Land vehicles – Wheeled – Articulated vehicle
Patent
1976-09-22
1978-09-19
Betts, Kenneth H.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Articulated vehicle
280487, B60D 700
Patent
active
041149211
ABSTRACT:
A hitch for use with the rear bumper of a truck or the like. The hitch includes a hollow diamond-shaped housing having a forward end, an open rearward end, top and bottom portions. A horizontally disposed tongue member has its forward end selectively movably received by the open rearward end of the housing and is selectively movable from a towing position to a hitching position. In the towing position, the tongue member has its forward end positioned adjacent the forward end of the housing. In the hitching position, the forward end of the tongue member is positioned towards the rearward end of the housing. The horizontal width of the housing intermediate its rearward and forward ends is greater than the width of the tongue member to permit horizontal swinging movement of the tongue member, relative to the housing, when the tongue member is in its hitching position. A spring-loaded pin extends downwardly through the rearward end of the housing and the tongue member to maintain the tongue member in its towing position. A plurality of longitudinally extending and horizontally spaced apart shafts are secured at their opposite ends to the top portion of the housing. A support is movably mounted on the shafts and a spring means mounted on the shafts yieldably resists relative movement between the shafts and the support. The support is rigidly secured to the bumper.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1422189 (1922-07-01), Eckertz
patent: 3397900 (1968-08-01), Sturges
patent: 3612576 (1971-10-01), Marler
patent: 3807768 (1974-04-01), Jones
Ring Roger R.
Thorell Rook O.
Betts Kenneth H.
Schrecengost R.
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