Center tow pin assembly

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1976-06-07

1977-05-17

Peters, Jr., Joseph F.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Articulated vehicle

293 69R, B60D 102

Patent

active

040238237

ABSTRACT:
A towbar receiving assembly for large trucks, particularly useful for cab-over-engine trucks and other trucks wherein a radiator assembly is positioned directly above a generally flat front bumper, blocking access from above to the space behind the bumper. A towbar pin is inserted from below upwardly into a tow eye box directly behind an opening in the bumper, through which a towbar eye is received and is engaged by the pin. Projecting tabs on the pin and complementarily-shaped slots in a vertical opening associated with the tow eye box provide for receipt of the pin in a particular rotational orientation, and risers or boss areas around the slots provide for the retention of the pin in a locked-in position following its insertion and rotation from the boss areas.

REFERENCES:
patent: D120209 (1940-04-01), Ache
patent: 2140132 (1938-12-01), Hollett
patent: 2660444 (1953-11-01), Cade et al.
patent: 3774949 (1973-11-01), Eger

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