Tow bar for towing tongueless vehicles
OwnerJ. Stephen Morrillinventor
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Abstract
This invention is a multi use tow bar for towing one vehicle behind the other, which is very simple in design in that it consists of a single (segmented) shaft which is rigidly attached to the rear of the towing vehicle (with a single component attachment device), a simple vertically rotating joint, and a rearward long shaft segment which is attached to the center of the front of the towed vehicle by a single coupler/ball. This tow bar is suitable for a broad range of situations where one vehicle tows another vehicle on a continuing basis and ease of attachment and disattachment of the two vehicles is important.
Claims8
A tow bar connectable between a towing vehicle and a towed vehicle, comprising:
- a rod-like first end rigidly and removably insertable into an elongate tube of a towing vehicle;
- an elongate, segmented bar contiguous to said first end;
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- a second end of said tow bar connected to a distal end of said elongate, segmented bar and having a hitch receptacle rotatably and removably connectable to a trailer hitch ball of a towed vehicle.
Apparatus for towing vehicles, comprising:
- a towing vehicle having disposed at a rear portion thereof an elongate tube adaptable to accept removable insertion of a shaft therein;
- a tow bar having at a first end thereof a rod-like segment sized for removable insertion into said elongate tube, and at a second end thereof a hitch receptacle adapted to receive a trailer hitch ball;
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- a towed vehicle having disposed at an end portion thereof a trailer hitch ball sized for removable insertion into said hitch connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.