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US 4,807,899 AGranted
Hitch assembly
OwnerNicky G. Belcherinventor
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Abstract
A hitch assembly for use with a tow vehicle which includes a receiver defining a tubular passage way mounted on the rear of the vehicle in longitudinal alignment, a winch extending a retractable cable rearward through said passage way, and a hitch bar connectable to the end of the cable as well as to the hitch fixture of the towed element, whereby the cable can be retracted to draw the hitch bar up within the receiver passage way with the towed element aligned and the hitch connection locked.
Claims17
A hitch assembly for use with a vehicle, comprising:
- a receiver means consisting of a tubular body having forward and rearward ends mounted axially longitudinally on the rear of said vehicle and defining a tubular passage;
- a reinforcing band secured around the rearward end of said tubular body and presenting a rounded edge entry into said tubular passage;
- power means for controlling a retractable cable mounted on said vehicle and extending said cable rearwardly through said tubular passage;
- hitch bar means connectable to said retractable cable in order to be drawn for tight reception within said tubular passage;
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- removable pin means insertable transversely into said tubular section to secure said hitch bar means when in tight reception within said tubular passage.
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A self-aligning hitch assembly for use with a vehicle, comprising:
- a three-point hitch secured to said vehicle wherein at least two of the hitch lift arms each further comprise;
- a receiver means secured on said lift arm and defining a tubular passage;
- power means controlling a retractable cable from said vehicle and extending the cable rearward through said tubular passage;
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- hitch bar means connectable to said retractable cable in order to be drawn for tight reception within said tubular passage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.