Portable tongue for trailers

A detachable hitch apparatus adapted for connection to an elongated frame having a plurality of longitudinal, load bearing, main members extending substantially the length of the frame in a common plane and a plurality of vertically disposed cross members arranged transverse to the longitudinal, load bearing, main members, the most forward of said vertically disposed cross members including a pair of spaced openings therein;

• said detachable hitch comprising a tongue including a coupler and hitch lock mounted on a forward end thereof, a crank jack secured thereto adjacent said coupler and hitch lock, a pair of diverging arms extending in a direction opposed to said coupler and hitch lock, each of said arms having a first end and a second end, said first end of each said arm being secured to said coupler and hitch lock, and means associated with each said second end of said arms for releasably securing said tongue to the elongated frame, said means for releasably securing said tongue to the elongated frame comprises a pair of female coupling members, each including a base plate adapted to be secured to a back side of the most forward of said vertically disposed cross members, a projection fixed to said base plate adapted to pass through said spaced openings in the most forward of said vertically disposed cross members, and a vertically disposed opening in each of said projections, said means for releasably securing said tongue to the elongated frame further comprises a plate secured to each said second end of each said arm and a male coupling member secured to each of said plates, each of said male coupling members including an enlarged base and a bar extending upwardly from said enlarged base and having a transverse bore therein.