Load transferring trailer hitch device
OwnerLawrence H. Guettler, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A jack carried by the draft tongue or A-frame of a trailer supports the front of the trailer during the coupling thereof to the hitch member of a towing vehicle and the jack is also utilized to tension the load transfer members which equalize the load on the wheels of the towing vehicle. Following the coupling and tensioning operations, a retractable engaging member on the jack is connected with a rigid load bearing member on a solid portion of the trailer A-frame which relieves the jack of heavy forces generated by or transmitted through the load transferring members during towing. Safety, convenience, and stability during trailer transport are enhanced by the invention.
Claims16
In a load transferring trailer hitch having a resilient member which is tensioned to distribute trailer weight through the hitch on all wheels of the towing vehicle, the improvement comprising a jack means on the trailer having an engaging part which engages the resilient member to apply tension to the latter when the jack means is operated in one direction with the trailer and towing vehicle coupled through the hitch, and means interconnecting the resilient member and trailer and relieving the jack means of substantial forces transmitted through said resilient member during towing of the trailer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.