Method and apparatus for hitching a trailer to a motor vehicle

Details Method and apparatus for hitching a trailer to a motor vehicle Method and apparatus for hitching a trailer to a motor vehicle

1984-10-15

1986-04-22

Frankfort, Charles

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Vehicle

Curb feelers

33264, 280477, B60Q 1100

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045834814

ABSTRACT:
There is provided an improved method and apparatus for enabling one to easily hitch a trailer to a motor vehicle. The apparatus includes a rod mounted vertically a predetermined distance from the ball receiving cavity of the hitching tongue on a trailer. A second rod is mounted to the motor vehicle at or near a ball on its trailer hitch. A third rod having a guide at one end is mounted on either the first or the second rod, with the guide being the same distance from the rod upon which it is mounted as the first mentioned predetermined distance.

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"Trailer-Hitching Guide Puts You Right on Target", Popular Science, Jun. 1970, p. 95, Clifford G. Hansen.

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