Gooseneck hitch assembly with u-shaped toe and method of use
OwnerFrancis Smithinventor
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Abstract
A gooseneck hitch assembly adapted for use with a towing vehicle comprises a gooseneck hitch and a u-shaped toe. The u-shaped toe has legs straddling sides of the gooseneck hitch assembly, the legs connected to one or more powered cylinders mounted to the gooseneck assembly. The u-shaped toe also has an enlarged toe end to reduce the bearing pressuring encountered during a hitching operation. The u-shaped toe can include a wear pad mounted to an underside of the toe end to reduce wear during towing use. A wear pad of the bearing plate assembly can further include a beveled surface to accommodate the change in orientation of a free end of the toe during the hitching operation.
Claims18
In a gooseneck hitch assembly for towing trailers wherein a gooseneck has a toe comprising:
- a first end pivotally mounted to opposing gooseneck sides at a lower end thereof;
- a second end connected to one or more powered cylinders, the cylinders mounted to the gooseneck sides;
- and a third end adapted for lifting heavy equipment;
- the improvement comprising a unshaped toe with a toe center portion containing the third end, and opposing toe legs straddling the gooseneck plates, each end of the toe legs acting as the second end and being linked to one or more of the powered cylinders.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.