Master Lock Company LLC

Rolf Hohmann

John B Zapushek

Chris Irgens

Mark J Van Handel

Gary R Burmesch

Kerry Jacques

Jim Recknagel

Victor Yip

Ken Burmesch

Christopher R Irgens

Frank J Scott

Mark Van Handel

Michael Sheridan

Craig Kottke

Christopher Rhode

An integrated pin and clip for securing vehicle trailer components. The integrated pin and clip includes a shaft member and a clip member. The clip member is movable between a locked and an unlocked position. The unlocked position allows for the integrated pin and clip to be inserted and withdrawn from a receiving aperture in a vehicle trailer component, such as a receiver. The locked position does not allow the integrated pin and clip to be inserted and withdrawn from the aperture. The integrated pin and clip also includes retention means that secures the clip in either the locked position or the unlocked position.

Integrated pin and clip

A hitch assembly that includes an anti-rotation mechanism. The hitch assembly generally includes a hitch ball, a ball mount, and a fastener. The invention is directed to a mechanism for preventing rotation of either the hitch ball or the fastener relative to the ball mount. The anti-rotation mechanism of the present invention provides an engagement means for interlocking sections of the hitch ball or fastener with the ball mount, thereby blocking rotation of the hitch ball or fastener relative to the ball mount.

Anti-rotational hitch ball

Receiver pin

Lock

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Menomonee Falls, WI, United States of America

Rolf Hohmann