Patent ID: 7255362
Filing Date: 2007-08-14
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
1. A tiltable trailer hitch for tilting a trailer for reducing interference between either of a trailer, a ramp, or the ground, and a vehicle being loaded onto or unloaded from the trailer, said tiltable trailer hitch comprising: a shank adapted to be received within a conventional receiver-type trailer hitch, said shank defining a first end and a second end, said first end configured to be received within a conventional receptor of a trailer hitch, said shank defining at least one through opening for receiving a shank locking pin cooperatively receivable in the trailer hitch; an adjustment bracket carried by said shank, said adjustment bracket defining at least a first side wall and a second side wall, each of said first side wall and said second side wall defining at least one first opening and at least one second opening, each of said at least one first opening defined in said first side wall being aligned with one of said at least one first opening defined in said second side wall to define at least one cooperating pair of first openings for receiving a first ballmount locking pin, each of said at least one second opening defined in said first side wall being aligned with one of said at least one second opening defined in said second side wall to define at least one cooperating pair of second openings for receiving a second ballmount locking pin; and a ballmount pivotally mounted on said adjustment bracket, said ballmount being adapted to receive a conventional hitch ball, said ballmount being configured to be received between said first side wall and said second wall, and wherein said ballmount defines a first opening for cooperatively receiving said first ballmount locking pin with said at least one cooperating pair of first openings and a second opening for cooperatively receiving said second ballmount locking pin with said at least one cooperating pair of second openings.