Patent Publication Number: US-11021026-B2

Title: Motorcycle trailer hitch leveling assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under  37  CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to motorcycle trailer hitch and more particularly pertains to a new motorcycle trailer hitch for leveling a motorcycle trailer hitch. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pair of sides comprising a left side and a right side. Each of the pair of sides has a lower section, an angled section, an upper section, an inner face, and an outer face. The inner face of the lower section of the left side is a first distance from the inner face of the lower section of the right side. The outer face of the upper section of the left side is a second distance from the outer face of the upper section of the right side. The first distance is equal to the second distance and each of the first distance and the second distance substantially conform to a width of a trailer tongue. The lower section of each of the pair of sides is configured to selectively engage with the trailer tongue and the upper section of each of the pair of sides is configured to selectively engage with a standard ball coupler. A bridge piece is coupled between the upper section of each of the pair of sides. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is an isometric view of a motorcycle trailer hitch leveling apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a side elevation view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a front elevation view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a rear elevation view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is an in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new motorcycle trailer hitch embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 5 , the motorcycle trailer hitch leveling apparatus  10  generally comprises a pair of sides  12  and a bridge piece  14 . The pair of sides  12  comprises a left side  16  and a right side  18 , each having a lower section  20 , an angled section  22 , an upper section  24 , an inner face  26 , and an outer face  28 . The upper section  24  has an upper edge  30 . The bridge piece  14  is perpendicularly coupled between the upper section  24  of each of the pair of sides proximal the upper edge  30 . Each of the lower section  20  and the upper section  24  have a pair of through holes  32 . The pair of through holes  32  of the upper section is configured to align with a first plurality of mounting holes  34  of a standard ball coupler  36 . The pair of through holes  32  of the lower section is configured to align with a second plurality of mounting holes  38  of a trailer tongue  40 . Each of the pair of through holes  32  is configured to receive a bolt  42 . The inner face  26  of the lower section of the left side  16  is a first distance  44  from the inner face  26  of the lower section of the right side  18 . The outer face  28  of the upper section of the left side  16  is a second distance  46  from the outer face  28  of the upper section of the right side  18 . The first distance  44  is equal to the second distance  46 , wherein each of the first distance  44  and the second distance  46  substantially conform to a width  48  of the trailer tongue. The lower section  20  of each of the pair of sides is configured to selectively engage with the trailer tongue  40 . The upper section  24  of each of the pair of sides is configured to selectively engage with the standard ball coupler  36 . 
     In use, rather than attaching the standard ball coupler  36  directly to the trailer tongue  40 , the motorcycle trailer hitch leveling apparatus  10  is first attached to the trailer tongue  40 . The trailer tongue  40  is engaged between the inner face  26  of the lower section of the pair of sides. The standard ball coupler  36  is then engaged around the outer face  28  of the upper section of the pair of sides. The bolts  42  are placed through the pair of through holes  32  of the upper section  24  passing through the first plurality of mounting holes  34  and through the pair of through holes  32  of the lower section  20  passing through the second plurality of mounting holes  34 . A nut  50  is engaged with each bolt  42  to fix the motorcycle trailer hitch leveling apparatus  10  between the standard ball coupler  36  and the trailer tongue  40 . The standard ball coupler  36  is now elevated relative the trailer tongue  40  to prevent a cargo trailer  52  from lifting a motorcycle  54  to which it is attached. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.