US 12,179,530 B2Granted

Telescoupler

AssigneeRoadclipper Enterprises, Inc.

InventorValentine Vega

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Abstract

A trailer telecoupler that includes an outer housing partially enclosing a primary leg, the primary leg partially enclosing a portion of a secondary leg and a trailer hitch coupler detachably secured to one end of the secondary leg. The outer housing includes one or more bolt holes dimensionally spaced on adjacent first and second sidewalls of the housing. The primary leg includes one or more bolt holes dimensionally spaced on adjacent first and second sidewalls of the primary leg. The secondary leg includes one or more bolt holes dimensionally spaced on adjacent first and second sidewalls of the secondary leg. One or more nut holders are positioned within the interior portions of the primary and/or secondary legs in line with the desired bolt holes located along the adjacent sidewalls of the primary and/or secondary legs and aligned through which one or more bolts are inserted at least one nut holder and secured to fix the outer housing and primary leg.

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Dependent claims

A trailer telecoupler apparatus comprising:

an outer housing with a first sidewall, a second sidewall adjacent to the first sidewall, a cap at one end of the outer housing and an outer housing reinforcement ring;
a primary leg partially enclosed within a portion of the outer housing, the primary leg comprising a first sidewall, a second sidewall adjacent to the first sidewall, and a third sidewall adjacent to the second sidewall;
and
a secondary leg partially enclosed within a portion of the primary leg, the secondary leg comprising a first sidewall, a second sidewall adjacent to the first sidewall, and a third sidewall adjacent to the second sidewall;
wherein the primary leg is extendable and retractable with respect to the outer housing;
wherein the secondary leg is extendable and retractable with respect to the primary leg;
wherein the primary leg is selectively secured to the outer housing in a fixed position by coupling the first sidewall of the outer housing to the first sidewall of the primary leg and by coupling the second sidewall of the outer housing to the second sidewall of the primary leg;
and
wherein the secondary leg is selectively secured to the primary leg in a fixed position by coupling the second sidewall of the primary leg to the second sidewall of the secondary leg and by coupling the third sidewall of the primary leg to the third sidewall of the secondary leg.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.