Patent ID: 6398249
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A fifth wheel trailer hitch characterized by:a housing affixably mountable on a truck having a rearward facing slot; a skid plate having a rearward facing longitudinal slot aligned with the slot in the housing such that a kingpin of a trailer can be received in both slots; said skid plate being pivotably mounted on said housing for transverse pivotable motion relative to said housing for alignment with a trailer kingpin that is canted with respect to the housing; a locking jaw device mounted to said housing movable from an open position to a closed position for securing said kingpin in said slots; said locking jaw device operably connected to a manually operable handle for opening and closing said hitch about said kingpin; a lock-out device mounted to said housing and being moveable between a stored position in said housing under said slot in said housing and a lockout position extending through both slots in said skid plate and said housing for preventing further transverse pivotable motion of said skid plate relative to said housing.