Patent ID: 6126189
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
A trailer hitch apparatus for attaching the hitching shaft of a trailer to the hitch of a vehicle, the hitching shaft of the trailer having a socket, said trailer hitch apparatus comprising:a vertical member;a horizontal member being coupled to said vertical member;a securing arm member being coupled to said horizontal member;a hitching cap member having a hitching cap member socket portion, said hitching cap member being coupled to said horizontal member, said hitching cap member socket portion being for mounting to the ball hitch of a vehicle;a mounting member having a trailer mounting portion, said mounting member trailer mounting portion being for mounting a hitch ball thereto for hitching the socket of the hitching shaft of a trailer thereto, said mounting member being coupled to said vertical member; anda U-shaped securing bolt member having first and second securing bolt member arms, said first and second securing bolt member arms being coupled to said securing arm member, said first and second securing bolt member arms being spaced apart from one another to define a space between said securing arm member and said securing bolt member, said space being for extending the hitching shaft of a trailer therethrough, said securing bolt member being for attaching the hitching shaft of a trailer to said securing arm member.