Patent ID: 8016539
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: A01C,A01M,B60D

Abstract:
1. An extendable trailer hitch comprising: a main receiver tube and a front hitch extension tube, wherein said main receiver tube is attached to a trailer frame and has an open end adapted to receive said front hitch extension tube, which is adapted to be received in and telescope inside of said main receiver tube, a receiver tube roller mounted between support members on each side of and proximate the open end of the main receiver tube and disposed to ride on the top of the front hitch extension tube, an extension tube roller mounted on the base of and carried by the front hitch extension tube near an end thereof for engaging the inside of the main receiver tube, a hinged safety link for preventing separation of the main receiver tube and the front hitch extension tube pivotably connected to and extending from said support members on each side of the open end of the main receiver tube and pivotably connected to a member attached to the front hitch extension tube, an hydraulic actuator attached to a mounting lug on the main receiver tube, the hydraulic actuator having a rod end attached to a lug on the front hitch extension tube, a hitch on the end of the front hitch extension tube.