Stabilizer bar lateral retainer collar

An anti-shift collar comprising:

• an elliptical outer perimeter;
• a first clipped end and a second clipped end formed in said elliptical outer perimeter;
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• an inner perimeter including a semi-circular inner perimeter portion having a first semi-circular surface, a second, opposed semi-circular surface, a first polygonal inner perimeter portion and a second polygonal inner perimeter portion, each of the first semi-circular surface and the second, opposed semi-circular surface being connected on one end to said first polygonal inner perimeter portion and on an opposite end to said second polygonal inner perimeter portion such that together said first semi-circular surface, said second, opposed semi-circular surface, said first polygonal inner perimeter portion, and said second polygonal inner perimeter portion entirely form said inner perimeter, and said first polygonal inner perimeter portion and said second polygonal inner perimeter portion each include a first surface, a second surface and a third surface, said second surface and said third surface non-perpendicular with said first surface.

A method of mounting a stabilizer bar comprising the steps of:

• (1) sliding an anti-shift collar over a stabilizer bar, the anti-shift collar having an elliptical outer perimeter, a first clipped end and a second clipped end formed in the elliptical outer perimeter, an inner perimeter including a semi-circular inner perimeter portion, a first polygonal inner perimeter portion and a second polygonal inner perimeter portion, the first polygonal inner perimeter portion and the second polygonal inner perimeter portion contiguous with the semi-circular inner perimeter portion, the first polygonal inner perimeter portion and the second polygonal inner perimeter portion formed respectively adjacent the first clipped end and the second clipped end;
• (2) crimping the anti-shift collar simultaneously in four locations upon the elliptical outer perimeter;
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• (3) forming a first pinched area from the first polygonal inner perimeter portion and the first clipped end and a second pinched area from the second polygonal inner perimeter portion and the second clipped end, the first pinched area and the second pinched area extending outward along a longitudinal axis to retain the anti-shift collar on the stabilizer bar.