Trailer fifth wheel lubrication apparatus

A trailer fifth wheel lubrication apparatus carried by a truck, said apparatus comprising:

• a fifth wheel assembly, connected to the truck, including a plurality of lubrication channels and a plurality of fittings for conveying lubricant to an upper surface of said fifth wheel assembly,
• a plurality of lubricant conveyances, connected to said fittings, for conveying lubricant to said fifth wheel assembly,
• a lubricant distribution assembly, connected to said lubricant conveyances, for conveying lubricant to said lubricant conveyances,
• a main lubricant supply line, connected to said lubricant lubricant distribution assembly, for conveying lubricant to said lubricant distribution assembly,
• a lubricant supply assembly, connected to said main lubricant supply line, for conveying lubricant to said main lubricant supply line,
• power assembly means, connected to said lubricant supply assembly, for forcing discharge of lubricant from said lubricant supply assembly into said main lubricant supply line,
• control assembly means for controlling flow of power from said power assembly means to said lubricant supply assembly, said control assembly means including manually operated actuator assembly means, located in a cab of the truck, for actuating said control assembly means,
• wherein said lubrication channels are distributed on said upper surface of said fifth wheel assembly in an arrangement wherein said fittings are adjacent to a perimeter of said fifth wheel assembly and define channel corners at which adjoining lubrication channels contact each other, wherein said lubrication channels include first channel portions which extend between a pair of said channel corners, and wherein second channel portions of said lubrication channels perpendicularly intersect said first channel portions of said lubrication channels mid-way between a pair of channel corners.