Combination fifth wheel and gooseneck hitch
AssigneeTennessee Truck Works, L.L.C.
InventorRobert H. King
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Abstract
A combination hitch for allowing a towed vehicle to be fastened to a tow vehicle. The combination hitch includes a base for being attached to the bed of the tow vehicle, the base including a ball hitch member located substantially over the centerline of the rear axle of the tow vehicle. The combination hitch also includes a superstructure movable between a first position attached to the base and second position attached to the base. The superstructure has a pin box hitch member located substantially directly over the ball hitch member and the centerline of the rear axle of the tow vehicle when the superstructure is in the first position and not located substantially directly over the ball hitch member and the centerline of the rear axle of the tow vehicle when the superstructure is in the second position.
Claims8
A combination hitch for allowing a towed vehicle to be fastened to a tow vehicle, the tow vehicle including a bed and a rear axle having a centerline transversing the bed;
- said combination hitch comprising:
- (a) a base for being attached to the bed of the tow vehicle, said base including a ball hitch member located substantially over the centerline of the rear axle of the tow vehicle;
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- (b) a superstructure movable from a first position attached to said base to a second position attached to said base, said superstructure including a pin box hitch member located substantially directly over said ball hitch member and the centerline of the rear axle of the tow vehicle when said superstructure is in said first position and not located substantially directly over said ball hitch member and the centerline of the rear axle of the tow vehicle when said superstructure is in said second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.