Patent ID: 7753395

Claim:
A trailer tongue assembly comprising: a first section having an outside face and a hollow tubular first end with a cross-sectional configuration; a second section having an outside face and a hollow tubular second end with a cross-sectional configuration; and a hinge having a fixed section having an outside face and a first attachment flange with a cross-sectional configuration corresponding to said cross-sectional configuration of said first end, a rotatable section having a second attachment flange with a cross-sectional configuration corresponding to said cross-sectional configuration of said second end, and a pivot member rotatably connecting said fixed and rotatable sections, wherein said fixed and rotatable sections are each fabricated from an essentially unitary solid cast material and said first attachment flange is received into said hollow tubular first end and fixably attached thereto and said second attachment flange is received into said hollow tubular second end and fixably attached thereto such that said outside faces of said first, fixed and second sections smoothly transition between one another.