Patent ID: 6581952
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
A hitch ball coupler for connection to a ball hitch of a towing vehicle, comprising:an elongated cover that is inverted U-shape in cross section with a base wall and opposed parallel side walls for extending about a trailer hitch draw bar, retractable cable assemblies mounted to each said sidewall of said cover, each retractable cable assembly including: a housing, a spring mounted to said housing, and a safety cable having a proximal end operatively connected to said spring so said spring biases the cable into said housing, and a distal end extending away from said housing for connection to a towing vehicle, whereby the distal end of said safety cable can be extended away from its housing for connection to a towing vehicle or can be released from a towing vehicle and the cable retracted at least partially into said housing by the spring.