Patent ID: 6578392
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: B60D,E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A hitch lock for inhibiting access to a trailer hitch of a trailer to prevent the trailer from being stolen, the hitch lock comprising:a base member having a base plate, said base plate being adapted for abutting a bottom of the trailer hitch, said base member having a rod portion, said rod portion being coupled to said base plate such that said rod portion is adapted for extending through an aperture of the trailer hitch when said base plate abuts the bottom of the trailer hitch; a top plate having a receiving bore, said receiving bore slidably receiving said rod portion of said base member, said top plate being adapted for abutting a top of the trailer hitch when said receiving bore receives said rod portion of said base member and said base plate abuts the bottom of the trailer hitch; a locking member being selectively couplable to said rod portion of said base member, said locking member being for securing said top plate to said base member such that said base member and said top plate are adapted for being secured to the trailer hitch to prevent theft of the trailer; said base member having a sleeve portion, said sleeve portion being coupled to said base plate of said base member such that said rod portion of said base member extends through a lumen of said sleeve portion, said sleeve portion of said base member being for maintaining said top plate in spaced relationship to said base plate of said base member when said top plate is coupled to said base member, said sleeve portion being adapted for engaging an interior face of the trailer hitch such that said base member is inhibited from being repositioned on the trailer hitch when said base member and said top plate are coupled to the trailer hitch; and said rod portion comprising a smooth exterior surface such that said smooth exterior surface facilitates sliding of said rod portion through said receiving bore of said top plate.