Swivel jack assembly

A swivel jack assembly for repositioning a trailer tongue, the swivel jack assembly having an engaged position and a disengaged position, the swivel jack assembly comprising:

• a tongue-mounting bracket for engagement with the trailer tongue, the tongue-mounting bracket including a first cup section, the first cup section having a generally convex configuration with an aperture disposed therethrough;
• a jack-mounting bracket including means for locking attachment to a jack, the jack-mounting bracket including a second cup section with an orifice disposed therethrough, the jack-mounting bracket orifice being in general alignment with the tongue-mounting bracket aperture when one of the cup sections is nested within the other cup section;
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• a locking mechanism for securely retaining the jack-mounting bracket to the tongue-mounting bracket when the cup sections are nested together, the locking mechanism comprising a fastener, a bushing, a locknut, and a washer, the fastener having a fastener head and a fastener shank, the fastener shank extending through the bushing, the fastener head being accessible from the jack-mounting bracket, the bushing extending through the jack-mounting bracket, and the locknut being disposed on the shank opposite the fastener head;
• whereby the shank is in the released position when the tongue-mounting bracket pivotally rotates relative to the jack-mounting bracket from an upright engaged position to a stowed disengaged position, and the shank is in the secured position when the cup sections are nested together and the jack-mounting bracket is securely engaged to the tongue-mounting bracket in the upright engaged position.

A swivel jack assembly for repositioning a trailer tongue, the swivel jack assembly comprising:

• a tongue-mounting bracket for engagement onto a trailer tongue, the tongue-mounting bracket having an aperture;
• a jack-mounting bracket for locking engagement with a jack, the jack-mounting bracket including means for locking attachment to a jack;
• a swivel connection between the jack-mounting bracket and the tongue-mounting bracket, the swivel connection comprising a nesting engagement of a first cup section disposed within the tongue-mounting bracket and a second cup section disposed within the jack-mounting bracket,
• the jack-mounting bracket orifice being in alignment with the tongue-mounting bracket aperture when the cup sections are nested together;
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• a locking mechanism for securely retaining the jack-mounting bracket to the tongue-mounting bracket when the cup sections are nested together, the locking mechanism including a fastener shank and a bushing, the fastener shank extending through the jack-mounting bracket opening and the tongue-mounting bracket aperture, the bushing having a bushing shank and a bushing head, the bushing shank being hollow, the bushing head abutting the jack-mounting bracket, the bushing shank extending through the orifice in the jack-mounting bracket, the fastener shank extending through the bushing shank and being in a released position when the tongue-mounting bracket pivotally rotates relative to the jack-mounting bracket from an upright engaged position to a stowed disengaged position, and the shank being in a secured position when the cup sections are nested together and the jack-mounting bracket is securely engaged to the tongue-mounting bracket in the upright engaged position.