Land vehicles – Wheeled – Articulated vehicle
Patent
1995-10-19
1998-03-31
Boehler, Anne Marie
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Articulated vehicle
280480, 280507, B60D 128
Patent
active
057329672
ABSTRACT:
A safety chain for securing a towed vehicle to a towing vehicle and which has a safety basket for limiting downward movement of a tongue of the towed vehicle relative to a hitch of the towing vehicle to prevent the tongue from contacting the roadway. The chain is attached to at least one of the vehicles by a latch that has a shackle for engagement with a mount of the vehicle and a catch carried by the shackle that can be spring biased toward its latched position and which is movable to a position disposed from its latched position to unlatch the latch. Preferably, the catch can be retained in the latched position by a retainer that engages the catch and shackle. Preferably, to secure the latch to a vehicle to deter theft of the chain, the retainer can be a lock. To secure the safety chain to the tongue to prevent theft of the tongue and preferably the towed vehicle, a securing chain and a locking chain are wrapped around the tongue to prevent withdrawal of the tongue free of the chains.
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Behling Andrew G.
Boehler Anne Marie
Corcoran Susan J.
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