Swivel jack for a trailer tongue

A jack adapted to be attached to a generally horizontal trailer tongue and adapted to be selectively located in an upright active position or in a generally horizontal stowed position, said jack comprising an elongated tubular housing, a housing bracket fixed to said housing and having inner and outer sides with a hole of predetermined diameter extending therebetween, a tongue bracket adapted to be anchored to said tongue and having inner and outer sides with a hole of larger diameter extending therebetween, the inner side of said housing bracket being disposed in opposing relation with the outer side of said tongue bracket, means connecting said housing bracket to said tongue bracket for pivoting of the housing bracket about a generally horizontal axis extending transversely of said tongue thereby to support said jack for movement between said positions, said means comprising a spacer disposed in said hole in said tongue bracket with close rotatable clearance and having an opening therethrough, a bolt having a head located adjacent the outer side of said housing bracket and having a shank extending through said hole in said housing bracket and through said opening in said spacer, said spacer and said housing bracket being connected to rotate in unison, a washer encircling said shank and located adjacent the inner side of said tongue bracket, said washer having a diameter greater than the diameter of the hole in said tongue bracket, and a nut threaded on said shank and coacting with said head to hold said washer, said spacer and said housing bracket in assembled relation, said spacer holding said housing bracket and said washer out of clamping engagement with said tongue bracket.