Patent ID: 7506886
Filing Date: 2009-03-24
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for displacing a hitch for connecting a trailer to a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a trailer hitch head operable to receive a cooperating portion of a trailer, the trailer hitch head adapted to be slidable and rotatable relative to the vehicle about an axis of rotation; first and second parallel, spaced guides fixedly located relative to the vehicle; and a body affixed to and rotatable with said trailer hitch head, the body having a distal surface configured as at least a portion of a disc with a center of rotation about said axis, said distal surface and said first and second guides being formed with a plurality of intermeshable teeth; whereby engagement of the teeth of the distal surface with the teeth of one of the first and second guides displaces said body and said trailer hitch head parallel to said guides when said trailer hitch head is rotated relative to said guides.