Patent ID: 7530590

Claim:
A hitch assembly comprising: a. a first member securely affixed to a towing vehicle, said first member having a first cross bore; and b. a second member securely affixed to a towed vehicle, said second member being engageable with said first member, said second member having a second cross bore, said first and second cross bores being alignable with each other when said first and second members are engaged with each other; whereby a locking pin is insertable through said first and second cross bores, a locking pin housing assembly being engageable with an end portion of said locking pin, said locking pin housing assembly including an alarm disposed therewithin, said alarm having an armed status and an alarm status; and whereby said end portion of said locking pin activates said alarm during engagement with the locking pin housing assembly such that the alarm moves into the armed status, the end of the locking pin touching said alarm when said alarm is in the armed status; and whereby a repositioning of said locking pin within said locking pin housing assembly causes said alarm to move into the alarm status.