Patent ID: 7195268

Claim:
A hitch assembly for connecting first and second hitch components at differing elevations between towing and towed vehicles, said hitch assembly comprising: an elongated pivot arm assembly having front and rear ends, wherein said first hitch component is connected at said front end for connection with the second hitch component mounted on one of the vehicles; a support assembly for connection with the other of the vehicles; upper and lower front apertures transversely formed and vertically spaced at top and bottom portions on a center portion of said pivot arm assembly; a transverse rear aperture on a rear portion of said pivot arm assembly wherein said front apertures are spaced at a common distance from said rear aperture; a frontal aperture transversely formed in a front portion of said support assembly; a plurality of rearward apertures transversely formed in a rear portion of said support assembly wherein said frontal aperture and said rearward apertures are spaced at said common distance whereby either of said front apertures on said pivot arm assembly may be aligned with said frontal aperture in said support assembly while said rear aperture is selectively aligned with one of said rearward apertures in said support assembly in a selected mounting position; a front connector member extending through said frontal aperture of said support assembly and one of said front apertures of said pivot arm assembly to provide a fixed front connection; and a second connector member extending through one of said rearward apertures of said support assembly and said rear aperture of said pivot arm assembly to provide a fixed rear connection, whereby selective inclination and elevation of the first hitch component may be provided by selective assembly of said connector members and said apertures to provide varying inclinations and elevations of said pivot arm assembly and said first hitch component.