Patent ID: 8096572
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
1. A gooseneck trailer hitch alignment system for hitching a gooseneck trailer hitch to a hitch ball, comprising: a hitch receptacle having a receptacle opening; a trailer guide plate positional beneath the receptacle opening; and a plate notch provided in the trailer guide plate, the plate notch being centered with respect to the receptacle opening, wherein a trailer hitch ball is positioned below the receptacle opening when a hitch ball support is in contact with the plate notch; a trailer alignment arm pivotally carried by the hitch receptacle and wherein the trailer guide plate is carried by the trailer alignment arm; and a pair of angled guide surfaces provided on the trailer guide plate, the angled guide surfaces extending from the plate notch both forward and to the side with respect to the rear of the trailer, wherein as a hitch ball support engages a one of the angled surfaces the angled surface is angled to guide the hitch ball support toward the plate notch.