Patent ID: 6279940
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
A trailer hitch coupling device comprising:an elongate rigid first member mountable, by first mounting means, on a forward end of a wheeled object to be towed,said first member, when mounted on said forward end, extending upwardly so that an upper end thereof enters a line-of-sight between said upper end of said first member and a vehicle operator sitting at controls of a vehicle for towing said wheeled object,an elongate rigid second member mountable, by second mounting means, to generally said upper end of said first member so as to extend forwardly of said first member and said forward end of said wheeled object towards a rearward end of said vehicle when in a towing position,an alignment indicating first sticker mountable to said rearward end of said vehicle in said line-of-sight from said vehicle operator when a hitch hood of said wheeled object is vertically aligned over a hitch ball on said vehicle,a distal end of said second member, distal from said first member when mounted to said second member and closest to said rearward end of said vehicle being backed towards said forward end, positioned so as to align with said first sticker when mounted to said rearward end of said vehicle in said line of sight,wherein said first and second members have longitudinal grooves, and said first and second mounting means have flanges correspondingly sized so as to snugly mate within said grooves so as to rigidly mount said first member to said first mounting means and said first and second members to said second mounting means.