Patent ID: 6764091
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
A trailer hitch alignment system for a vehicle and a trailer comprising:a) a first vertically oriented alignment unit having an upright portion, and means located at a lower end thereof, for engaging a socket member of a trailer tongue; and b) a second vertically oriented alignment unit having an upright portion, and means located at a lower end thereof, for engaging a vehicle hitch ball neck; c) said trailer tongue socket member engaging means having an upright portion and a â€œUâ€ -shaped portion for temporary engagement with said trailer tongue socket member of said trailer tongue, said â€œUâ€ -shaped portion having elastomeric truncated tube elements distributed therealong to assist in engaging said trailer tongue socket member of said trailer tongue; said first vertically oriented alignment unit comprising a plurality of hollow poles, connected to each other and to said socket member by means of a wire, string, cord, or flexible elongated member fixed to said socket member, and passing through the interior of said hollow poles, and fixed at the top end of the final pole; said second vertically oriented alignment unit comprising a plurality of hollow poles, connected to each other and to said hitch ball engagement means by means of a wire, string, cord, or flexible elongated member fixed to said hitch ball engagement means, and passing through the interior of said hollow poles, and fixed at the top end of the final pole; said first and said second vertically oriented alignment units being visible to a vehicle operator having said vehicle hitch ball neck located on the rear, thereof, such that the vehicle can be maneuvered so as to vertically align said hitch ball neck and said trailer tongue socket member for easy engagement therebetween.