Safety hitch pin
OwnerAlva A. Thompsoninventor
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Abstract
A safety hitch pin having an enlarged upper end or head that is adapted to rest upon apertured parts secured by the pin. An annular retention device or keeper adapted to receive the lower end of the pin therethrough is provided that has a retainer chain attached. The free end of the chain and enlarged upper end of the pin are provided with parts that are adapted to coact so that a selected portion of the chain can be releasably secured to the upper end or head portion of the hitch pin.
Claims10
A hitch pin of the type including an elongated vertical pin of a circular cylindrical configuration that is adapted to extend downwardly through aligned openings of a hitch with the pin having a radially enlarged head at its upper end that presents a downwardly facing shoulder adapted to rest upon the top of the hitch in combination with an improved means for releasably retaining the hitch pin in a hitching mode, said improved means comprising an elongated flexible tether having a keeper fixed to one end thereof, said keeper comprising a body having an opening therethrough that slidably receives a lower portion of the pin therethrough for adjustment of said keeper on said pin, and securing means for releasably securing a selected portion of the tether that is remote from the keeper to the head against any tension in the tether between such selected tether portion and the adjustable keeper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.