Land vehicles – Wheeled – Articulated vehicle
Patent
1995-03-24
1997-03-25
Hurley, Kevin
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Articulated vehicle
2804914, 280493, B60D 1167
Patent
active
RE0354821
ABSTRACT:
A towing hitch includes a frame having a forward portion selectively connected to the receiver hitch of a towing vehicle, and a rearward portion having a pair of elongated bars pivotally connected thereto for removable connection to a vehicle to be towed. Each bar has a pivot arm connected to the rearward end thereof, said pivot arms and bars all pivotal within a single plane, so that the pivot arms may be folded into a storage position adjacent and parallel to the bars. Selective locking apparatus permits the pivot arms to be extended to a towing position aligned with the bars and locked in the towing position. The bars are pivotally connected to a pivot block which is pivotally mounted to the forward portion of the frame, so as to permit the pivot block, and attached bars and arms to pivot from a generally horizontal position to a generally vertical storage position. The pivot block is mounted on a rotatable yoke, such that the bars and pivot arms are rotatable, as a unit, along an axis parallel to the direction which a vehicle is being towed.
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Dethmers Mfg. Co.
Herink Kent A.
Hurley Kevin
Laurenzo Brian J.
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