Patent ID: 6305309
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: B63G

Abstract:
An attitude and roll stabilizer for towed vehicles, said stabilizer comprising:a vertical joining rod having an upper end and a lower end;a roll control weight mounted to the lower end of said vertical joining rod;an attitude control surface mounted to the upper end of said vertical joining rod, said attitude control surface being substantially parallel to said roll control weight;a tow rod pivotally mounted transverse to said vertical joining rod, said tow rod having a fore end and an aft end;a tow eye connected to the fore end of said tow rod;a vehicle connector mounted to the aft end of said tow rod for connecting said tow rod to said towed vehicle;an actuator member connected to said vertical joining rod between said tow rod and said roll control weight; anda connecting bar connecting said actuator adjacent to the aft end of said tow rod, wherein a change in tow speed of said towed vehicle selectively pivots said tow rod about said vertical joining rod, and is correspondingly compensated for with a counteractive pitching of said attitude control surface and said roll control weight.