Trailer hitch alignment device

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2005-10-04

2005-10-04

Boehler, Anne Marie (Department: 3611)

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Articulated vehicle

C242S397500, C254S326000, C280S511000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06951345

ABSTRACT:
A hitch alignment device for aligning a ball and socket of a ball and socket type hitch is disclosed. The alignment device includes a base with a winch and pivotable cable guide mounted on it. The cable guide includes a plate with an arm extending outwardly from it at an angle and an adjustable leg extending outwardly from the arm. A pulley is mounted on the leg and a cable is connected to the winch at one end, is threaded around the pulley and then through holes in the socket and ball of the hitch and is then secured. The cable is wound onto the winch to draw the ball and socket together. The cable guide can be extended and pivoted so that the pulley and therefore the cable is brought into sufficient alignment with the socket on the trailer that undue strain is not placed on the alignment device as the cable is wound onto the winch.

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