Patent ID: 6637765
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
A towing safety device for maintaining a trailer hitch on a trailer in a coupled configuration with a hitch ball on a towing vehicle, said towing safety device comprising:a base plate for attachment to the towing vehicle; at least one arm mount socket provided on said base plate; a lock arm having a pair of pivot segments and a spanning segment connecting said pair of pivot segments, with one of said pair of pivot segments having a first lock opening; a pair of pivot pins extending from said pair of pivot segments, respectively, of said lock arm, said pair of pivot pins inserted in said at least one arm mount socket; wherein said lock arm can be pivoted between a locking position in which said lock arm engages the trailer hitch and prevents removal of the trailer hitch from the hitch ball, and an unlocking position in which said lock arm disengages the trailer hitch to facilitate coupling and uncoupling of the trailer hitch and the hitch ball; a lock plate upward-standing from said base plate, said lock plate having a second lock opening; wherein said first lock opening and said second lock opening are disposed in substantially registering relationship to each other when said lock arm is disposed in said locking position; and a lock mechanism selectively removably extended through said first lock opening and said second lock opening for locking said lock arm in said locking position.