Quick releasing hitch pin
AssigneeBar C Innovations LLC
InventorBlake J. Chance
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Abstract
A hitch pin for quick and easy release of a hitch assembly. The hitch pin has a shaft with added hole for connection to a removable lock cap by a coupler pin. The quick releasing hitch pin device may be used to secure a hitch and hitch receiver. In addition, the combination of a removable lock cap allows the hitch pin to gravity release thereby freeing the operator to operate the vehicle with hitch in order to release a bound-up hitch pin from the hitch receiver on the draft implement. This method makes for a less cumbersome and safer release of a hitch pin in varied situations, such as when an implement is on fire risking life, limb and property.
Claims15
A hitch pin assembly comprising:
- a. a shaft comprising:
- i. an upper orifice;
- ii. a lower orifice;
- b. a handle assembly having a locking orifice:
- c. a coupler pin inserted into the locking orifice and the upper orifice, wherein the handle assembly is mounted to the shaft;
- and
- d. wherein the shaft is configured to drop through a hitch assembly under the force of gravity when the coupler pin is removed from the locking orifice and the upper orifice.
A hitch pin assembly comprising:
- a. a shaft comprising:
- i. an upper orifice;
- ii. a lower orifice;
- b. a lock cap comprising:
- i. a locking orifice;
- ii. a cavity operable to receive the shaft and align the locking orifice and the upper orifice;
- and
- c. a coupler pin inserted through the locking orifice and the upper orifice.
A method for releasing a hitch assembly bound by a horizontal binding force, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. inserting a shaft into a lock cap, the shaft having an upper orifice;
- b. aligning the upper orifice with a locking orifice disposed through the lock cap;
- c. inserting a coupler pin through the upper orifice of the shaft and the locking orifice of the lock cap;
- d. coupling the hitch assembly with the shaft inserted through the hitch assembly from above, the shaft having the coupler pin inserted through the upper orifice of the shaft;
- e. removing the coupler pin from the shaft;
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- a. moving a draw vehicle thereby releasing the horizontal binding force and allowing the shaft to fall under the force of gravity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.