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US 8,282,118 B1Granted
Tow bar assembly apparatus
OwnerLeonard De La Fuente, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
The tow bar assembly apparatus is offered in more than one embodiment. The most basic embodiment provides for coupling between two balls designed for receipt of a hitch socket. The second embodiment provides the same function, with the addition of another socket assembly on one end of the bar, whereby a height choice is provided. The third embodiment of the apparatus provides either or both of the above described bar assemblies with the addition of a dolly assembly.
Claims12
A tow bar assembly apparatus for use with a tow vehicle and a towed vehicle, the apparatus comprising, in combination:
- a bar having a first end, a second end, and a length therebetween;
- a first socket assembly on the first end of the bar, the socket assembly for coupling with an existing ball assembly of the tow vehicle;
- a second socket assembly on the second end of the bar;
- a dolly assembly, the dolly assembly comprising:
- a transverse having a first end, a second end, and a length therebetween;
- a wheel assembly affixed to a bottom side of each of the first and second end of the transverse;
- an angle support having a first end and a second end, the first end affixed to the transverse;
- a horizontal member comprised of a channel, the horizontal member affixed to the second end of the angle support, the horizontal member in a same horizontal plane of the transverse and brace;
- an orifice in the horizontal member;
- an eyebolt and nut for selectively affixing the horizontal member to an existing trailer tongue;
- an upright affixed to the transverse;
- a ball affixed to a top of the upright, the ball for coupling with the second socket assembly.
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