Gooseneck trailer hitch

An improved gooseneck trailer hitch which swivels and extends and retracts for coupling a pulling vehicle having a frame and a bed with a gooseneck trailer to be towed comprising:

• a guide plate having a portion which has a semicircular periphery, and having a central mounting hole therein, said central mounting hole defining the center of radius for the semicircular periphery of said guide plate, the guide plate having an aperture distal from said central mounting hole on the radius bisecting said semicircular periphery,
• a tubular housing having an upper wall and a lower wall, and having a mounting bore therethrough at one end, and an aperture therethrough spaced from said mounting bore,
• a safety member attached above the tubular housing with a bore therethrough aligned with said aperture in the tubular housing,
• a draw bar having a guide slot at one end and a vehicle coupler at the other end, said draw bar including an aperture intermediate said guide slot and said vehicle coupler,
• an anchor plate for securing the gooseneck trailer hitch in the bed of a vehicle, said anchor plate having an aperture and mounting bore longitudinally aligned therein,
• the tubular housing and said draw bar attached to the anchor plate and the guide plate by a trunnion extending through the mounting bore in the anchor plate, through said mounting bore in the tubular housing, through said guide slot in said draw bar and through said mounting hole in the guide plate,
• a locking member having a locking pin biased in engagement with and through the bore in the safety member, the aperture in the guide plate, the aperture in the tubular housing and the aperture in the draw bar, which upon retraction of the locking pin, the tubular housing is free for arcuate movement about the semicircular periphery and the draw bar is free for extension from and retraction into said tubular housing.

A gooseneck trailer hitch for mounting upon a pulling vehicle with a frame and a bed comprising:

• a guide plate having a semicircular section spaced above the bed of a towing vehicle secured to the frame thereof, a mounting hole in said guide plate being the center of radius for the semicircular periphery of said semicircular section, and having an aperture intermediate the mounting hole and the semicircular periphery on the radius bisecting said semicircular periphery,
• a tubular housing having an upper wall and a lower wall, and having a mounting bore therethrough at one end and an aperture therethrough at the other end,
• a telescoping draw bar having a guide slot therein at one end, having a vehicle coupler at the other end and having an aperture therein intermediate said guide slot and said vehicle coupler for alignment with said aperture in said tubular housing, said draw bar positioned within said tubular housing with the guide slot aligned with the mounting bore in the tubular housing,
• said tubular housing and said drawbar attached to said guide plate by a trunnion extending through said mounting bore in said tubular housing, through said guide slot in said drawbar and into the mounting hole in said guide plate,
• a releasable locking pin assembly for latching said tubular housing and said draw bar aligned along the radius bisecting the semicircular periphery of said semicircular section.

A gooseneck trailer hitch for mounting upon a towing vehicle with a frame a bed comprising:

• a guide plate having a semicircular section and a mounting bracket for spacing said guide plate above the bed of the towing vehicle and secured into the frame thereof, a mounting hole in said guide plate being the center of radius for the semicircular periphery of said semicircular section, and having an aperture intermediate the mounting hole and the semicircular periphery on the radius bisecting said semicircular periphery,
• a tubular housing having an upper wall and a lower wall, and having a mounting bore therethrough at one end and an aperture therethrough at the other end,
• a telescoping draw bar having a guide slot therein at one end, having a vehicle coupler at the other end and having an aperture therein intermediate said guide slot and said vehicle coupler for alignment with said aperture in said tubular housing, said draw bar positioned within said tubular housing with the guide slot aligned with the mounting bore in the tubular housing,
• said tubular housing and said drawbar attached to the guide plate by a trunnion extending through said mounting bore in said tubular housing, through said guide slot in said drawbar and through the mounting hole in said guide plate,
• a releasable locking pin assembly for latching said tubular housing and said draw bar aligned along the radius bisecting the semicircular periphery of said semicircular section.