Trailer coupler

A trailer coupler device for attaching to the hitch ball of a tow vehicle, said trailer coupler device comprising:

• a front portion of the trailer coupler having a latch attached thereto wherein said latch is connected to a connection shaft;
• a grasping means slidingly engaged within a spring housing and connected to the connection shaft for grasping the hitch ball of the towing vehicle;
• a ball receiving cavity positioned within the trailer coupler wherein said hitch ball of said towing vehicle is received in said ball receiving cavity of the trailer coupler;
• said spring housing located within the trailer coupler having a spring positioned thereon wherein said spring acts on the grasping means in response to the movement of the latch;
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• a locking pin for securing the latch when the latch is in the engaged position;
• said trailer coupler having a first opening and a second opening thereon;
• said latch having a first opening and a second opening thereon and said trailer coupler having a connection shaft wherein said connection shaft attaches said latch to said grasping means wherein said connection shaft has an opening thereon;
• said locking pin passing through said first opening on a first side of the trailer coupler, passes through said first opening on said latch and said opening on said connection shaft and further wherein said locking pin may exit via said second opening on a second side of the trailer coupler after passing through said second opening on said latch.