Monobar hitch system
AssigneeFewDesign3, LLC
InventorJeffrey P. Few
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Abstract
A hitch system for distributing weight from a trailer to the wheels of a towing vehicle. The system has a hitch head that is pivotally connected to a hitch bar and is pivotable about a hitch head axis with respect to the hitch bar. A hitch pin is rotatably fixed to the hitch head and the hitch pin is rotatable with respect to the hitch head about a hitch pin axis. The hitch pin axis is transverse to the hitch head axis. A single spring is pivotally connected to the hitch head and is pivotable with respect to the hitch head about a spring axis. A distal end of the spring spaced from the spring axis is connectable to the trailer when the trailer is connected to the hitch pin and the spring can provide a biasing force when the distal end of the spring is moved nearer the trailer.
Claims16
A system for distributing force of a trailer to a vehicle comprising:
- a hitch bar for mounting to said vehicle, said hitch bar having hitch bar axis;
- a hitch head pivotally connected to said hitch bar being pivotal about a hitch head axis that is substantially parallel to said hitch bar axis;
- a hitch pin rotatably fixed to said hitch head and rotatable with respect to said hitch head about a hitch pin axis that is transverse to said hitch head axis, said hitch pin having an aperture extending therethrough transverse to said hitch pin axis;
- a single spring having a first end including a shaft and a second end for connecting to said trailer, said shaft extending into a socket within said hitch head and said spring pivotable about said shaft.
A system for distributing force of a trailer to a vehicle comprising:
- a hitch bar for mounting to said vehicle;
- a hitch head pivotally connected to said hitch bar being pivotal about a hitch head axis;
- a hitch pin rotatably fixed to said hitch head and rotatable with respect to said hitch head about a hitch pin axis that is transverse to said hitch head axis;
- a single spring pivotally connected to said hitch head near a first end of said spring and said spring being pivotable with respect to said hitch head about a spring axis that is coaxial with hitch pin axis, said spring being connectable to said trailer near a second end of said spring when said trailer is connected to said hitch pin and said spring for providing a biasing force when moved from a first position relatively far from said trailer into a second position locating said spring nearer said trailer.
A system for distributing force of a trailer to a vehicle comprising:
- a hitch head pivotally connected to a hitch bar and being pivotal about a hitch head axis;
- a hitch pin rotatably fixed to said hitch head and rotatable with respect to said hitch head about a hitch pin axis that is transverse to said hitch head axis;
- a single spring pivotally connected to said hitch head and pivotable with respect to said hitch head about a spring axis, said spring being connectable to said trailer when said trailer is connected to said hitch pin and said spring for providing a biasing force when a distal end of said spring spaced from said spring axis is moved from a first position relatively far from said trailer into a second position locating said spring nearer said trailer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.