Patent ID: 6409200
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A visual alignment aid device for connecting a towing vehicle having a ball on a hitch to a trailer having a ball receiving socket on a tongue, said visual aid device consisting of an elongated tubular member having a sliding telescoping tubular member therein, said telescoping tubular member is a means for extending the length of said tubular member, said tubular member having means thereon for arresting said telescoping tubular member at a predetermined length and rotational position relative to said tubular member, said tubular member having means thereon for horizontally mounting said visual alignment aid device on a roof of a towing vehicle, an end of said telescoping member having a movable and curved arm attached thereto by way of an adjustable clamp hinge, an end of said curved arm having a movable short arm attached thereto by way of another adjustable clamp hinge, a convex mirror is attached to an end of said short arm, means for swiveling said convex mirror in a multiple of different directions.