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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2018
Applicant:
United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
Inventor:
James Sovel, Panama City, FL (US);
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/02 (2006.01); B60D 1/34 (2006.01); B60D 1/44 (2006.01); B60D 1/28 (2006.01); B60D 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/02 (2013.01); B60D 1/28 (2013.01); B60D 1/34 (2013.01); B60D 1/44 (2013.01); B60D 1/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A clearance-measuring break-away pintle hitch includes a mount having a first end for coupling to a vehicle. A pintle body has a portion thereof aligned with and coupled to a second end of the mount by a shear pin. Gauge members are pivotally coupled along a common axis of rotation to the pintle body. Each gauge member is rigid and has a unique length measured from the common axis of rotation. Each gauge member is independently rotatable about the common axis of rotation.