Bicycle trailer hitch
Assignee634182 Alberta Ltd.
InventorsDaniel William Britton, Imad Assaf
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Abstract
A bicycle trailer hitch for securing a trailer to a bicycle, the trailer including a hitch arm and the bicycle having a rear wheel including an axle with an axis of rotation and a frame, the bicycle trailer hitch comprising: a hitch ball including a connector end connectable to the trailer hitch arm, an opposite end formed as a ball and a intermediate portion extending therebetween; and a bicycle-mounted hitch portion including a plate having an aperture extending therethrough, the plate being mountable on the axle of the rear wheel of the bicycle with the axle extending through and rotatable within the aperture and a socket connected to the plate and formed to removably retain the ball of the hitch ball.
Claims17
A bicycle trailer hitch for securing a trailer to a bicycle, the trailer including a hitch arm and the bicycle having a rear wheel including an axle with an axis of rotation and a frame, the bicycle trailer hitch comprising:
- a hitch ball including a connector end connectable to the trailer hitch arm, an opposite end formed as a ball end and a intermediate portion extending therebetween;
- and a bicycle-mounted hitch portion including a plate having an aperture extending therethrough, the plate being mountable on the axle of the rear wheel of the bicycle with the axle extending through and rotatable within the aperture and a socket connected to the plate and formed to removably retain the ball end of the hitch ball, the socket including an open end, sized to permit the ball end of the hitch ball to pass therethrough and a retainer end formed to retain the ball end therein, the open end being positioned at the forward end of the socket and the retainer end positioned at the rear of the socket such that the ball end is retained in the retainer end when the hitch arm of the trailer is extending out from the hitch behind the bicycle.
A bicycle trailer hitch for securing a trailer to a bicycle, the trailer including a hitch arm formed as a tube including a hollow end and the bicycle having a rear wheel including an axle with an axis of rotation and a frame, the bicycle trailer hitch comprising:
- a hitch ball including a connector end connectable to the trailer hitch arm, the connector end is formed as an insert sized to fit into and be engaged in the hollow end of the hitch arm, an opposite end formed as a ball end and a intermediate portion extending therebetween;
- and a bicycle-mounted hitch portion including a plate having an aperture extending therethrough, the plate being mountable on the axle of the rear wheel of the bicycle with the axle extending through and rotatable within the aperture and a socket connected to the plate and formed to removably retain the ball end of the hitch ball.
A bicycle trailer hitch for securing a trailer to a bicycle, the trailer including a hitch arm and the bicycle having a rear wheel including an axle with an axis of rotation and a frame, the bicycle trailer hitch comprising:
- a hitch ball including a connector end connectable to the trailer hitch arm, an opposite end formed as a ball end and a intermediate portion extending therebetween, the ball end and the connector end being aligned along a long axis of the hitch ball and the hitch ball being selected to extend out from the hitch arm with its long axis substantially in line with the long axis of the hitch arm;
- and a bicycle-mounted hitch portion including a plate having an aperture extending therethrough, the plate being mountable on the axle of the rear wheel of the bicycle with the axle extending through and rotatable within the aperture and a socket connected to the plate and formed to removably retain the ball end of the hitch ball.
A bicycle trailer hitch for securing a trailer to a bicycle, the trailer including a hitch arm and the bicycle having a rear wheel including an axle with an axis of rotation and a frame, the bicycle trailer hitch comprising:
- a hitch ball including a connector end connectable to the trailer hitch arm, an opposite end formed as a ball end and a intermediate portion extending therebetween;
- and a bicycle-mounted hitch portion including a plate having an aperture extending therethrough and a circular indentation on the plate positioned concentrically about the aperture, the plate being mountable on the axle of the rear wheel of the bicycle with the axle extending through and rotatable within the aperture and a socket connected to the plate and formed to removably retain the ball end of the hitch ball.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.