Trailer hitch assembly

Details Trailer hitch assembly Trailer hitch assembly

1977-03-28

1978-04-04

Betts, Kenneth H.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Articulated vehicle

280512, B60D 106

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040823113

ABSTRACT:
Presented is a trailer hitch assembly for use in connecting a trailer tongue to a conventional ball-type trailer hitch, including a socket member to grasp the trailer hitch ball while permitting pivotal movement of the trailer hitch assembly on the ball, and a sleeve mechanism for locking the trailer hitch assembly to prevent release of the trailer hitch ball by the trailer hitch assembly when the trailer hitch assembly is pivotally attached to a towing tractor, and which locks the trailer hitch assembly in a closed condition when the trailer is left unattended and disengaged from a tractor.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3759549 (1973-09-01), Morris
patent: 3820823 (1974-06-01), Beaston
patent: 3831982 (1974-08-01), Bernhardt et al.
patent: 3876242 (1975-04-01), Eaton

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