the base centering collar are sized for being installed over an outside diameter of a single rod and being inserted into a tube, wherein the outside diameter of the rod is sized smaller than the inside diameter of the tube such that the inside diameter of the tube is spaced away from the outside diameter of the rod when the rod is inserted into the tube; and wherein, when the rod is inserted into the tube, at least one or both of the resiliently compressible side walls of the column centering collar, or the plurality of resiliently collapsible semi-rigid centering members of the base centering collar, are resiliently compressed between the outside diameter of the rod and the inside diameter of the tube.