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4802686 Trailer hitch  
A trailer hitch for connecting a trailer to a hitch ball on a towing vehicle. There are two converging sides arranged as a V which has an apex at the hitch ball receiving area. A top plate covers...
4799705 Trailer hitching aid  
The hitching aid disclosed is for use with agricultural tractors. It is used to allow the tractor to be backed onto a trailer, whereupon the trailer becomes automatically hitched to the tractor....
4792151 Self-aligning, self-locking and self-leveling trailer hitch assembly  
A trailer hitch comprising a housing mountable on the vehicle, a ramp sloping downwardly and rearwardly from the housing away from the vehicle, and two laterally opposed pivotable jaws having...
4781394 Trailer hitch guide  
A trailer hitch for attachment to a vehicle bumper for providing releasable coupling with a trailer coupling member. The hitch includes a coupling ball partially surrounded by an enclosure...
4778195 Tractor work implement coupler  
A tenon-and-mortise coupler for releasably connecting any type of work implement to the front chassis of any conventional tractor. The tenon part defines an open frame, fixedly secured at its rear...
4778193 Articulated truck/trailer combination:the folding doors  
In a cargo-carrying vehicle having a power unit, a first cargo-carrying unit releasably affixed to the power unit, the first cargo-carrying unit not being pivotal on the power unit, and a second...
4772040 Device for coupling a trailer to a towing vehicle  
A device for releasably coupling a trailer to a towing vehicle comprising a support plate mountable on the towing vehicle, and a parallelogram-like arrangement of articulated mechanical members...
4759564 Adjustable leveling device for automatic trailer hitch  
An automatic trailer hitch assembly mounts a shank unit on the trailer and a receiving unit on the towing vehicle. The shank unit provides an elongated shank member which mounts the trailer ball at...
4747612 Quick attach coupling  
An improved coupler or hitch assembly of the latch plate type. Angled jaws on the coupler act together with ramps or angled arms on the equipment secured by the coupler to forgive vertical or...
4723788 Trailer hitch alignment apparatus  
An apparatus for facilitating the alignment of a trailer hitch socket with the ball mounted on the towing vehicle is provided wherein a couple of interfitting masts are used. The first mast mounts...
4708359 Trailer hitching apparatus  
A trailer hitching apparatus having a pair of vehicle sighting rods attached to each side of the ball on the hitch of the vehicle and extending upwardly so that they are clearly visible to a person...
4687220 Trailer hitch coupling device  
Apparatus facilitating the alignment of hitch elements on tractor and trailer vehicles includes elongated telescoping members, one of which is rotatably and adjustably connected to one vehicle. The...
4677814 Quick attach apparatus for crop harvest header and the like  
Quick attachment of crop handling headers to harvesters employs one or more wedge locks, utilizing the mechanical forces thereof to, in turn, tightly and firmly wedge an elongated tongue portion of...
4674942 Load hauling tandem combination  
Load-hauling tandem combination formed of a motor driven truck releasably hitched to a wheel-mounted trailer which is self-propelled and self-steerable when unhitched from the truck. A lifting...
4666176 Trailer hitch guide  
A device for assisting in vertically, longitudinally and laterally aligning two coupling members, one associated with a towing vehicle and the other associated with a towed vehicle, comprises a...
4666177 Hitch  
A hitch for coupling a drawbar on a draft vehicle to a tongue bar on a trailer or pulled vehicle includes a preferably square tubular housing having a forward end for removable attachment to the...
4657275 Self-aligning trailer hitch  
A self-aligning ball and socket type hitch including an elevated ramp member pivotally attached to an extension member which in turn is slidably engaged with the base of the hitch so that the ramp...
4657276 Trailer hitch  
A coupling assembly for coupling a tractor to a drawn vehicle or implement comprises a coupling body for attachment to one of a tractor drawbar or trailer tongue, and for engagement with a ball...
4653771 Method for positioning rear trailer in tandem tractor-trailer assembly  
A method and apparatus for positioning a rear trailer relative to a front trailer in a tractor-trailer tandem assembly in order to facilitate the connection of the rear trailer to the front...
4627634 Side vision aid for trailer hitching  
A visual aid device for positioning of a towing vehicle for hitching to a trailer. A vehicle-attachable sighting rod assembly co-operates with a trailer sighting target assembly to guide the...
4621432 Trailer hook-up guide system  
The invention relates to improvements in trailer alignment and hook-up systems which are used with conventional hitching and hitch elements. The system comprises a fork-like sighting member...
4614355 Fifth-wheel assembly  
A slidable fifth-wheel assembly permitting the relative positions of a tractor and its associated trailer to be adjusted includes switching means which activates an alarm in the cab of the tractor...
4614356 Apparatus for aligning hitches of towing and towed vehicles  
An aligning device for aligning hitches of towing and towed vehicles that facilitates trailer hookup. The device includes a bracket which releasably attaches to the towing vehicle. A rod is...
4613149 Self-coupling trailer hitch  
An automatic trailer hitch assembly mounts a shank unit on the trailer and a receiving unit on the towing vehicle. The shank unit provides an elongated shank member which mounts a trailer ball at...
4606549 Automatic trailer hitch  
An automatic trailer hitch assembly mounts a shank unit on the trailer and a receiving unit on the towing vehicle. The shank unit provides an elongated shank member which mounts a trailer ball at...
