parallel long ends 134 to ride up on the convex upper surface 120 of the higher walls 116 this pulls the ball 110 fully into the socket 112 it will be appreciated that the elastomeric nature of the earloop material flexes to allow the ball 110 to enter into the complementarily shaped concave housing of the socket 112 thus the ball 110 is retained in the socket 112 both by the concave inner surface of the higher walls 116 which extend partly around the ball 39 s upper and lower ends and as an extra safeguard by the retaining lip 130 while the short ends 132 of the lip extend at least partially over the top surfaces 120 of the higher walls 116 this assembled configuration is best shown in fig3 which shows the short ends 132 of the retaining lip extending over the convex upper surface 120 of the higher walls the ball and socket arrangement allows the ball 110 to rotate within the socket about its axis 150 and pivot readily about an axis c in directions indicated by the letters d it will be appreciated that pivoting in other directions other than directly in directions c is permitted to a certain degree as defined by the convex upper surface 120 of the higher wall 116 thus the present invention provides for a highly maneuverable earloop arrangement making use of only a single earloop element and.