Patent ID: 6390489
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
A device for securing a trailer hitch to a forklift vehicle, the trailer hitch having a coupling beam and the forklift having a beam with an aperture therethrough, said device comprised of:a top plate, said top plate further comprising a first void, said first void penetrated by a first securing pin inserted though the aperture in the beam that is aligned with the first void; a bottom plate; a pair of side plates, said pair of side plates are secured to said top plate and said bottom plate forming a four sided shaft with a hollow interior for receiving a beam of a forklift; a substantially square shaft for receiving the second beam, said substantially square shaft is secured to said top plate and further comprises a void located on at least one side of said substantially square shaft, said void being capable of receiving a second pin that secures said second beam to said substantially square shaft.