Patent ID: 9150065
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
1. A fifth wheel trailer hitch adapter comprising: an L-shaped support frame having: a single axle disposed through the right and left walls of the vertical shaft between the hitch frame and the bottom end, the axle having a pair of outer ends opposite each other; a wheel rotatingly disposed on each of the outer ends; a plate disposed atop the inner shaft in a position parallel to the hitch frame, the plate having a bottom surface, a top surface, a front surface, a rear surface, and a pair of side surfaces, the inner shaft being centrally disposed on the bottom surface; a safety chain attached to each of the side surfaces of the plate, each safety chain having a pair of external ends, one of the external ends being permanently attached to the respective side surface, and an opposite one of the external ends being removably attached to the respective side surface; a plurality of braces, one of the braces disposed on each of the side surfaces and rear surface of the plate, each brace having a pair of upper ends, each upper end disposed within the plate along each of the side surfaces, and further having a v-shaped portion attached to the upper ends, the v-shaped portion having a pair of inner sides and a lower apex disposed on each of the respective back wall and side wall of the inner shaft; and a base having a flat lower end disposed on the plate top surface, a pair of triangular side outer surfaces proximal the plate side surfaces, and a pair of parallelepiped outer walls proximal the front and rear surfaces of the plate, a fifth-wheel trailer hitch assembly configured to couple to the base, the fifth-wheel trailer hitch assembly having a base component attached to the base and a head component configured to removably couple a fifth-wheel trailer, the base component configured to support the head component; wherein the horizontal hitch frame is configured to telescopically engage a vehicle rear hitch.