Land vehicles – Wheeled – Articulated vehicle
Patent
1995-01-23
1996-06-25
Focarino, Margaret A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Articulated vehicle
280511, B60D 136
Patent
active
055293301
ABSTRACT:
This discloses a two part assembly that allows one person from a vehicle to align a trailer onto any size hitch ball on a bumper or a receiver hitch in only one attempt. The first part of the two part assembly, the horizontal steel plate is attached to the bumper by its hitch ball. A similar horizontal steel plate is attached to a receiver hitch by its hitch ball also. The second part of the assembly, the V shaped guide, acts as the guide for the trailer tongue to be guided onto the hitch ball. The V shaped guide fits into the horizontal steel plate by its male dowels which are inserted into the female dowels of the horizontal steel plate. This extended V shaped guide will assist the towing vehicle in backing up to a trailer at any angle, allowing the trailer tongue to be guided onto the hitch ball of a bumper or receiver hitch that has a horizontal steel plate attached. The V shaped guide is then removed after the hitch ball has been locked into place. Both pieces of this two part assembly are easy to attach and remove, requiring no special tools or welding.
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patent: 5236215 (1993-08-01), Wylie
patent: 5330196 (1994-07-01), Ricles
Focarino Margaret A.
Johnson Victor E.
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