Patent ID: 6431577
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: B60P,B62D,Y10S

Abstract:
A trailer hitch body designed for a hook lift shuttle, the shuttle comprising a bed and an articulating hook assembly, the hook assembly having an inside diameter, the trailer hitch body comprising:a substantially planar rigid frame having an upper side, a lower side, a front end, a rear end, and a periphery; a mating part of a trailer hitch system rigidly attached to the upper side of the frame; an elongate and substantially vertical rigid pin support member having a top end and a bottom end; the bottom end of the pin support member being fixedly attached to the front end of the frame and extending substantially vertically upward therefrom; a rigid pin attached to the top end of the pin support member, the rigid pin being shaped to engage flexibly and securely the hook assembly of the shuttle; a plurality of rigid legs, each having an upper end and a lower end, all of the legs being rigidly attached their upper ends to the periphery of the frame at spaced intervals and depending downwardly therefrom; the lower ends of the legs comprising means for rigidly and releasably engaging the bed of the shuttle at like spaced intervals.