Patent ID: 6409202
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
A trailer hitch assembly for a bed of a truck adjacent an opening in the bed of the truck, which comprises:(a) a container having a first end and a closed, second end with a sidewall extending therebetween forming an inner chamber, the sidewall having an opening extending into the inner chamber wherein the container is mounted adjacent an underneath surface of the bed of the truck such that the first end of the container is adjacent the opening in the bed of the truck; (b) a hitch ball mounted in the inner chamber of the container having a first ball end and a second end; (c) a biasing means mounted in the inner chamber of the container between the closed, second end of the container and the second end of the hitch ball for biasing the hitch ball toward the open first end of the container; and (d) a locking rod having a first end and a second end and mounted adjacent the container such that in a locked position, the first end of the locking rod extends through the opening in the sidewall of the container and into contact with the hitch ball and wherein the locking rod is capable of locking the hitch ball in an extended position or a retracted position.