Patent ID: 8550740

Claim:
A pivot arrangement ( 1 ) comprising a pivot pin ( 2 ) having a substantially spherical enlarged head received in a joint socket in which the head swivels, tilts, or both swivels and tilts, the pivot pin ( 2 ) is movable with respect to a receiving support unit, wherein the pivot pin ( 2 ) is at least partially surrounded by a circumferential sealing collar ( 7 ), and wherein the sealing collar ( 7 ) is disposed radially inward relative to a separate protective cover ( 11 ) which conforms to the sealing collar having a bellow-shape, wherein the protective cover ( 11 ) is secured in radially inwardly oriented folds ( 10 ) of the bellow-shape sealing collar ( 7 ) by outer spring rings ( 12 ) disposed radially outward relative to the sealing collar ( 7 ) and the protective cover ( 11 ); wherein the protective cover ( 11 ) comprises a steel fabric of interconnected rings.