Patent ID: 6485046
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
An anti-sway trailer hitch assembly (10) for articulately connecting a towing vehicle (12) to a towed vehicle (14), comprising:a hitch beam (32) for attachment to the towing vehicle, said hitch beam having a hitch ball (34), a left end (32a) having a first integral pivot point (33a), and a right end (32b) having a second integral pivot point (33b); a control beam (60) having a left end (60a) with a left integral pivot point (61a), a right end (60b) with a right integral pivot point (61b), and a central portion (60c), an intermediate bar (35) having a forward end (35a) and a rearward end (35b) and a hitch ball socket (38) at said forward end for connection to said hitch ball (34) for universal pivot connection with said hitch ball; a pair of compressible and extendable control rods (44) having a forward end (45a) and a rear end (45b), one of said control rods connected at its forward end to one end of said hitch beam by a universal, detachable connection (46), the other of said control rods connected at its forward end to the opposite end of said hitch beam by a universal, detachable connection (46), each of said control rods (44) having a rear end (45b) pivotally connected to said control beam (60) by universal detachable connection (62); a trailer coupler (64) having a forward end (64a) and a rearward end (64b), said trailer coupler pivotally connected to said intermediate bar (35) and to said central portion (60c) of said control beam (60) by a pivotal connecting beam (66), wherein said trailer coupler extends forward and rearward of said control beam, and wherein said rearward end of said trailer coupler is provided with a trailer hitch ball (68) engaged by a trailer socket coupler (30).