Patent ID: 6179318
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: B60D,B62D

Abstract:
A hitch guide for use in guiding a gooseneck trailer hitch into alignment with a hitch ball mounted in the bed of a truck, said gooseneck trailer hitch including a substantially vertically disposed post having a substantially horizontally disposed support plate secured to the lower end thereof which has an opening formed therein for receiving the hitch ball therein, comprising:a guide plate having a forward end, a rearward end, first and second sides, and an upper surface and a lower surface;said rearward end of said guide plate having a circular opening formed therein;said guide plate rearward end being positioned beneath the support plate and being pivotally secured to the support plate so as to be movable between locked and unlocked positions;said rearward end of said guide plate having a circular opening formed therein adapted to register with the opening in the support plate when said guide plate is in its said unlocked position and being partially laterally offset therefrom when said guide plate is in its said locked position;said guide plate having a ball guide wall extending downwardly from its said lower surface for guiding the trailer hitch so that said circular opening and the opening in the support plate will be aligned with the hitch ball.