Gooseneck trailer hitch

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1993-08-04

1994-08-30

Hill, Mitchell J.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Articulated vehicle

2804793, 280504, B60D 100

Patent

active

053420764

ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to trailer hitches generally and more specifically to a hitch that may be swiveled and extended as necessary to couple a trailer thereto and readily align and lock the hitch in transportation mode. The hitch has a base plate with a partial semicircular perimeter having a trunnion formed at its center of radius, a tubular housing secured at the trunnion atop the base plate to permit arcuate movement relative to the base plate, and tubular housing having a safety member thereunder which protrudes beneath the semicircular perimeter to limit relative vertical movement between the tubular housing and the base plate, a slide bar captured within said tubular housing with a towing ball projecting beyond said housing for limited linear movement therein, and a spring biased locking pin for releasable securing the trailer hitch with the slide bar retracted and the tubular housing centered along the perimeter.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3126210 (1964-03-01), Hill
patent: 3622182 (1971-11-01), Grosse-Rhode
patent: 3860267 (1975-01-01), Lyons
patent: 4921266 (1990-05-01), Beals
patent: 4951957 (1990-08-01), Gullickson

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