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US 2011/0210530 A1Published application
Tow hitch
OwnerJeffrey D. Hancock, Christopher N. Schenckinventors
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Abstract
A tow hitch for connecting a towing vehicle to a towed vehicle or other towed object including a receiving member to receive an insert member. The insert member has multiple connectors for selected use in securing a towed vehicle or other towed object, and a wedge secured to the insert member so that the wedge is positioned on a top surface of the insert member and between the insert member and the receiving member and is held against working it's cog out from between the insert and receiving member during us.
Claims5
A tow hitch comprising
- a receiver member adapted to be connected to a towing vehicle and having an open end;
- an insert member having one end to fit into said open end of said receiver member;
- a plate fixed to the other end of said insert member, said plate extending upwardly above a top surface of said insert member;
- an upper flange extending rearwardly from the top of said plate;
- a hitch ball fixed to and projecting upwardly from said upper flange;
- a wedge having a thin leading edge, a thicker trailing edge, a bottom surface to rest on the top of said insert member;
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- means securing the wedge to the insert member.
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