Patent ID: 7338062
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle towing hitch with a housing having a cover and a tow bar with a locking pin and a coupling device fastened at the exposed end of the bar for coupling the tow vehicle to another vehicle, said towing hitch comprising: an unpinned draw bar moveably positioned in a pocket in the housing, which bar has a pair of aligned openings for supporting movement control guide pins; coupling adjustment openings in said cover of said housing and in contact with said movement control pins for allowing non-pinned side to side and back and forward movement of said draw bar during a coupling process; said movement control guide pins being positioned in the draw bar itself and guided within said pair of coupling adjustment openings in said cover to allow the bar to swing in a confined arc both left to right, and forward and back during said coupling process; and said locking pin on said housing is automatically engaged with said draw bar and lockable therewith in response to vehicle movement.