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US 2010/0244407 A1Published application
Trailer Coupling Dock Theft-Proof Lock
AssigneeHandyway Co., Ltd.
InventorChin-Hui HSAI
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Abstract
A trailer coupling dock theft-proof lock to prevent unauthorized coupling and hauling of a trailer during parking includes a locking dock, a coupling assembly and a lock assembly. The coupling assembly can be latched in a dome of a trailer coupling dock. By locking and unlocking of the lock assembly the coupling assembly can be retained or removed so that unauthorized towing of the trailer can be prevented.
Claims6
A trailer coupling dock theft-proof lock, comprising a locking dock, a coupling assembly and a lock assembly, wherein:
- the locking dock has a body with a deck formed thereon and a slider room formed inside;
- the deck having a slot and a latch chamber, the body having a core chamber at the bottom thereof communicating with the latch chamber;
- the coupling assembly includes:
- a slider which has at least one latch hole, a through hole and a coupling hole, and is retained on the locking dock through a pin running through the slot to engage with the through hole;
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- a ball seat which is coupled with the slider and held in a corresponding dome of a trailer coupling dock and replaceable according to the size of the dome;
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- the lock assembly includes:
- a core which is held in the core chamber and has a bolt at a rear end thereof;
- an elastic element held in the latch chamber of the locking dock;
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- a latch element which is held in the latch chamber and has the bottom thereof pushed by the elastic element and a bolt chamber and an upper section extended into the latch hole of the slider.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.