Land vehicles – Wheeled – Articulated vehicle
Patent
1985-11-08
1987-05-05
Love, John J.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Articulated vehicle
280491E, 280511, 280415A, B60D 106
Patent
active
046626476
ABSTRACT:
An adjustable hitch assembly for attachment to motor vehicles has a front receiver tube mounted horizontally to the rear of vehicle with angle irons having their horizontal legs secured to the vehicle. The depending legs of the angles have holes therethrough which are aligned with a hole extending through the front receiver tube. An intermediate ensemble comprising a slide bar having a passageway therethrough, the bar telescopically sliding within the front receiver tube. The intermediate ensemble has a vertically oriented rear receiver tube secured to the slide bar, the rear receiver tube has openings therethrough. A "T" shaped mount ensemble has a transverse mount plate with a depending mount bar extending therefrom, the mount bar having passageways therethrough so that the mount bar can be inserted through either the upper or lower opening in the ends of the rear receiver tube and slid to a selected height position in the mount bar being aligned with openings in the receiver tube so that a lock pin can be inserted.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2706644 (1955-04-01), Black
patent: 4266799 (1981-05-01), Wood
patent: 4280713 (1981-07-01), Bruhn
patent: 4441731 (1984-04-01), Belsky et al.
patent: 4456279 (1984-06-01), Dirck
Love John J.
McGiehan Donn
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