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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2023
Curt Manufacturing, Llc, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Curtis M. Bowe, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
Joel D. Diller, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Ezekiel Hollaren, Baltic, SD (US);
CURT Manufacturing, LLC, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Abstract
A removable gooseneck hitch ball has a hitch ball extending over a neck and supported by a shank, possibly with the hitch ball on a pivoting head. The shank has a plurality of arc contact surfaces (such as four) collectively defining a cylinder centered on the shank's central axis. Flat contact surfaces extend parallel to the shank's central axis and inside the cylinder defined by the arc contact surfaces (such as four flat contact surfaces defining a square). The shank can be matingly received in a cylindrical socket of the towing vehicle with the arc surfaces in contact with the cylindrical socket or can be matingly received in a prism shaped (square in horizontal cross-section) socket with the flat surfaces in contact with the prism shaped socket.
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