Land vehicles – Wheeled – Articulated vehicle
Patent
1998-04-13
2000-08-15
Schwartz, Chris
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Articulated vehicle
359844, 527852, B60D 1300
Patent
active
061024236
ABSTRACT:
The visual alignment aid for connecting the ball of the hitch on a towing vehicle to the socket on the tongue of the trailer is a device constructed of three components which are connected to each other by hinges. One of the components is a base component, a second one of the components has a convex mirror attached thereto and the third of the components has a means for attaching the device to the rear of a vehicle. All three components may assume an angulated position relative to each other and the vehicle to establish a correct line of vision between the driver and the ball and the socket. The three components can be arrested relative to each once a correct line of vision has been established. Color coding may be used on the arresting means to indicate the angulated positions. The same device could be used on a different type of vehicle and once a correct line of vision has been established for that different vehicle, a different color would be used to indicate the rotational positions. After the aid device has been used for its intended purpose, it may be collapsed into a flat configuration whereby two of the components are nestled within the base component.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4905376 (1990-03-01), Neeley
patent: 5478101 (1995-12-01), Roberson
patent: 5784213 (1998-07-01), Howard
Beck Douglas M.
Beck Howard S.
Bartz C. T.
Schroeder Werner H.
Schwartz Chris
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