Patent ID: 9592711
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: B60D

Claim:
1. A towing assembly, comprising: a) a lunette; b) a first shaft having a first end and a second end, the first shaft detachably and pivotally coupled at the first end to the lunette; c) a second shaft having a first end and a second end, the first end of the second shaft having a locking joint portion bound by a shoulder feature, the second end of the first shaft detachably and pivotally coupled, directly, to the locking joint portion, the shoulder feature having a range of articulation for the first shaft about the locking joint portion; d) a first means for fixing an orientation of the first shaft relative to the locking joint portion, and a second means for fixing an orientation of the first shaft relative to the lunette, whereby the first shaft and the second shaft are pivotable relative to each other about the locking joint portion in an unlocked position and the first shaft and the third shaft are not pivotable relative to each other in the locked position.