Patent ID: 7055845

Claim:
A hitch for connecting a towing vehicle to a vehicle to be towed, which comprises: (a) a mounting base configured to be connected to the towing vehicle; (b) a body having a first end mounted on the mounting base and a second end configured to be connected to the vehicle to be towed with a center portion extending therebetween, the first end having a first portion with a first side and a second side, the first portion offset from a center of the mounting base so that the first side of the first portion is adjacent the center of the mounting base; and (c) a latch having a first end and a second end with a first side and a second side extending therebetween, the second side of the latch at the first end having a cutout portion wherein the latch is pivotably mounted at the first end on the first portion of the first end of the body so that the cutout portion on the second side of the first end of the latch is adjacent the first side of the first portion of the first end of the body so that when the latch is in a closed position, the second end of the latch is centered over a center of the second end of the body.