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US 5,350,209 AGranted
Handle for a trailer ball-mount
OwnerDaniel Van Mullen, Doris Van Mulleninventors
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A gripping device provided with handles is adapted to engage the ball of a conventional trailer hitch as a convenience in handling the hitch when it is removed from the towing vehicle. The preferred form of the device provides a clam shell-type grasping assembly that is manipulated by handles having overlapped portions that together form the handle. These overlapped portions are locked releasably against separation, and accommodation is also provided for receiving a padlock maintaining the closure of the clam shell components whenever this becomes desirable. A simplified version of the device is formed by a piece of bent rod having portions providing the handle and also for gripping the ball.
In combination with a ball section of a trailer hitch, said ball section being normally removably mounted on a towing vehicle, a detachable handle, said section having a ball projection with a relatively smaller diameter stem, said handle comprising:
In combination with a ball section of a trailer hitch, said ball section being normally removably mounted on a towing vehicle, a detachable handle, said section having a ball projection with a relatively smaller diameter stem, said handle comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.