Patent ID: 7232145

Claim:
A safety apparatus for use when attaching a trailer to a vehicle trailer hitch, the vehicle trailer hitch being located on the back of a vehicle, the safety apparatus comprising: a first magnet attached to the vehicle trailer hitch on the back of a vehicle, a mounting ball attached to the vehicle trailer hitch, a first pole having two ends, a top end and a bottom end, the bottom end of the first pole being threadably attached to the first magnet on the vehicle trailer hitch, a pair of guides comprising a first guide and a second guide, each of the guides being attached to the first pole near the top end of the first pole, each of the guides being parallel to one another, each of the guides having the same length as each other, each of the guides having a plurality of holes, a trailer, (f) a front-mounted trailer hitch attached to the trailer, the front-mounted trailer hitch including a trailer tongue, a second magnet attached to the front-mounted trailer hitch, a second pole having two ends, a top end and a bottom end, the bottom end of the second pole being threadably attached to the second magnet on the front-mounted trailer hitch, the second pole having the same height as the first pole, a pin, wherein the pin is inserted through a hole in the first guide and a hole in the second guide, means for determining whether the trailer tongue is properly placed over the mounting ball attached to the vehicle trailer hitch, wherein the individual places the trailer tongue over the mounting ball attached to the vehicle trailer hitch.