Trailer hitch latching assembly

A trailer hitch latching assembly comprising:

• a housing;
• an opening located within said housing, said opening to accommodate a trailer hitch;
• a locking pawl attached to said housing and located within said opening, said locking pawl being movable between a retracted position exterior of said opening to an extended position across said opening;
• a latch plate mounted on said housing and across said opening, said latch plate being movable between a first position and a second position, said first position engaging said locking pawl and preventing movement of such to said extended position, said second position disengaging said locking pawl permitting such to move to said extended position forming a totally enclosed area between said latch plate and said locking pawl, said trailer hitch to be located within said enclosed area;
• a coil spring connected between said locking pawl and said latch plate, said locking pawl being continuously biased toward said extended position by said coil spring and said latch plate is continuously biased toward said first position, whereby the biasing force of said coil spring tends to maintain said latch plate in said first position and engaging said locking pawl, and when said latch plate is in said second position the biasing force of the coil spring tends to maintain said locking pawl and said latch plate in the position defining said totally enclosed area;
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• means connectable to said latch plate for moving such between said first and said second positions.