Gooseneck trailer hitch locking device

Details Gooseneck trailer hitch locking device Gooseneck trailer hitch locking device

1992-04-07

1993-10-26

Gall, Lloyd A.

Locks

Special application

For control and machine elements

70258, 280507, F16B 4100

Patent

active

052555453

ABSTRACT:
An improved gooseneck trailer hitch locking device for obstructing a gooseneck coupler to prevent undesired coupling by a towing vehicle, the locking device comprising lock bodies cooperating with and obstructing the front and rear facing portions of a gooseneck coupler, a lock pin securing the lock bodies to each other and having a lock device for preventing access to the lock pin and undesired removal of the lock bodies from the coupler. The lock bodies include apertures which can be aligned with each other and with a bore centrally disposed in a downward projection extending from one of the lock bodies. The lock pin is received by the bore and can be extended into the aligned apertures in the lock bodies when aligned to secure the lock bodies to each other.

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