Patent ID: 7918475
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
1. A quick disconnect hitch that links a tractor and a trailer, the quick disconnect hitch comprising: a tongue attached to the tractor; a body insertable into the tongue; an extension attached to and projecting away from the body, the extension being connectable with the trailer; a pair of lugs disposed on the body, the lugs being movable between a connected position where the trailer moves responsive to movement of the tractor and a disconnected position where the trailer moves independently of the tractor; a detent disposed on each of the pair of lugs; a pair of slots disposed on the tongue, each of the pair of slots being configured to accept the detent, each detent being disposed in each of the pair of slots when the lugs are in the connected position and each detent being dislocated from each of the pair of slots when the lugs are in the disconnected position; and a pneumatic apparatus located in the body, the pneumatic apparatus being operable to move the quick disconnect hitch between the connected position and the disconnected position.