Patent ID: 7988178

Claim:
A motorcycle hitch assembly for attachment to a hitch support on a motorcycle for towing a trailer having a trailer tongue with a trailer coupling carried on an end of the tongue, said hitch assembly comprising; a base; a pivotal trailer ball carried by said base for being coupled; with said trailer coupling; said trailer ball including a ball element and a ball shank extending from said ball element; a pivot support connecting said base and said ball shank so that said trailer ball and base pivot relative to each other generally in a vertical plane generally transverse to said motorcycle and said trailer ball remains generally vertical as said motorcycle and base lean during turning; and an attachment member securing said trailer ball and hitch support; whereby binding between the trailer coupling and the trailer ball element is reduced during turning, wherein said base includes a pair of spaced sides and a bottom wall bridging said two sides; said trailer ball shank being pivotally carried by said two spaced sides and having a free end terminating above said bottom wall of said base.