Patent ID: 6422585
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A visual alignment aid device for connecting a towing vehicle having a ball on a hitch to a trailer having a socket on a tongue, said visual aid device includes an elongated tubular shaft, means for supporting said tubular shaft on a towing vehicle, said means for supporting said elongated tubular shaft being adapted to be horizontally mounted on a roof of the towing vehicle, said elongated tubular shaft having a slidable telescoping tubular shaft therein, means for arresting said telescoping shaft at an extended length adjustment and at a rotational position relative to said tubular shaft, said telescoping shaft having in a section remote from said means for arresting a rigid bend of at least 90Â° therein, a sleeve is separably attached to an end of said bent shaft, said sleeve having an extension thereon and said extension having a convex mirror mounted thereon.