Patent ID: 7959179

Claim:
A tow bar for connecting a towed vehicle to a towing vehicle, the tow bar comprising: (a) a towing hitch member secured to a towing vehicle; (b) a towed hitch member secured to a towed vehicle; (c) a head member including a towing connector element structured to releasably connect the head member to the towing hitch member; (d) first and second tow bar legs, each having a proximal end pivotally connected to the head member and a distal end extending rearwardly from the head member; (e) towed connector elements secured to the distal ends of the first and second tow bar legs, the towed connector elements being structured to releasably connect the first and second tow bar legs to the towed hitch member; and (f) an equalizer member structured to maintain the first and second tow bar legs oriented equiangularly relative to the head member, the equalizer member including: (1) a first cam portion secured to the proximal end of the first tow bar leg, the first cam portion including a protrusion having a fore outer surface and an aft outer surface; and (2) a second cam portion secured to the proximal end of the second tow bar leg, the second cam portion including a recess having a fore inner surface and an aft inner surface, the second cam portion being substantially identical to the first cam portion; (3) the protrusion and recess being structured wherein as the first tow bar leg is angularly displaced away from the second tow bar leg, the aft outer surface of the protrusion of the first cam portion bears against and slides along the aft inner surface of the recess of the second cam portion while the fore inner surface of the recess of the second cam portion bears against and slides along the fore outer surface of the protrusion of the first cam portion.