Patent ID: 8353522

Claim:
A towing bar, comprising: a) a lunette; b) a first shaft attached at one end to said lunette, and having a first elbow joint attached at the other end; c) a second shaft attached at one end to said lunette, and having a second elbow joint attached at the other end; d) a third shaft attached at one end to said first elbow joint; e) a fourth shaft attached at one end to said second elbow joint; f) a first attaching mechanism at another end of said third shaft and g) a second attaching mechanism at another end of said fourth shaft, wherein said attaching mechanisms are adapted for attaching to a vehicle to be towed, and wherein said assembly can move between a first position extended to form a substantially equilateral triangle in which said first and said third shafts are substantially aligned and said second and said fourth shafts are substantially aligned and a second position in which said first and said third shafts are substantially parallel with each other and said second and said fourth shafts are substantially parallel with each other.