Patent ID: 6547271
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
A trailer coupling for motor vehicles comprising:a pivot bearing body for rigid attachment to a vehicle and upon which there is mounted a pivotal element that is pivotal about a pivotal axis, a ball neck extending outwardly from the pivotal element and carrying a coupling ball at an end thereof remote from the pivotal element, said ball neck being moveable between an operative position and a rest position by pivoting motion about said pivotal axis, and a locking device for fixing the pivotal element relative to the pivot bearing body in an interlocking manner, said pivotal element being mounted on the pivot bearing body such that said pivotal element is displaceable along the pivotal axis thereof, said pivotal element being movable, by displacement along the pivotal axis, into a pivotable position wherein said locking device is inoperable and said pivotal element is pivotable relative to the pivot bearing body and into a non-pivotable position wherein said locking device is operable and said pivotal element is fixed relative to the pivot bearing body in a mutually non-rotatable manner.