Wide range bumper mounted hitch with shock absorber attachment for tow

Abstract

An elongated horizontal channel member is mounted by means of a dual spring shock absorber in transverse position on one end of a towing vehicle. A pair of horizontal support arms have a first pair of corresponding ends pivotally mounted on the channel member for shifting along the channel member and swinging relative to the channel member about upstanding axes shiftable along the channel member with the first pair of arm ends between first outwardly convergent positions and second substantially aligned positions generally paralleling the channel member with the first pair of arm ends disposed remote from each other and the second other pair of arm ends disposed adjacent each other. A hitch member is provided to which the second other pair of ends of the arms are pivotally secured for angular displacement about upstanding axes and the hitch member and the channel member include coacting releasable lock structure operative to lock the hitch member in position relative to the channel member when the arms are disposed in the second positions. Further, the channel member and the first pair of ends of the arms include coacting structure whereby the arms and the hitch member supported from the second pair of arm ends will be automatically positioned, along the channel member, in predetermined position when the arms are swung from the first positions to the second position.