Freight accommodation on freight carrier – Load bearer accommodation – Retainer
Reexamination Certificate
2007-06-26
2007-06-26
Gordon, Stephen (Department: 3612)
Freight accommodation on freight carrier
Load bearer accommodation
Retainer
C410S056000, C410S156000, C280S495000, C280S423100, C280S433000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11061393
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for attaching a hitch to a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a pin rotatably mountable to the hitch and having a handle for rotating the pin. A receptacle formed in the vehicle receives the pin. A locking site defined by a channel is formed in one of the pin and the receptacle. The channel extends about a longitudinal axis of the one of the pin and the receptacle. A bypass portion intersects the channel and extends longitudinally from the channel to an end of the one of the pin and the receptacle. A protrusion is formed on the other of the receptacle and the pin. The bypass portion permits insertion of the pin into the receptacle to align the locking site and the protrusion such that rotation of the pin lockably engages the protrusion in the locking site to attach the hitch to the vehicle.
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Gordon Stephen
Klarquist & Sparkman, LLP
Victoria Industries Limited
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