Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Captive pin apparatus for retention of a drawbar in a trailer hitch receiver
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Application No.: US15846825Application Date: 2017-12-19
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Publication No.: US10005329B2Publication Date: 2018-06-26
- Inventor: Cal M. Phillips
- Applicant: Cal M. Phillips
- Agent John V. Stewart
- Main IPC: B60D1/02
- IPC: B60D1/02 ; B60D1/36

Abstract:
At a given insertion depth (D) of a drawbar (22, 60) in a trailer hitch receiver tube (24, 68), a pin arm (26, 56, 74) attached to the drawbar extends forward beside the receiver tube and holds a captive pin (21, 51, 76) beside a pin receiving hole (30, 71) in the receiver tube. A spring (36) urges the captive pin into the pin receiving hole to retain the drawbar in the receiver tube. The pin arm may be attached to the drawbar via a crossbar (40, 70, 73). Receiver tubes of different sizes (24, 68) may be accommodated by a drawbar size adapter (62) that slips over the drawbar, enlarging it, and by a vertical adjustment mechanism (83) for the pin arm (74) that aligns the pin with the pin receiving hole in either a smaller (24) receiver tube or a larger (68) receiver tube.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180105000A1 CAPTIVE PIN APPARATUS FOR RETENTION OF A DRAWBAR IN A TRAILER HITCH RECEIVER Public/Granted day:2018-04-19
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