Trailer hitch safety apparatus

Details Trailer hitch safety apparatus Trailer hitch safety apparatus

1999-06-22

2000-12-05

Hurley, Kevin

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Articulated vehicle

2804611, 2804915, B60D 128

Patent

active

061555878

ABSTRACT:
A trailer hitch safety apparatus which prevents the trailer from becoming disconnected from the towing vehicle when the trailer becomes disconnected from the primary trailer hitch. The apparatus includes a first stud, the first stud being connected to the frame trailer hitch, a hitch bar slidably received in the frame trailer hitch and selectively connected to the frame hitch by a pin extending through the hitch bar and the frame trailer hitch, the hitch bar having a ball hitch connectable thereto for receipt of the ball socket, the hitch bar having a connecting bar rigidly connected thereto for selectively connecting the hitch bar to the first stud, a second stud, the second stud being connected to the hitch bar, and a tongue member adapted for connection to the second stud and to the trailer tongue.

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patent: 5476281 (1995-12-01), Worthington

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