Patent ID: 8439387
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. An assembly for securing a fifth wheel trailer hitch to a towing vehicle: a first mechanism including flush mounted receptacles that are fixedly connected to said towing vehicle; a second mechanism provided on said fifth wheel trailer hitch for securing said hitch to said vehicle, said second mechanism including a plurality of mounting lugs each defined by an upstanding plate-like member having a horizontally-oriented mounting lug opening extending therethrough, and said second mechanism being incompatible with said first mechanism; and an adaptor that includes a substantially rectangular frame, a first engaging mechanism for connecting said substantially rectangular frame to said first mechanism, and a second engaging mechanism for connecting said substantially rectangular frame to said second mechanism, wherein said first en a in mechanism includes inserts that are rotatably connected to said frame and are receivable within said flush mounted receptacles of said first mechanism and are rotatable to a locked position to secure said adaptor with respect to said towing vehicle, and wherein said second engaging mechanism includes a plurality of upstanding plate-like mounting rails having horizontally oriented mounting rail openings that are configured to be aligned with said mounting lug openings of said second mechanism and fasteners that extend through said mounting rail openings and said mounting lug openings to secure said hitch with respect to said adaptor.