Patent ID: 8186703
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle drawbar support assembly comprising: a pin support member for attaching to a frame of a vehicle, the pin support member supporting a cable pin and a drawbar pin, both pins being mounted in bores in the pin support member, the cable pin being forward of the drawbar pin and being adapted to be received by a towing cable, the drawbar pin being adapted to be received by a bore in a front end of the drawbar; a floater plate spaced apart from the pin support member and coupled to the pins, the floater plate having a pair of spaced apart bores for receiving the pins, each bore in the floater plate includes a lower larger diameter portion and an upper smaller diameter portion; and a snap ring is mounted on each pin and is received in a corresponding one of the larger diameter portions.