Automatic rolling fifth wheel hitch

A fifth wheel hitch comprising:

• a base frame including a channel having one laterally extending open side and a closed side opposite the open side;
• a trolley having a plurality of rollers, the rollers operatively engaged with the channel, wherein the trolley is moveable between first and second positions along the base frame;
• a cam path positioned entirely between the base frame, the cam path having a first portion;
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• a cam follower coupled with the trolley, the cam follower operatively engaging the first portion of the cam path, wherein pivoting of the cam follower releases the cam follower from the first portion permitting movement of the trolley fore and aft between the first and second positions.

A fifth wheel hitch comprising:

• a base frame securable to a load bed of a towing vehicle, the base frame including a pair of spaced apart channels, each of the pair of channels having one laterally extending open side and one closed side opposite the open side;
• a trolley having a plurality of rollers, the rollers positioned within each of the respective channels;
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• a fifth wheel head operatively coupled with the trolley and the base frame, wherein pivoting of the fifth wheel head causes the trolley to move along the channels and the fifth wheel head is positionable fore and aft between first and second positions along the channels and the laterally extending open side is directed toward the fifth wheel head.