Shock mount assembly with polymeric thimble tube

A shock isolating mount for securing a mounting part of a structure onto a support, the shock isolating mount comprising:

• a one-piece spacer having a flange and a spacer tube projecting from the flange, the spacer tube having an inwardly projecting shoulder homogenously formed therein;
• a thimble comprising a base and a stem projecting from the base, the stem having a lower portion which engages the base, and an upper portion having a plurality of spaced apart resilient fingers, each of the fingers having an outwardly projecting portion so as to collectively define a lip;
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• 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.

A shock insolating 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 homogeneously 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, the threaded post having at least one hole passing through a wall thereof, and
• a plastic hollow thimble stem, said stem including at least one hole passing through a wall of the lower portion thereof, the hole having a leg extending inwardly from one of the walls thereof, the leg having a radially inwardly extending tab sized, shaped and positioned to engage the hole passing through the wall of the threaded post in a snap fitted arrangement when the threaded post is inserted into the stem, 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;
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• 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.

A shock insolating 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 homogeneously formed, inwardly projecting shoulder;
• a thimble comprising:
• a metal thimble base having a flange and an internally threaded post projecting from the flange, the threaded post having at least one hole passing through a wall thereof, and
• a plastic hollow thimble stem, said stem including at least one hole passing through a wall of the lower portion thereof, the hole having a leg extending inwardly from one of the walls thereof, the leg having a radially inwardly extending tab sized, shaped and positioned to engage the hole passing through the wall of the threaded post in a snap fitted arrangement when the threaded post is inserted into the stem;
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• wherein the stem is telescopically receivable in the spacer tube such that when the stem is fully inserted in the spacer tube, an outer surface of the stem engages the shoulder of the spacer tube in a snap fitted arrangement.