Patent ID: 6595540
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
A pivotal trailer hitch assembly for pivotally coupling a socket for receiving a hitchball to a tongue of a trailer, the pivotal hitch assembly comprising:a housing made from one piece of material, said housing having a front end and a rear end with an upper wall extending therebetween, opposed first and second sidewalls extending parallel to each other from said upper wall, a ball receptacle mounted to said front end of said housing, each said side wall integrally including a connector tube with a longitudinal axis, said connector tubes being generally horizontally opposed each other and having parallel longitudinal axes oriented in upwardly extending attitudes, said connector tube of said first side wall being characterized by having been formed by bending a first stub of said first side wall into a generally tubular shape, and said connector tube of said second side wall being characterized by having been formed by bending a second stub of said second side wall into a generally tubular shape.