Patent ID: 6860502

Claim:
A guide apparatus for aligning a trailer hitch of a draft vehicle with a towing load, the guide apparatus comprising: a support structure; a moveable structure hingeably connected to the support structure, wherein the moveable structure is angularly moveable relative to the support structure from a storage position to an operational position at an angular displacement; at least one reflective surface affixed to the movable structure; at least one brace connected to both the moveable structure and the support structure that locks the moveable structure in the operational position; a mounting structure attached to the support structure to mount onto the draft vehicle with the reflective surface facing the trailer hitch; wherein the brace is pivotally connected to the movable structure and slideably connected to the support structure; wherein the support structure defines at least one slideable receiver, and wherein one end of the brace comprises a slideable device; and wherein the slideable receiver defines a channel, and wherein the slidable device comprises a pin.