Land vehicles – Wheeled – Articulated vehicle
Patent
1998-10-08
2000-12-26
Dickson, Paul N.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Articulated vehicle
280512, B60D 106
Patent
active
061646814
ABSTRACT:
A pivotal guide for a trailer hitch which guides a trailer socket to engage a hitch ball when the user forces the trailer guide to engage the trailer socket. A base plate is pivotally connected to a hitch bar, which when a trailer tongue engages a base plate the hitch ball attached to the base plate is raised to be positioned directly below the trailer socket. The base plate has a pair of guiding walls for horizontal positioning of the trailer socket. The guide further has two locking devices for securing the base plate to the hitch bar. A second locking procedure is one in which a latch and latch receiver are attached between the base plate and the hitch bar respectively, thereby allowing the base plate to automatically be secured with the hitch bar when the base plate is in the final position.
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Dickson Paul N.
Lerner Avraham H.
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