Autoslide trailer hitch having an adjustable wheel assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorCliff Standifer
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Abstract
An autoslide trailer hitch having an adjustable wheel assembly is disclosed. An example trailer hitch disclosed herein includes a base fixedly couplable to a vehicle bed of a vehicle, the base including a rail, a carriage slidably coupled to the rail via at least one wheel assembly, the at least one wheel assembly including a first wheel to contact a top surface of the rail, and a second wheel to contact a bottom surface of the rail, and a head rotatably coupled to the carriage, the carriage to slide along the rail between a first position and a second position in response to rotation of the head.
Claims20
A trailer hitch comprising:
- a base fixedly couplable to a vehicle bed of a vehicle, the base including a rail;
- a carriage slidably coupled to the rail via at least one wheel assembly, the at least one wheel assembly including:
- a first wheel to contact a top surface of the rail;
- and
- a second wheel to contact a bottom surface of the rail;
- and
- a head rotatably coupled to the carriage, the carriage to slide along the rail between a first position and a second position in response to rotation of the head.
A trailer hitch comprising:
- a base;
- a carriage slidably coupled to rails of the base, the carriage including:
- first rollers to roll along an upper surface of the rails;
- second rollers to roll along a lower surface of the rails;
- and
- third rollers to roll along a side surface of the rails;
- and
- a head rotatably coupled to the carriage, the carriage to slide along the rails between a first position and a second position in response to a rotation of the head.
An apparatus comprising:
- means for coupling rails to a vehicle bed;
- means for translating slidably coupled to the means for coupling, the means for translating including:
- first means for rolling to contact a top surface of the rails;
- and
- second means for rolling to contact a bottom surface of the rails;
- and
- means for rotating rotatably coupled to the means for translating, the means for translating to slide along the means for coupling between a first position and a second position in response to rotation of the means for rotating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.