Adjustable trailer hitch assembly
AssigneeGossip LLC
InventorOleksandr Pankratov
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Abstract
An adjustable trailer hitch assembly includes a shank configured for insertion into a vehicle receiver and a channel member extending from the shank. A ball mount is receivable within the channel member and is selectively positionable at different vertical heights. The channel member includes a plurality of longitudinal guide members, and the ball mount includes a non-circular body having a plurality of longitudinal slots configured to receive the guide members. Engagement between the guide members and the slots constrains the ball mount against rotational movement relative to the channel member while permitting removal and reinsertion of the ball mount in selected angular orientations. A transverse pin retains the ball mount at a selected height and angular orientation within the channel member.
Claims13
An adjustable trailer hitch assembly comprising:
- a shank configured for insertion into a receiver of a vehicle;
- a channel member fixed to the shank and extending generally vertically;
- a ball mount receivable within the channel member;
- a plurality of longitudinal guide members fixed relative to the channel member and extending generally in a vertical direction;
- the ball mount having a non-circular body defining a plurality of longitudinal slots configured to receive the plurality of longitudinal guide members,
- wherein engagement between the plurality of longitudinal guide members and the plurality of longitudinal slots constrains the ball mount against rotational movement relative to the channel member while permitting insertion, removal, and vertical repositioning of the ball mount;
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- a transverse pin receivable through aligned apertures of the channel member and the ball mount to retain the ball mount at a selected vertical position and angular orientation within the channel member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.