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US 6,957,825 B2Granted
Trailer impact suppression apparatus
AssigneeRubber Ride Hitches LTD
InventorWledon J. Peters
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Abstract
A hitch receiving assembly for connecting a trailer to towing vehicle is disclosed. The hitch receiving assembly includes a first fixed elongate member mountable to a trailer and a second floating hitch receiving member that is separated from the fixed member by a plurality of elongate resilient members.
Claims9
A hitch receiving assembly for connecting a trailer to a vehicle adapted for towing a trailer comprising:
- a retaining member,
- a elongate fixed member oriented transverse to the direction of travel of said trailer,
- wherein said retaining member and said fixed member are concentric to one another and separated from one another by at least one resilient member, and retaining member further comprises means to receive a trailer hitch, and said elongate fixed member is attached to a trailer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.