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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Automatic Equipment Manufacturing Company, Pender, NE (US);
Inventor:
Paul Choquette, Lincoln, NE (US);
Assignee:
Automatic Equipment Manufacturing Company, Pender, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 53/08 (2006.01); B60D 1/01 (2006.01); B60D 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 53/0842 (2013.01); B60D 1/015 (2013.01); B60D 1/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fifth wheel hitch having a base assembly mounted to a bed of a towing vehicle, an intermediate assembly mounted to the base assembly, and a hitch head assembly which reduces or entirely eliminates the need for a lubricant, has jaws with mated, intermeshing teeth, and a locking mechanism which clearly indicates whether or not a kingpin of a fifth wheel trailer is properly connected to the fifth wheel hitch. The fifth wheel hitch is easily uninstalled into separate light-weight modules for re-installation on another towing vehicle.