Patent ID: 7565859

Claim:
A clamp comprising: a body, defining a cavity and an aperture; a piston, disposed within the cavity and adapted to move reciprocally therein, a shock absorber, having a first portion thereof disposed within the cavity and a second portion thereof disposed within the aperture, the shock absorber including a piston rod adapted to move reciprocally within the cavity and to slow movement of the piston when contacted by the piston, wherein the second portion of the shock absorber includes a cylinder having a first mating surface and the aperture includes a second mating surface wherein the first mating surface and second mating surface provide variable positioning of the shock absorber with respect to the body, and an adaptor, disposed between the first mating surface and the second mating surface, the adaptor defining a third mating surface to interface with the first mating surface of the cylinder and a fourth mating surface to interface with the second mating surface of the aperture.