Patent ID: 7909350

Claim:
An apparatus for an adjustable trailer hitch for connecting a trailer to a vehicle, the vehicle having a receiving tube mounted thereon, the receiving tube having at least one aperture extending horizontally therethrough, comprising: a) a slide tube having front and rear end portions and upper and lower surfaces, wherein said front end portion of said slide tube is slidably insertable into and removable from the receiving tube, said slide tube having at least one first aperture extending horizontally therethrough, said slide tube having a slot extending horizontally therethrough, wherein said slot is longitudinally elongated; b) a body having front and rear end portions, upper and lower surfaces, and first and second side portions, wherein said lower front is disposed on said upper, rear of said slide tube, said body having an interior space therein, wherein said interior space is formed between and bounded by said upper and lower surfaces, said body having a plurality of second apertures extending vertically therethrough, wherein said second apertures pass entirely through said upper and lower surfaces and are disposed adjacent said rear portion of said body in a spaced apart relationship between said first and second side portions; c) a pivot pin being generally vertically disposed in said body; d) a draw bar having front and rear end portions being disposed in said interior space of said body, said front portion being connected to said pivot pin, said rear portion extending from said rear of said interior space an effective distance so that a ball can be mounted thereon, said draw bar having a third aperture extending vertically therethrough; e) wherein said draw bar is laterally pivotable on said pivot pin between said first and said second side portions of said body so that the ball can be moved laterally back and forth between said first and second side portions of said body, wherein said third aperture is configured to align with said plurality of second apertures as said draw bar pivots laterally between said first and second side portions of said body; f) a first locking pin being removably inserted into said plurality of second apertures and said third aperture so that the draw bar can be locked into a user selected aperture of said plurality of second apertures as said draw bar pivots laterally between said first and second side portions of said body; and, g) a second locking pin being removably insertable into said first aperture of said slide tube and the aperture of the receiving tube so that the slide tube can be locked into a user selected first aperture of said slide tube so that the ball on said draw bar can be moved back and forth in the longitudinal direction relative to the vehicle.