Patent ID: RE43535

Claim:
A swivel jack assembly for repositioning a trailer tongue, the swivel jack assembly comprising: a tongue-mounting bracket for engagement onto a trailer tongue, the tongue-mounting bracket including a first cup section, the first cup section having an aperture; a jack-mounting bracket including means for locking attachment to a jack, the jack-mounting bracket including a second cup section with an orifice disposed therethrough, the jack-mounting bracket orifice being in general alignment with the tongue-mounting bracket aperture when one of the cup sections is nested within the other cup section; and a locking mechanism for securely retaining the jack-mounting bracket to the tongue-mounting bracket when the cup sections are nested together, the locking mechanism including a shank extending through the jack-mounting bracket opening and the tongue-mounting bracket aperture, the shank having a released position and a secured position; whereby the shank is in the released position when the tongue-mounting bracket pivotally rotates relative to the jack-mounting bracket from an upright engaged position to a stowed disengaged position, the shank is in the secured position when the cup sections are nested together and the jack-mounting bracket is securely engaged to the tongue-mounting bracket in the upright engaged position.