Land vehicles – Wheeled – Articulated vehicle
Patent
1977-02-01
1978-05-09
Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Articulated vehicle
B62D 5306
Patent
active
040883396
ABSTRACT:
A trailer hitch which may be easily installed and removed from the bed of a pickup truck. The trailer hitch assembly includes a pair of retaining brackets which are mounted inside the individual wheel wells of the truck and are also secured to the truck frame. The retaining brackets each have a mounting aperture formed therein which cooperate with a pair of locking pins that are movably disposed at each end of a main support member that extends in use between the outside walls of the wheel wells in the bed of the pickup truck. The locking pins are spring-loaded and may be selectively actuated by a lever so as to render the main support member easily installable and removable from the bed of the truck. Centrally positioned on the main support member is a ball coupler for receiving the ball socket of a gooseneck type trailer hitch. Positioned transversely to the main support member at each end thereof are a pair of braces which conform in shape to the outer periphery of the wheel wells to secure the main support member both transversely and longitudinally in such a fashion that the stress imparted by the trailer will be distributed across the entire frame of the truck.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3392992 (1968-07-01), Baker et al.
patent: 3874702 (1975-04-01), Hall
Pekar John A.
Peters Jr. Joseph F.
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