Patent ID: 8276933
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
1. A trailer coupler comprising: a fixed body having a slide slot; a slide displaceable in reciprocating first and second displacement directions within said slide slot, said slide having a slide side with a biasing chamber formed within said slide side, said biasing chamber fixed relative to said slide and having at least two biasing chamber sides; a biasing member enclosed within said at least two biasing chamber sides, said biasing member biasing said slide in said first displacement direction or said second displacement direction, wherein said biasing member has a first end, a second end opposite said first end and an external face, and wherein said at least two biasing chamber sides are an end side defining an end face and a front side defining a front face, further wherein said end face of said biasing chamber engages said first end of said biasing member and said front face of said biasing chamber adjoins said external face of said biasing member; and a retention member attached to said body and fixed relative to said body, wherein said retention member extends into said biasing chamber and engages said second end of said biasing member in said biasing chamber.