Patent ID: 9637039
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: B60D,B60P

Claim:
1. A vehicle tow assembly, comprising: an upper member that attaches to a tow vehicle and that is rigid and elongated; a lower member that attaches to a vehicle to be towed and that is rigid and elongated; a coupling member connecting the upper and lower members such that the upper member is higher than the lower member when the assembly is engaged with the tow vehicle and the vehicle to be towed; a saddle block coupled to the upper member, the saddle block having a fifth wheel mount defining a flat surface and a post connected to the flat surface extending away from the flat surface for engaging a fifth wheel assembly of the tow vehicle, the saddle block having a frame mount opposed to the fifth wheel mount, the frame mount including at least one channel configured to receive a connector to engage the frame mount, by means of the connector, to a frame of the tow vehicle, the saddle block having a fifth wheel position in which the flat surface faces down and the post extends into a receptacle of the fifth wheel mount when the assembly is engaged with the tow vehicle, the saddle block having a frame position in which the flat surface faces up and the frame mount faces down when the assembly is engaged with the tow vehicle; the lower member having at least one U-bolt channel configured to receive a U-bolt to couple the lower member with the vehicle to be towed, a rear end segment of the lower member having a chain opening to receive a chain to couple the rear end segment to a frame of the vehicle to be towed.