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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
James W Chambers, Rockford, IL (US);
Assignee:
Atwood Industries, Inc., Rockford, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280434 ;
Abstract
A hitch adapted to be installed in the bed of a pickup truck and adapted to interlock with the kingpin of a fifth wheel trailer in order to couple the trailer to the truck. The hitch includes a pivoted latching plate for securing the kingpin, a reciprocating locking bolt for holding the latch in a latched position and a pivoted detent link for holding the locking bolt in an unlocked position when the trailer is uncoupled from the truck. When the trailer is subsequently re-coupled to the truck, the latch automatically trips the detent link to allow the locking bolt to shift automatically to a locked position holding the latch in a latched position.