Patent ID: 6386572
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
A trailer hitch coupling guide comprising:a target assembly having an upright translucent panel, the translucent panel having a base member, a lid for closing the base member, a straight horizontal upper end surface forming a guide portion, and a slidably movable horizontal member for adjusting the translucent panel in a lateral horizontal direction, wherein the target assembly is longitudinally aligned with a central longitudinal axis of a rearward portion of a towing vehicle; a signal assembly having a means for emitting at least one converging light rays; a support assembly for holding the signal assembly in an optically engaged position with the target assembly, the support assembly further including a horizontal alignment assembly, and wherein the signal assembly is further operably associated with a trailer tongue on a trailer and the target assembly is operably associated with a rearward portion of a towing vehicle having a trailer hitch assembly thereon; and a targeting portion operatively associated with the translucent panel having at least two downwardly converging guide lines thereby forming an alignment portion, wherein when the alignment portion is illuminated by the at least one converging light rays emitted from the signal assembly, a vertically superimposed representation of the trailer tongue in a vertical relation to the trailer hitch assembly is visible through the translucent upright panel.