Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Versatile trailer hitch configuration for vehicle restraint
- Patent Title (中): 多用途拖车配置用于车辆限制
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Application No.: US12961164Application Date: 2010-12-06
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Publication No.: US08191916B1Publication Date: 2012-06-05
- Inventor: Lorne Christopher Shive , Eric Bradley Gore
- Applicant: Lorne Christopher Shive , Eric Bradley Gore
- Agency: Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP
- Agent William S. Parks
- Main IPC: B60D1/06
- IPC: B60D1/06 ; B60P7/08

Abstract:
An improved manner of attaching, restraining, and securing a vehicle onto a trailer through a versatile hitch configuration. Such a configuration permits utilization of at least one hitch coupler assembly for releasable attachment/connection to a selected vehicle with a complementary component for connection therewith. Additionally, the coupler assembly is present on a trailer through a temporary or permanent base connector configuration that includes a removable crossbar through which the coupler assembly is threaded to allow for movement around said crossbar as well as along the length of said crossbar simultaneously. The crossbar may also be adjusted height wise within the base connector through placement and securing within graduated openings within the connector itself. Further designs utilizing the base movable hitch coupler concept, as well as entire trailers and methods of transporting vehicles with such a device, are also encompassed within this invention.
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