Patent ID: 6202453
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: B60D,E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A trailer guard comprising:a ball attachment portion shield assembly;a shield assembly locking plate; anda lock assembly;said ball attachment portion shield assembly being constructed from rigid steel and including a cylinder shaped shield with one closed end, one open ball attachment portion insertion end, a cylinder shaped ball attachment portion receiving cavity defined within said cylinder shaped shield between said closed end and said open ball attachment portion insertion end, and two opposed elongated locking plate passage slots formed through a sidewall of said cylinder shaped shield;said shield assembly locking plate including a rectangular locking plate element having a locking bolt passage aperture formed therethrough adjacent to an insertion end thereof and a blocking plate perpendicularly attached to a locking plate element end thereof opposite said insertion end, said bolt passage aperture being spaced sufficiently from said blocking plate such that said bolt passage aperture is positioned exteriorly of said cylinder shaped shield when said insertion end has been positioned through both of said opposed elongated locking plate passage slots;said lock assembly including a locking bolt lockable through said bolt passage aperture.