Patent ID: 6286853
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
A vehicle hitch for connecting a pair of vehicles comprising first and second elongated bars, each said bar having a pair of sides, a closed top and an open bottom; coupling means on one end of each said first and second bars for joining said first and second bars to separate vehicles, damping means in and closing a second end of said first bar permitting limited longitudinal movement of said first and second bars relative to each other, said damping means including shaft means extending out of and slidable in said second end of said first bar for extending into a second end of said second bar, and helical spring means on said shaft means in said second end of said first bar for damping movement of said shaft means and consequently of said second bar relative to said first bar; and removable locking pin means for extending through a second end of said second bar into said shaft means for releasably coupling said first and second bars.