Land vehicles – Wheeled – Articulated vehicle
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-27
2005-09-27
Winner, Tony (Department: 3611)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Articulated vehicle
C280S491100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06948734
ABSTRACT:
A trailer hitching apparatus comprises a trailer hitch receiver assembly, a winching device, a trailer hitch and a cable. The trailer hitch receiver assembly includes a receiver tube having a first end, a second end, an opening at the second end, and a passage extending from the opening toward the first end. The cable extends through the opening. The trailer hitch receiver assembly is mountable on a chassis of a vehicle. The winching device is mountable on at least one of the chassis of the vehicle and the trailer hitch receiver assembly. The trailer hitch includes a receiver stub configured for being engaged within the receiver tube through the opening at the second end of the receiver tube. The cable has a first end attached to a spool of the winching device and a second end attached to the receiver stub of the trailer hitch. When the cable is wound onto the spool of the winch, while the receiver stub of the trailer hitch is correspondingly pulling into the passage of the receiver tube, thereby engaging the trailer hitch within the trailer hitch receiver assembly.
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Gardner & Groff, P.C.
Winner Tony
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