Patent ID: 7631886

Claim:
In a trailer coupling for tractive vehicles, in particular agricultural tractors, comprising two vertical guidance cheeks ( 7 ), fitted with lateral spacing to the rear of the vehicle, the guidance cheeks including vertical slots and a bearing member ( 11 ), held detachably at the lower end region of the guidance cheeks, on which a coupling member ( 12 ) is arranged for attaching an implement, wherein the bearing member ( 11 , 25 ) extends as far as a bearing block ( 10 ) fitted to the rear of the vehicle and is connected to the bearing block ( 10 ) via at least one connecting element ( 17 ), which transmits dissipating forces of the implement exclusively in the vehicle's longitudinal direction, and that the bearing member ( 11 , 25 ) is guided through the guidance cheeks ( 7 ) via further connecting elements ( 18 , 18 a , 19 ), which transmit exclusively vertical and transverse forces of the implement, and wherein the support members ( 18 ) are provided as the further connecting elements, which support members engage in the vertical slots ( 7 a ) of the guidance cheeks ( 7 ) and are connected with the bearing member ( 11 , 25 ) with axial play by socket pins ( 20 ) extending in the vehicle's longitudinal direction.