IP Library Granted Patent US 11,685,203
Granted Patent B1
US 11,685,203 · App. 18/168,625 · Granted Jun 27, 2023

Multi-component quick assembly trailer hitch guide

Inventor: Jessie B. Perkins (Centerville, OH)
B60D1/36B60D1/363B60D1/42
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,685,203
App. No.
18/168,625
Granted
Jun 27, 2023
Kind
B1
Abstract

A multi-component quick assembly trailer hitch guide for use with a trailer tongue having an inverted ball socket of a trailer and a trailer ball hitch on a vehicle includes multiple removably connectable sections each less than twenty four inches to permit economic shipping and storage.

Claims (5)

1. A multi-component quick assembly trailer hitch guide for use with a trailer tongue having an inverted ball socket of a trailer and a trailer ball hitch on a vehicle, which includes:

a first base plate connected to the trailer tongue at a first predetermined distance from the inverted ball socket of the trailer tongue, said first base plate having an upward extending receiver, a first position indicator having multiple removably coupled sections, wherein each section configured to be less than 24 inches wherein a first section has an end complementary sized to be removably retained by said upward extending receiver of said first base plate and a second section extends laterally relative to the first section having a first end connected to a second end of said first section and a second end of the second section including a visual position indicator which when said first section is fixably retained by said first upward extending receptacle and coupled to said second section, said second section extends laterally approximately said first predetermined distance from said first base plate with said visual position indicator over the inverted ball socket; and

a second base plate connected laterally to the trailer ball hitch and has an upward extending receiver, a second position indicator having multiple removably coupled sections, each section configured to be less than 24 inches wherein a first section of said second position indicator has an end complementary sized to be removably retained by said upward extending receiver of said second base plate and a second section of said second position indicator extends laterally relative to said first section of said second position indicator having a first end connected to a second end of said first section of said second position indicator and a second end of said second section of said second position indicator including a visual position indicator which when said first section of said second position indicator is fixably retained by said upward extending receiver and coupled to said second section of said second position indicator, said second section extends laterally approximately said second predetermined distance from said second base member with said visual position indicator generally adjacent a vertical axis through the ball hitch.

2. The multi-component quick assembly trailer hitch guide of claim 1 , wherein said first ends of said first sections include an opening which can be co-aligned with a bore in the respective first upward extending receiver and said second upward extending receiver to enable fixation of said first sections to said respective first upward extending receiver and said second upward extending receiver.

3. The multi-component quick assembly trailer hitch guide of claim 1 , wherein said sections of each position indicator are removably connected to each other by way of a respective coupling which each include an opening which can be co-aligned with a bore in an end of each said section to enable fixation of each said first section to a respective said second section.

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