Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Articulating coupler
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Application No.: US15379794Application Date: 2016-12-15
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Publication No.: US10065465B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Theodore Joseph Siegel
- Applicant: Cequent Consumer Products, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MI Plymouth
- Assignee: HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.
- Current Assignee: HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Plymouth
- Agency: McDonald Hopkins LLC
- Main IPC: B60D1/06
- IPC: B60D1/06 ; B60D1/60 ; B60D1/24

Abstract:
The present disclosure includes an articulated coupler for attachment between a towed vehicle and a towing vehicle. The articulated coupler includes a first attachment member for attachment to the towing vehicle and a second attachment member for attachment to the towed vehicle. A ball joint member extends between the first and second attachment member. The ball joint member includes a ball at a proximal end and an elongated portion at a distal end such that the elongate portion is attachable to the first attachment member and the ball is attached to the second attachment member. The ball is retained to the second attachment member with a collar. The collar may have an aperture with an elliptical shape and a surface with a concave shape for defining a pivotal range of motion. The ball joint member may be pivotal relative to the first attachment member and may be rotatable and pivotal relative to the second attachment member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170174020A1 ARTICULATING COUPLER Public/Granted day:2017-06-22
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