Removable handle and tongue assembly

A handle and tongue assembly comprising:

• a tongue portion having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is adapted for attachment to a towed vehicle, wherein the second end has a clevis, wherein the clevis consists of a pair of clevis legs, wherein each of the clevis legs has a clevis aperture;
• a handle portion having an attachment region and a gripping region in a substantially transverse alignment to the handle portion, wherein the attachment region has a first pair of attachment region legs and a second pair of attachment region legs, wherein the first pair of attachment region legs extend between the second pair of attachment region legs to define a recess that is adapted to at least partially receive the pair of clevis legs, and wherein the first pair of attachment region legs each have an attachment aperture formed therein;
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• attachment means that engages the tongue portion through the clevis apertures and the handle portion through the attachment aperture so that the towed vehicle is movable by manually grasping the gripping region.

A handle and tongue assembly for manually moving and positioning a trailer, the handle and tongue assembly comprising:

• an elongated tongue member having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is operably attachable to the trailer, and wherein the second end has a clevis, wherein the clevis consists of a pair of clevis branches, each branch of the clevis having a clevis aperture formed therethrough, the clevis apertures being substantially co-axially aligned;
• a handle portion having an attachment portion and a gripping portion in a substantially transverse alignment to the handle portion, the attachment portion comprising a first pair of side walls and a second pair of side walls, wherein the first pair of side walls are substantially parallel, wherein the second pair of side walls are substantially parallel, wherein the first pair of side walls are substantially perpendicular to the second pair of side walls, wherein the first pair of side walls are spaced apart at predetermined distance to form a recess therebetween, wherein the recess is adapted to receive at least a portion of the clevis, wherein each of the first pair of side walls has an attaching aperture formed therethrough, wherein the attaching apertures are disposed so as to be substantially co-axially alignable with the clevis apertures when the tongue portion and the handle portion are mated together, wherein the gripping portion is adapted so as to be grippable by a user;
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• an attaching pin adapted to be insertable through the clevis apertures and attaching apertures to attach the handle portion to the tongue portion.

A method of towing a vehicle using a multi-purpose handle and tongue assembly, the method comprising:

• operably attaching a tongue portion to a towed vehicle, wherein the tongue portion has a pair of clevis legs extending therefrom opposite the towed vehicle, and wherein each of the clevis legs has a clevis aperture formed therein;
• attaching the tongue portion to a towing vehicle by extending an attaching pin through the clevis apertures so that the attaching pin engages the towing vehicle;
• pulling the towed vehicle with the towing vehicle;
• detaching the towed vehicle from the towing vehicle by removing the attaching pin from the clevis aperture;
• extending the clevis legs at least partially into a recess on an attachment region on a handle portion, wherein the attachment region has a first pair of legs and a second pair of legs, wherein the first pair of legs extend between the second pair of legs define the recess, and wherein the first pair of legs each have an attaching aperture formed therein;
• attaching the handle portion to the tongue portion by extending the attaching pin through the clevis apertures and the attaching apertures;
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• pulling the towed vehicle using a gripping region on the handle portion.