Patent ID: 9242522
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: B60D

Claim Text:
1. A coupler lock for attaching to a trailer hitch coupler, the hitch coupler having a socket, the coupler lock including: a locking bar having a general U-shape with first and second vertically extending locking ends, only one of the first and second vertically extending locking ends having teeth; a plug member for receipt within the socket of the hitch coupler and supported by the locking bar; and a base structure removably attached to the locking bar, the base structure including a curved central base portion and first and second apertures located at opposed ends of the central base portion, a curvature of the central base portion being downwardly concave so as to curve around the trailer hitch coupler, the base structure further including a locking structure located offset from a center of the central base portion and adjacent to the one of the first and second vertically extending locking arms having teeth, the locking structure including a key-actuated lock mechanism that extends horizontally so as to be actuatable and move a portion of the key-actuated lock mechanism into direct engagement within the teeth on the one of the first and second vertically extending locking arms having teeth to lockingly retain the base structure attached to the locking bar so as to retain the plug member within the socket of the hitch coupler, the locking structure being positioned above the plug member with the base structure attached to the locking bar and the plug member retained within the socket of the hitch coupler.