Patent ID: 7762971

Claim:
A tilt-stable rotating joint comprising: an outer joint piece including a slit formed by a pair of flat opposing walls and a pair of aligned outer through-holes in both walls; an inner joint piece rotatably mounted to the outer joint piece, the inner joint piece including a substantially flat portion positioned between the flat opposing walls and within the slit of the outer joint piece, wherein an inner through-hole extends through the flat portion such that the inner through-hole is aligned with the pair of outer through-holes; and a shaft arrangement extending through the outer and inner through-holes, the shaft arrangement including a first section mounted to the inner joint piece at the inner through-hole in a rotationally fixed manner, a portion of the first section protruding from each side of the inner through-hole, the protruding portions of the first section positioned within the outer through-holes, with the shaft arrangement forming bearing surfaces between inner surfaces of the outer through-holes and the protruding portions of the first section.