Patent ID: 7258504

Claim:
A link for connecting a pair of spaced members having a set of aligned holes, together, comprising: a unitary bolt having threaded end portions and a pair of integrally formed, radially upset portions spaced inwardly relative to said threaded end portions; a pair of inner grommets each formed of a resilient material, mountable on said bolt and having a portion functional to snap-fit on one of said upset portions of said bolt when said grommet is mounted on said bolt, and each including a washer insert molded in said inner grommet and engageable with said upset portion of said bolt when said inner grommet is mounted on said bolt; a pair of outer grommets each formed of a resilient material, mountable on said bolt and cooperable with one of said inner grommets to engage one of said members therebetween when one said inner grommet is mounted on said bolt, an adjacent bolt portion is inserted through the hole of one of said members and said outer grommet is mounted on said end of a portion of said bolt extending through said hole; and a pair of nuts threadable on the threaded portions of said bolt, engageable with an outer grommet mounted on said bolt.