Trailer hitch
AssigneeBike-A-Boose Mfg. Company
InventorJames H. Ragland
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Abstract
A hitch for use in towing a trailer behind a bicycle can be constructed using two elongated elastomeric straps, one end of each of the straps being connected to the bicycle and one end of each of the straps being connected to the trailer.
Claims9
In the combination of a towing vehicle, a trailer adapted to be towed behind said vehicle said trailer having a tongue and hitch means connecting said tongue to said vehicle the improvement which comprises:
- said hitch means comprising two separate elongated flexible, elastomeric straps, one end of each of said straps being connected to said tongue, one end of each of said straps being connected to said vehicle, said straps extending generally between said vehicle and said tongue and being capable of independent flexure intermediate their ends, said straps being horizontally displaced from one another and being generally parallel to one another.
In the combination of a towing vehicle, a trailer adapted to be towed behind said vehicle, said trailer having a tongue and hitch means connecting said tongue to said vehicle the improvement which comprises:
- said hitch means comprising two separate elongated straps, one end of each of said straps being connected to said tongue, one end of each of said straps being connected to said vehicle, said straps extending generally between said vehicle and said tongue and being capable of independent flexure intermediate their ends,
- said straps are located so as to be spaced from one another horizontally,
- said ends of said straps secured to said tongue being positioned on opposite sides of said tongue and extend along said tongue, and
- retainer means engaging the portions of said straps extending along said tongue which are remote from said tongue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.