Patent ID: 7387308

Claim:
A single wheel trailer and stabilizing hitch therefor, comprising: a trailer frame having at least a forward end and a rearward end opposite the forward end; a trailing suspension arm having a trailer frame attachment end and a wheel attachment end opposite the trailer frame attachment end, said arm pivotally extending from said trailer frame; a single wheel and tire extending from the wheel attachment end of said trailing suspension arm; a trailer tongue extending from the forward end of said trailer frame, said tongue having a forward, distal end; a hitch arm having a tow vehicle attachment end and a trailer tongue attachment end opposite the tow vehicle attachment end; a tow vehicle mounting plate extending generally horizontally from the trailer tongue attachment end of said hitch arm; a trailer tongue mounting plate pivotally secured to said tow vehicle mounting plate; a mounting plate pivot bolt disposed through said tow vehicle mounting plate and said trailer tongue mounting plate; a trailer tongue box extending from said trailer tongue mounting plate; a trailer tongue attachment bolt disposed laterally through said trailer tongue box and the forward, distal end of said trailer tongue captured within said trailer tongue box; and a mounting plate pivot bolt attachment box disposed between said trailer tongue mounting plate and said trailer tongue box.