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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1992
Evan L Hopkins, Emporia, KS (US);
Wesley E Bowden, Emporia, KS (US);
Evan L Hopkins, Emporia, KS (US);
Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation, Emporia, KS (US);
Abstract
A trailer light connection system includes a T-shaped connector having three terminals including a modularized tap plug as the third terminal for direct or indirect connection to the trailer lighting system. One of the conductors leading to the tap plug can be selectively disconnected from the first and second terminals and then reconnected to a ground receptacle on the vehicle to ground the trailer to the towing vehicle when the trailer does not have a back-up light system. By standardizing the system components and modularizing the tap plug connections, the trailer light system of the present invention reduces the number of stock keeping units required while simplifying system installation.