Fast Hook-Up Hitch
OwnerRoger Fastinventor
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Abstract
A hitch attached to a tow vehicle includes a plate slideably engaged within a plate receiver and having a ball mounted thereon. To attach the tow vehicle to a trailer, the tow vehicle is positioned such that the plate having the ball mounted thereto is placed in the vicinity of a ball receiver attached to the trailer. The plate is then repositioned manually until the ball is positioned directly under the ball receiver and the ball receiver is lowered onto the ball. After attachment of the ball to the ball receiver, the tow vehicle reverses causing the plate to advance into the plate receiver until a retainer pin locks the plate to the plate receiver thereby preventing the plate from moving relative to the plate receiver.
Claims20
A hitch for attaching a first vehicle to a second vehicle for towing, the hitch comprising:
- a post coupled to the first vehicle;
- a receiver coupled to the post and having a first channel;
- a plate slideably engaged within the first channel and having a ball mounted thereon;
- and,
- a retainer pin positioned in a second channel disposed through the plate and the plate receiver to prevent movement of the plate relative to the plate receiver, wherein removal of the retainer pin from the second channel permits the plate to move relative to the receiver.
A hitch for attaching a first vehicle to a second vehicle for towing, the hitch comprising:
- a post coupled to the first vehicle;
- an arm coupled to the post;
- a fixed member coupled to the arm and having a channel;
- a sliding member slideably enaged in the channel of the fixed member and having a ball mounted thereon;
- and,
- a locking member for preventing movement of the sliding member relative to the fixed member, wherein movement of the sliding member relative to the fixed member is enabled by disengaging the locking member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.