Patent ID: 8505955
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
1. A trailer hitch coupling device comprising: a first hitch coupling portion having a head portion; a second hitch coupling portion having a receiving body with a central axis and including a pocket therein through which the axis extends and being sized to receive the head portion of the first hitch coupling portion; an opening of the receiving body for providing the head portion access to the pocket; a wall of the receiving body extending about the pocket and having at least one radially extending bore therethrough in communication with the pocket; a fastening element received in the radially extending bore and configured to translate therein between an unlocked position where the fastening element does not extend into the pocket for permitting the head portion of the first hitch coupling portion to be inserted into the pocket and a locked position where a portion of the fastening element protrudes into the pocket for retaining the head portion of the first hitch coupling portion therein; a locking sleeve slideably mounted to the wall of the receiving body; and a biasing member between the receiving body wall and the locking sleeve for urging the locking sleeve axially away from the opening to a locked position with the fastening element in the locked position, the locking sleeve being axially slideable toward the opening to an unlocked position against the bias of the biasing member to allow the fastening element to translate to the unlocked position thereof.