Trailer Hitch Security System
OwnerStephen M. White, Chase A. Whiteinventors
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Abstract
An article of manufacture for preventing theft of trailer by unauthorized users after trailers are decoupled from authorized towing vehicles according to the present invention is disclosed. The present invention relates to a device and method for securing a non-motorized trailer from unauthorized movement by attaching a keyed tongue bar to an authorized vehicle and attaching a paired tongue receiver to the non-motorized trailer. If a vehicle does not have attached thereto the keyed tongue, the vehicle, i.e. unauthorized vehicle, will not be able to be attached to and move the trailer. The keyed tongue bar and paired tongue receiver have an abstract-shaped end and matched abstract-shaped opening, respectively.
Claims5
A device for attaching a non-motorized trailer to a vehicle, comprising:
- a keyed tongue attaches to a first half of the device;
- an attachment means for attaching said first half of said device to said vehicle;
- an opening on a second half of the device, wherein said opening is matched to said keyed tongue;
- a hitch pin for inserting through said second half and said keyed tongue;
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- at least one point of attachment to said trailer, whereby said at least one point of attachment to said second half of said device;
- wherein said keyed tongue can be shaped as a standard geometrical shape or a non-uniform shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.