Patent ID: 8814198
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
1. A trailer hitch comprising: a vehicle mount for mounting on a vehicle; a tow bar receiver fixed to the vehicle mount, the tow bar receiver including upper and lower arms forming a gap therebetween, each of the upper and lower arms including an elongated slot extending therethrough; a pivoting tow bar, including a vehicle hitching device for connection to a trailer, the pivoting tow bar received in the gap between the upper and lower arms, and pivotable and slideable relative to the tow bar receiver; a sliding pin extending through the slots in the upper and lower arms, and through the pivoting tow bar, enabling the pivoting tow bar and the sliding pin to slide from an extended position farthest away from the vehicle, towards the vehicle into one of a plurality of retracted positions, and enabling the pivoting tow bar to rotate relative to the tow bar receiver about the sliding pin in the retracted positions; and a locking pin extendable through the tow bar receiver for engaging the pivoting tow bar in a locked position preventing relative movement of the pivoting tow bar and the tow bar receiver, when the pivoting tow bar is in the extended position.