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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2019
Progress Mfg. Inc., Provo, UT (US);
Jed K. Anderson, Lindon, UT (US);
Jason R. Harper, Springville, UT (US);
David F. Lundgreen, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Progress Mfg. Inc., Provo, UT (US);
Abstract
A trailer hitch system for attaching a trailer to a tow vehicle, is disclosed having a shank attachable a trailer, the shank having a nose at a terminal end of the shank and a mid-shank extending in a substantially horizontal direction immediately adjacent to the nose, the nose and mid-shank being configured to be received in a receiver attachable to said tow vehicle. The shank also includes a vertical adjustment extending in a substantially vertical direction, a depth stop connected to the shank and configured to abut the receiver to limit a depth that the shank extends within the receiver. The mid-shank includes step reduction which decreases a cross-sectional area of the mid-shank immediately adjacent to the nose, and the nose is configured to reduce in cross-sectional area toward the terminal end of the shank. The shank also includes an alignment indicator connected to the shank, such that the alignment indicator to provide a visual indicator of the orientation of the shank.