Patent ID: 7871331

Claim:
Elastic joint member ( 10 ) with at least one set of loops ( 12 ), at least two bushes ( 14 ), which extend transversely through the set of loops ( 12 ), collars ( 16 ), which are fastened to a respective bush end ( 22 ) in order to axially support the set of loops ( 12 ) on the relevant bush ( 14 ), and an elastomeric envelope ( 18 ), in which the set of loops ( 12 ) and the bushes ( 14 ) are embedded at least in part, characterized in that the areas of the bushes ( 14 ) which are left free by the collars ( 16 ) and embedded in the envelope ( 18 ) are smooth, and the collars ( 16 ) are elastic being snap fitted and locked onto the associated bush ( 14 ) with the collars and bushes having complementary mating surfaces limiting relative movement therebetween along the longitudinal axis of the associated bush while having a clearance such that the bush is rotatable within the collars, white these are connected in a fixed manner to the envelope ( 18 ).