4593840 Load carrying unit  
A load carrying unit includes a load carrying portion having a pair of wheels lockably raisable and lowerable in relation thereto. The load carrying portion may be connected to a vehicle by means...
4589670 Convertible truck/trailer assembly and method  
A truck and trailer assembly adapted to travel over the road in a traveling mode, where the trailer is spaced a substantial distance from the truck, and also adapted to operate in a maneuvering...
4586620 Railroad car coupler alignment device  
An alignment device for railroad car couplers including a central flexible portion with a pair of swivelable end portions connectable between couplers of adjacent cars. Each of the end portions...
4585133 Coupler for convertible rail-highway semi-trailer  
A convertible semi-trailer for highway and railroad modes of travel includes a coupler device to releasably couple adjacent vehicles end-to-end to form a train for the railroad mode. The coupler...
4583481 Method and apparatus for hitching a trailer to a motor vehicle  
There is provided an improved method and apparatus for enabling one to easily hitch a trailer to a motor vehicle. The apparatus includes a rod mounted vertically a predetermined distance from the...
4575111 Quick hitch assembly  
A towline is mounted on a pulling vehicle and at one end of the towline a hitching member is secured; the towing vehicle includes a bracket for receiving the hitching member and a locking pin for...
4568099 Vehicle-to-vehicle connection mechanism  
A device for temporarily attaching two vehicles to form a united structure. he device has a rod which extends from the first vehicle into a complimentary grasping means on the second vehicle. The...
4560184 Trailer hitch  
An automatic trailer hitch assembly mounts a shank unit on the trailer and a receiving unit on the towing vehicle. The shank unit provides an elongated shank member which mounts a trailer ball at...
4560183 Trailer hitch guide  
A trailer hitch guide constructed in accordance with the present invention mounts a base upon the vehicle hitch and a pair of detachably, mountable, lateral guides are attachable to the base for...
4552376 Trailer hitch lamp guide  
A trailer hitch guide for assisting the operator of a towing vehicle in positioning the trailer hitch components in cooperative coupling relation includes a translucent light beam receiving target...
4545595 Method and apparatus for assisting in and facilitating the coupling of a trailer tongue to a vehicle latch  
The present invention presents a method and apparatus for assisting in and facilitating the coupling of a trailer tongue to a vehicle hitch. An overhead structure extends over the trailer tongue...
4537416 Trailer hitch alignment device  
A trailer hitch alignment device comprising an upwardly directed generally arcuate cradle with a vertically elongated tubular socket pivotally mounted therein. The socket receives the lower end of...
4511159 Trailer hitch guide assembly  
System for vertically aligning mating members of a tow vehicle and trailer. An elongate guide bar is attached to extend away from the rear of the vehicle, to permit contact of the guide bar with...
4509768 Vehicle with detachable implement  
For use in detachably mounting an implement to a vehicle, the vehicle having associated therewith an adjustable take-up frame having at least one coupling element arranged to coact in engagement...
4484760 Remote control hitch  
A hitch for coupling the tongue of a drawn vehicle to a draw bar has a guiding member and a guided member mutually configured to assume a predetermined relative spatial relation upon engagement...
4432563 Hitching guidance device  
An improved hitching guidance device to facilitate the coupling of towing and towed units is herein presented. Such a device is advantageous when the towed unit, with its hitch ball receiver cup,...
4431208 Trailer walker  
Recreation and work-type trailers are difficult to maneuver once detached from the towing vehicle even with the conventional dolley wheel in place. This device includes a horizontal main bar with a...
4421340 Coupling means comprising a centering device and a locking mechanism for a motor driven utility unit having a complementary unit  
A vehicle, especially an automotive utility vehicle, of the type having a motor driven vehicle unit and a towable complementary unit, such as the type utilized for fire fighting or rescue...
4417748 Trailer swivel hitch guide  
A trailer swivel hitch guide for attachment on a bumper of a vehicle and received around a trailer hitch ball secured to the bumper. The guide used for guiding the tongue of a trailer so the tongue...
4416466 Trailer hitch guide  
A trailer hitch guide is disclosed for guiding a ball, attached at the rear of an automobile or other towing vehicle, into a position of alignment directly under a socket on a trailer tongue of a...
4394031 Easily mountable swingable-arm draw-pin retainer  
To prevent personal injury and property damage by accidental displacement of a hitch tow-pin, an easily mountable unit has an arm horizontally swingable to and from a position above the upper end...
4377296 Hitching apparatus  
A hitching apparatus for a draft vehicle including a pressure actuated latching mechanism and a lifting guide attached to the drawbar of the draft vehicle, and a lifting device operably connected...
4372573 Drop hitch system  
A drop hitch system for a log skidder includes a pulley block which serves as part of the connection for connecting a towed implement to a cable wrapped about the drum of a winch provided on the...
4368899 Hitch mechanism for tractors and implements  
An automatic hitch mechanism that permits a tractor driver to connect and disconnect an implement without leaving the cab of the tractor. The hitch includes a tractor drawbar equipped with a...
4346911 Hitch  
A hitch for connecting a prime mover such as a tractor to an implement such as a plough to be drawn by the prime mover. The hitch comprises a two part prime mover drawbar and a separate single part...