Patent ID: 7160232
Filing Date: 2007-01-09
Classification: A63B,F16F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A spring connecting apparatus for connecting one end of an elongated coil spring to an object, the apparatus comprising: an elongated connecting member having a head end and a foot end extending into one tapered coil end of an elongated coil spring; a polymer stopper body within the one end of the coil spring, the body having an axial bore through which the foot end of the connecting member extends positioning the stopper body between the connecting member and the tapered coil end of the spring; and a washer disc on the connecting member between the polymer stopper body and a deformed section of the connecting member near the foot end of the connecting member, whereby the stopper body prevents contact between the connecting member and the tapered one coil end of the spring during spring extension.