Patent ID: 6099017
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
A structure securing a first vehicle to a second vehicle comprising:a pair of opposed rods on a first vehicle;a locking structure on a second vehicle, said lock structure including a pair of opposed pivoting lock members, said pivoting lock members being constructed such that a forward face of said pivoting lock members being contacted by said rods and said pivoting lock members then pivoting to a locked position and said rods contacting said pivoting lock members and causing said pivoting lock members to pivot to said locked position at which prevents movement of said rods outwardly of a space in each of said pivoting lock member;wherein said spaces in said pivoting lock members includes a forward end and a rear end, and said rods moves past said forward end, with said pivoting lock members then moving to said locked position;said forward face and said forward end being contiguous.