Patent ID: 7506887

Claim:
A trailer hitch alignment device, comprising: a support body having two substantially upright pipe sections of different diameters, the walls of the pipe sections being bonded together side by side, and having a substantially vertical plate bonded horizontally through the center of the upright pipe section with the larger diameter; a flexible strap fastened substantially horizontally across a cut-out wall section of the upright pipe section having the smaller diameter; a substantially vertical pipe attached to and extending up from the plate; a solid rod extending from inside the vertical pipe to above the vertical pipe; a spring loaded pipe disposed over the lower portion of the vertical pipe, the spring loaded pipe having an end cap located on an end thereof; a spring hole plug assembly disposed on each of the upper and lower portions of one side of the spring loaded pipe, each spring hole plug assembly having a spring with one end fixed to the spring loaded pipe and the other end pressing on the vertical pipe; and a set screw disposed on the spring loaded pipe opposite the spring hole plug assemblies to support the solid rod until a trailer hitch comes into contact with the spring loaded pipe, thereby compressing the springs, displacing the spring loaded pipe and the set screw, and allowing the solid rod to drop.