Patent ID: 6910671

Claim:
A shock isolating mount for securing a mounting part of a structure onto a support, said shock isolating mount comprising: a one-piece rigid spacer having a spacer flange and a spacer tube projecting from the spacer flange, the spacer tube having a homogenously formed, inwardly projecting shoulder having an inner diameter; a thimble comprising: a metal thimble base having a flange and an internally threaded post projecting from the flange, and a plastic hollow thimble stem, said stem and said base having mating means for securing said stem to said base, said stem having projecting from a top end thereof a plurality of fingers spaced about a periphery thereof, each of the fingers having an outwardly projecting portion defining a circumferential lip having an outer diameter larger than the inner diameter of the shoulder of the spacer tube of said spacer; and wherein the stem is telescopically receivable in the spacer tube such that when the stem is fully inserted in the spacer tube, the lip engages the shoulder in a snap fitted arrangement.