Pintle hitch adaptor for drawbar or DMI bumper

Details Pintle hitch adaptor for drawbar or DMI bumper Pintle hitch adaptor for drawbar or DMI bumper

2007-09-04

2007-09-04

Hurley, Kevin (Department: 3611)

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Articulated vehicle

C280S416100

Reexamination Certificate

active

11080134

ABSTRACT:
A pintle hitch adaptor enables a vehicle equipped with a drawbar or DMI bumper to tow trailers having different towing components. The pintle hitch adaptor comprises a sleeve that fits over arid is held to the drawbar. A pintle hitch is mounted to the sleeve. Aligned holes in the sleeve and the drawbar receive a hitch ball shank. A trailer tongue with a cup or eye engages the ball. A pintle hitch latch locks to prevent disengagement of the trailer tongue cup or eye from the ball. Shoulders on a pintle hitch post prevent: the latch from contacting the cup. Alternately, the ball can be removed, and a tow pin can to used between a hole in the trailer tongue and the drawbar and sleeve holes. A locking screw on the sleeve holds the sleeve and drawbar holes in alignment when the ball is removed.

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Buyers, Towing Accessories, Heavy Duty Hooks, Hitches & More, pp. 260-262, Jan. 2005.

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