Land vehicles – Wheeled – Articulated vehicle
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-21
2011-06-21
Silbermann, Joanne (Department: 3611)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Articulated vehicle
C280S504000, C280S507000, C280S508000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07963544
ABSTRACT:
A self-locking universal trailer hitch comprising a hitch receiver, a bar and a pivoting second receiver, wherein the hitch receiver is secured to a towing vehicle, and wherein the bar is removably secured to the hitch receiver, and wherein the second receiver comprises a locking mechanism to removably secure the pivoting second receiver to the bar. The self-locking universal trailer hitch is utilized by securing a trailer to a towing vehicle by obtaining a towing vehicle with a first hitch receiver and a universal trailer hitch with a second hitch receiver, a bar and a pivoting second receiver having a locking mechanism, inserting the bar into the pivoting second hitch receiver, locking the bar to the second hitch receiver, inserting the bar into the second receiver and locking the bar to the second receiver via the locking mechanism.
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Silbermann Joanne
Stabley Michael R
Williamson III Thomas R.
Winston Intellectual Property Law, LLC
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