Patent ID: 6357779
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
A telescoping hitch assembly for connecting a trailer to a tow vehicle comprising:a first member engaged or engagable to a trailer, said first member comprising a cavity; a coupling arm telescopically engaged with said first member, said coupling arm adapted for coupling at or towards a first distal end thereof to said vehicle; and a ratchet surface within the cavity and at least one movable deployable member carried by and pivotally connected to said coupling arm and engageable with said ratchet surface, wherein said moveable deployable member is moveable between an operative condition engaging the ratchet surface and an inoperative condition disengaged from the ratchet surface, and wherein said deployable member, when in its operative condition, prevents displacement of the coupling arm relative to the first member in a direction of telescopic extension.