Patent ID: 6382654
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: B60D,Y10T

Abstract:
Towing device for vehicles, comprising a connection pin for holding on a vehicle body and a hook-in eye connected with the pin, the connection pin having a fastening section as well as a lug part forming the hook-in eye,wherein the connection pin is held so that it cannot be lost, the connection pin being held in a support part of the vehicle body in a towing position and in an inoperative position, and, in the towing position, the connection pin can be fixed in a tension-resistant and pressure-resistant manner by means of a fastening section in a holding element of the support part, wherein when in the towing position, a thread area of the fastening section at a remote end of the connection pin is threaded into the holding element to fix the fastening section in the holding element and, in an inoperative position, the connection pin can be fixed in the holding element by way of a locking device arranged adjacent to the hook-in eye.