Lock assembly for a trailer hitch

Details Lock assembly for a trailer hitch Lock assembly for a trailer hitch

1994-03-21

1995-08-15

Hill, Mitchell J.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Articulated vehicle

70232, 70258, 280511, B60D 128, B60R 2500

Patent

active

054412951

ABSTRACT:
A hitch lock assembly which is readily attachable to a trailer hitch assembly to provide a means for securing a hitch ball latch assembly from unauthorized removal from a hitch ball member. The hitch lock assembly includes a pair of lock pin members operable with a padlock member to provide means for securing the hitch ball latch assembly about the hitch ball member. Each lock pin member is of a high strength steel rod construction having a vertical hitch lock section mountable within aligned holes through a main hitch housing assembly and a ball contact member to insure that these elements are not movable relative to each other to an unlatched condition. The padlock member is removed from the interconnected lock pin members and the hitck lock sections are removed from the aligned holes to achieve an unlatched condition.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3567253 (1971-03-01), De Puydt
patent: 4776607 (1988-10-01), Richter et al.

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