Patent ID: 11858302
Assignee: GEN-Y CREATIONS, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 6:
7. An offset gooseneck adapter for use with a towing vehicle puck system having a center socket and receivers spaced from said center socket by a distance, said adapter comprising:
a central connection portion having a cylindrical shaft with a cylindrical surface, said cylindrical shaft having a captured ball moveable between an extended position and a retracted position through movement of a locking shaft that is moveable on a vertical axis between a locked position and an unlocked position, said extended position of said ball defined by a portion of said captured ball displaced radially beyond said cylindrical surface by said locking shaft, said retracted position defined by said captured ball being radially moveable to a position inside said cylindrical surface;
a base plate circumscribing said cylindrical shaft and said cylindrical shaft extending through said base plate, said base plate having rotating locks, each said rotating locks having a rotatable T-shaped bolt spaced from said cylindrical shaft by a distance equal to said distance between said center socket and said receivers, said rotating locks having a locking handle fixed with respect to said T-shaped bolt and rotatable therewith between locked and unlocked positions, said locked position locating said locking handle adjacent to a locking feature affixed to said base plate for selectively retaining said locking handle in said locked position, a gooseneck ball being affixed to said base plate and spaced from said cylindrical shaft, a portion of said cylindrical shaft and said gooseneck ball overlapping in elevation adjacent to said base plate.