Swing-out shock absorbing hitch

Details Swing-out shock absorbing hitch Swing-out shock absorbing hitch

1975-10-06

1977-02-15

Song, Robert R.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Articulated vehicle

280487, B60D 116

Patent

active

040079457

ABSTRACT:
A hitch for coupling a towing and a towed vehicle is disclosed having a swing-out and pivot feature which allows the vehicle to be approximately positioned for coupling whereupon a gravity operated latch may be raised, a slide portion of the hitch extended from the frame portion thereof and pivoted in a horizontal plane to perfect the alignment of the vehicle coupling mechanism. When the towing vehicle is subsequently moved toward the towed vehicle, the latch drops back into a position where it engages both the slide and frame portions to transmit the towing forces therebetween. The slide itself may comprise first and second members relatively movable between rigid stop positions and including means for cushioning end thrust shocks having a resilient member which mechanically engages the two slide members urging them toward a relative position intermediate the rigid stop positions.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1422189 (1922-07-01), Eckertz
patent: 1590702 (1926-06-01), Scott
patent: 1743119 (1930-01-01), Cowell
patent: 2067794 (1937-01-01), Seyferth
patent: 2820649 (1958-01-01), Demarest
patent: 2873982 (1959-02-01), Graham
patent: 2973971 (1961-03-01), Oddson

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