Patent ID: 9586450
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B60D

Claim:
1. A trailer hitch assembly sized and shaped to fit within a trailer hitch receptacle, the trailer hitch assembly comprising: a first tubular hitch member having a rectangular cross section and having a first end and a first angled end opposite the first end, the first angled end having a planar end surface extending from a longitudinally frontmost location at a first edge of the first tubular hitch member to a longitudinally backmost location at a second diagonally opposite edge of the first tubular hitch member, the first edge defining a line along a longitudinal length of the first tubular hitch member, the planar end surface of the first angled end extending along a plane, a reference line being in the plane between the first edge and the second diagonally opposite edge, wherein the line defined by the first edge and the reference line in the plane define an acute angle therebetween; a second tubular hitch member having a second end and a second angled end opposite the second end, the second angled end of the second tubular hitch member being complementary to the first angled end of the first tubular hitch member; at least one guide projection disposed partially within at least one of the first tubular hitch member and the second tubular hitch member and longitudinally extending from one of the angled ends of the first tubular hitch member or the second tubular hitch member; an actuator configured to engage both the first tubular hitch member and the second tubular hitch member and configured to diagonally displace the first tubular hitch member relative to the second tubular hitch member upon actuation, the actuator comprising: a first hole in a side wall of the first tubular hitch member; a second hole in a side wall of the second tubular hitch member; and a security pin sized and configured to be inserted through the first hole of the first tubular hitch member and the second hole of the second tubular hitch member, and to secure the trailer hitch assembly to the trailer hitch receptacle.