Patent ID: 6341794
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
A trailer hitch alignment apparatus for use in assisting the driver of a towing vehicle to align a trailer hitch ball carried by said towing vehicle with a trailer hitch socket defining a bore therethrough and carried by a trailer, said alignment apparatus comprising:a first guide member having a first base removably coupled to a bumper of said towing vehicle; a first guide rod coupled to said first base for viewing from a driver's seat of said towing vehicle, said first guide rod being telescopically extensible and extending upwardly from said first base; a second guide member having a second base removably coupled to said trailer hitch socket; a second guide rod coupled to said second base for viewing from a driver's seat of said towing vehicle, said second guide rod having a first telescopically extensible segment extending upwardly from said second base and a second segment extending downwardly through said trailer hitch socket bore, said second guide rod being slidably vertically movable relative to said trailer hitch socket bore and said second base when said second segment contacts said trailer hitch ball.