Patent ID: 8720864

Claim:
An apparatus for installing and removing a fifth wheel style trailer hitch from a vehicle, the apparatus comprising, in combination: a fifth wheel trailer having a gooseneck style hitch with a king pin; a attachment bar, the attachment bar being planar and horizontally orientated, the attachment bar removably received between the king pin and the gooseneck style hitch, the attachment bar having: a first end, the first end sized to be sandwiched between the king pin and the gooseneck hitch; and a second end, the second opposite the first end; a extension arm, the extension arm affixed to the attachment arm second end, the extension arm inclined from the attachment bar, the extension arm having: a first extension end, the first extension end affixed to the second end; and a second extension end, the second extension end opposite the first extension end; a hinge, the hinge connecting the attachment bar and the extension arm; and a hoist, the hoist attached to the second extension end, the hoist having a cable, the cable having a free end and an attached end, the attached end affixed to the hoist, wherein the cable can be attached to a fifth wheel hitch and manipulated using the hoist.