Automatic hitch system
OwnerRenald Bergeroninventor
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An automatic hitch system which is capable to automatically couple or uncouple a pulling vehicle with a trailing vehicle without the need of the driver to get out of the pulling vehicle. The automatic hitch system comprises a first hitch section to be mounted on a pulling vehicle to be hitched to a second hitch section mounted on a trailing vehicle, and which allow the automatic positioning, coupling and uncoupling of the pulling vehicle with respect to the trailing vehicle. The first hitch section of the invention comprises a bottom channel to receive the extending tongue portion of the pulling vehicle. The bottom channel includes at its lower end a lever with contact flanges to fold up the foot member of the second hitch section underneath the extending drawbar of the trailing vehicle during the coupling operation.
An automatic system for hitching to a pulling vehicle a trailing vehicle, comprising a first hitch section to be mounted on said pulling vehicle and a second hitch to be mounted on said trailing vehicle, wherein said first hitch section comprises:
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