Ball-tip stud and alignment tool and method of use

Details Ball-tip stud and alignment tool and method of use Ball-tip stud and alignment tool and method of use

1989-12-28

1991-04-23

Mitchell, David M.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Articulated vehicle

254131, 29271, 172272, B60D 136, A01B 5100

Patent

active

050094432

ABSTRACT:
An improved stud and alignment tool which may be pivotally engaged to forcibly slide the draw bar of a hitch assembly onto the stud of an implement frame includes a stud having an elongate body and a spherical tip member attached at a first end thereof. The alignment tool has a similar elongate body and has, at a first end thereof, a cavity extending longitudinally through a portion of the tool body. The cavity is shaped so as to receive the spherical tip member of the stud, thereby releasably and pivotally coupling the alignment tool with the stud. A method for aligning a stud with a hitch assembly draw bar includes the steps of pivotally and slidably engaging the alignment tool with the draw bar, pivotally engaging the alignment tool with the stud, and pivoting the alignment tool into axial alignment with the stud while slidably forcing the draw bar off the alignment tool and about the stud.

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patent: 3849012 (1974-11-01), Krouse
patent: 3918140 (1975-11-01), Konstant
patent: 4431208 (1984-02-01), Geeves
patent: 4759564 (1988-07-01), Williams

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