Slidable fifth-wheel hitch

An apparatus for displacing a hitch for connecting a trailer to a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

• a trailer hitch head operable to receive a cooperating portion of a trailer, the trailer hitch head adapted to be slidable and rotatable relative to the vehicle about an axis of rotation;
• first and second parallel spaced part guides fixedly located relative to the vehicle;
• and
• a body affixed to and rotatable with said trailer hitch head, the body having a center of rotation about said axis, a first orientation and a distal surface adapted to engage either of said first or second guides when said body is rotated relative to said first and second guides,
• whereby said engagement of the distal surface upon either of the first or second guides displaces said center of said body and said trailer hitch head parallel to said first or second guide when said trailer hitch head is rotated relative to said first and second guides.