Patent ID: 6024373
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
A means for attaching a safety chain to a hitch, comprising;a) a first ring having an end with at least one external dimension larger than the rest of the dimensions of said ring,b) a metal surface having an aperture therein of sufficient size and shape that said first ring can pass therethrough except for said at least one larger external dimension of said ring and wherein said first ring can be in a stowed position with just said external dimension larger than the rest of the ring extending above said metal surfacec) a second ring having one end having at least one external dimension too large to pass through said aperture, wherein said first ring and said second ring are physically interlocked in the presence of the aperture in said metal surface so that said first and said second rings can move within said aperture but they cannot simultaneously be removed from said aperture without fracturing at least one of said rings,d) said second ring being physically coupled through said first ring such that either only the first ring or only the second ring or both the first ring and the second ring together are present in said aperture.