Protective cover for trailer coupling
OwnerDennis McGuffeeinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a protective cover for trailer coupling devices. The protective cover includes a shaft with a hollowed inner core for housing a trailer coupling device and a protective pad that is adjoined to one end of the shaft. When installed, the protective casing cover protects a trailer's coupling device from adverse weather conditions. Additionally, upon installation, the protective pad of the protective cover serves to prevent or reduce damage to a vehicle when a driver backs up too far while trying to align a vehicle's trailer hitch with a trailer's coupling device.
Claims18
A protective cover device for a trailer coupling comprising:
- a. a generally hollow body having a first end and a second end, wherein said body has an inner core spanning a length between said first end and said second end and an opening;
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- b. a protective element, wherein said protective element is connected to said first end of said body,
- wherein the shape of the body is such that an upper horizontal plane and two vertical sidewalls of the trailer coupling device are at least partially housed within the inner core of the body when the first end of the body is in alignment with a first end of the trailer coupling device and the protective cover is placed on top of the trailer coupling device, and
- wherein the opening is sized and positioned within the body such that a locking lever of a trailer coupling device passes through the protective cover via the opening to an environment opposite the inner core when the first end of the body is in alignment with a first end of the trailer coupling device and the protective cover is placed on top of the trailer coupling device.
A protective cover device for a trailer coupling comprising:
- a. a shaft portion having a first end and a second end, wherein said shaft portion has an inner core and an opening,
- wherein the opening is sized and positioned such that a locking lever of the trailer coupling device passes through the protective cover via the opening to an environment opposite the inner core when the first end of the shaft portion is in alignment with a first end of the trailer coupling device and the protective cover is placed on top of the trailer coupling device, and wherein said inner core is hollowed from said first end to said second end such that an upper horizontal plane and two vertical sidewalls of the trailer coupling device are at least partially housed within said shaft portion when the first end of the shaft portion is in alignment with the trailer coupling device and the protective cover is placed on top of the trailer coupling device;
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- b. a protective pad portion, wherein said protective pad portion is located at said first end of said shaft portion.
A protective cover device for a trailer coupling comprising:
- a. a hollowed shaft portion having a first end and a second end, wherein said shaft portion is of a generally rectangular cuboid shape and consists of a first wall, a second wall, and a ceiling wall;
- wherein said ceiling wall rests on top of the trailer coupling device when the protective cover is in use and said ceiling wall has an opening of sufficient length and width as to permit an upright locking lever of the trailer coupling device to pass through when the protective cover is installed, and wherein said first sidewall and said second sidewall comprise a slot, wherein said slot is of sufficient size and shape as to permit said second end of said shaft portion to slide past a protruding material when the protective cover is installed;
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- b. a protective pad portion, wherein said protective pad portion is connected upon said first end of said shaft portion and the perimeter of the face of said protective portion is greater than the perimeter of said first end of the shaft portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.