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US 2001/0033068 A1Published application
Self centering trailer hitch
OwnerSteven David Melesko, Charles Allen Winslowinventors
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A self-centering trailer hitch includes first and second telescopic arms, each of the telescopic arms having first and second opposite ends. The first ends of the telescopic arms are pivotally mounted to a hitch hood coupler for coupling the first ends of the telescopic arms releasably to the hood of a trailer hitch. The second ends of the telescopic arms are adapted to be pivotally mounted to a rear end of a towing vehicle, mountable to the vehicle forward relative to a hitch ball mounted to the vehicle. The second ends of the telescopic arms when mounted to the rear end of the vehicle are disposed on laterally opposite sides of the hitch ball.
A self-centering trailer hitch comprising a guide linkage, said guide linkage comprising a hitch hood coupler and first and second telescopic arms, each of said first and second telescopic arms having opposite first and second ends, said first ends pivotally mounted to said hitch hood coupler for releasably pivotally coupling said first ends to a hitch hood, each said first and second telescopic arms telescopically extendable and retractable between fully extended and fully retracted positions,
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