Patent ID: 6971640

Claim:
A sway bar bushing, formed to receive and secure a sway bar to a frame member with a bushing bracket, said bushing bracket including a pair of retaining tabs on each of a bracket front surface and a bracket back surface, and a convex stability slot extending on a bracket top surface, said sway bar bushing comprising: an elastomeric member defining an axial hole; a pair of locking tab sections on each of a bushing front side and a bushing rear side proximate said respective pairs of retaining tabs; said pairs of locking tab sections locking said elastomeric member between said retaining tabs and preventing a rotational slippage of said bushing; a slot penetrating said bushing along and between said pair of locking tab sections and providing sway bar access to said axial hole during an assembly; a pair of ring sections on each of said bushing front side and said bushing rear side; and said ring sections bounding said axial hole and joining said pairs of locking tab sections to provide a continuous seal with said sway bar during said assembly, whereby a debris penetration and said rotational slippage is eliminated.